This voluntary post is to help fellow citizens to make an
informed decision on what courses they should upgrade towards,
espacially for those who are not employed, and using the public
fund assistances. You only have one chance to get it right. Here
goes:-
A. Industries that are
critical, neccessary and will survive even in a crisis:-
1. Medical and Healthcare industries.
2. Civil Service: govt, education, defense, home affairs,
environment, etc.
3. Essential Items production/manafacturing/logistics industry -
food, water, energy, sanitation, physical effects, clothing, etc,
by cheap but well known and marketed brands/companies.
4. Mass transportation services - buses, MRT, low budget air
travel.
5. Social services - charities, community development, NGOs.
6. Security
7. Cleaning services.
8. Advertising industry:- design, production, events.
9. Media services
10. Legal services
11. Accountancy.
12. Postal services
13. Research and developement
14. Euducation/office supplies
15. Household repairs - sanitation and electrical
B. Industries
that will face a slowdown in a crisis:-
1. Banking:- but will revert to its traditional role and deal
less in exotic financial products.
2. Logistic services including private transportation
3. Standard Aviation services
4. Marine and Port services.
5. Entertainment services
6. Construction
7. Engineering
C. Industries that
will remain stagnant
1.
Property
2. Insurance
3. Vehicle trade inclusive of repairs.
4. Retail
5. Non-essential item production - snack foods, restaurants,
foodcourt, etc
6. Electronic manufacturing industry
7. Tourism
8. Investments
D. Industries to watch
out for:-
These industries will be the ones which will lift economies out
of the crisis and will be tech-driven, but still under development,
underwraps and yet to be mass marketed.
1. Products ( Scientific ) that will improve our health
2. Products that will be energy efficient, that are cheap and
readily adopted by masses.
3. Products (Gadgets) that will improve our productivity
4. Exploration with emphasis on finding raw resources, inclusive of
planetary bodies.
This list is by no means exhaustive, but the point is - ensure
you go for courses which will enhance your employablity in this
current crisis.
While I am thankful that our elected representatives had
thrown open the door to our treasury, this gift from our
forefathers who had supported and squirrelled their hardearned
money is meant for the next generation in social spending.
Personally, I feel guilty and ashamed using it, for these money
is meant for our new baby citizens, their education, their needs,
and for our aged, our old, and our sick.
The only way i can assuge this guilt is to ensure that what i
had received, I will make sure it will help me during this crisis
and be able to quadraple the amount given and give it back to the
treasury to ensure our young and old are protected.
I hope everyone of us citizens will do this. We are no longer
animals of the wild where the strongest survive, but live in a
civilised society where the strong must and will protect the
weak.
We are weak now, and are being protected by the savings
and contributions of our forefathers, and when we are strong again,
we must remember the debt we owe, regardless of whoever administers
the nation.
It is our society, the majority, that is paramount and where our
allegience lay.
