we have come a long way, from a poor sea village to a
thriving port and now a country... before you say i'm digging the
past, remember that the past is your present and your present is
your future. we must not forget our old guards, those that shaped
Singapore, those that sacrificed their years on improving Singapore
as a whole.
was MM Lee a good man? no one could be certain but we know he is
a hard-liner, willing to crash oppositions and destroy those who
stood in his way... is he hated? i believe so... but admired at the
same time. History has proven that men that leaves their name in
history has to be ruthless. Of course there are a
few that was kind and honourable yet their ending never
sounded nice... if i could make a film based on MM Lee, the name
will be, "The Last Man Standing". he has survived when many of his
foes and friends have left. if that is not admirable enough
did PAP made mistakes? obviously... birth control in the early
80's was already a mistake confirmed today... if you were born in
the 80's, your parents might have told you that Singapore
government wanted to stop families having more than 2 kids but
today, the more the merrier... it doesn't stop there but still we
are here... in the turn of the decade of 2000, reaching 2010... as
a pretty prosperous country in South East Asia... we have strict
rules and we have laws that foreigners do not understand... yet, we
are still here, surviving the "economic downturn" pretty well. of
course we have the lower income earners, who struggle everyday but
we can be sure in Singaporean's own words... "we won't starve to
death but we won't get rich either"...
i know we have many greviances and there are certainly rooms for
improvement for the present government. i only ask that they do
listen to the people and act accordingly to their conscious.
did the government made mistakes? obviously,
