governing singapore is never going to be easy with its no
resources and limited people ....thus we need to have the best
government who r dedicated and capable to run it......thus the high
salaries to ensure the ministers' hearts r with the country's hopes
and future. Normally the term has to that of at least 4 yrs or more
to see the results of the policies in effect by these leaders......
no doublt singapore leaders may not endear themselves to some pple
here, but at least the country as a whole has come a long way from
before. Take note that a yes government may not even live to its
end of term, not to mention for decades.....
to me, singapore government adopts more of a top down
approach to bring the country forward if ever there is
such a term for politics....... they look into the macro view
first, solving problems from the top, that from country, to
economy, to sectors, to industries, to companies, to family
households, and finally to the individual himself.
it is a filtering down of benefits from policies developed by
our leaders to hopefully benefit everyone. Thus with
industrailization and inflows of huge investments from global
corporations, the economy will spin off, leading to supporting
industries like construction, real estate, finance, etc,
There will be filtering down of benefits to the working
man, who will be rewarded by money, company welfare
perks, etc due to profitability. Of cos, then it will filter
down to his family, affordability of housing, education,
medical etc., right down even to the single person from the day,
he was born into singapore citizenship.
On the other end, if we have a government who adopts a
bottom up approach to address the people's needs
first like medical, education, or even food, where are the
money to fund all these going to come from??? In no time,
this leaders will not last for long, the pple has
no jobs, no house, no money except to live on the empty
promises made by these politicians who will lie about anything to
get into power and get get their money back many folds
through corrupted means.
thus we cant have a government who meets every need
or want of its pple. Something has to give, if
u want freedom to express, at least be reasonable to back up
with constructive feedback coupled with responsilbity and
not to incite riots or demonstations which all these can
bring down singapore in less than mths.
In fact, singapore has opened up with change of times n
leadership, it is prepared to listen to its pple, and its
leaders have started to share some of the money directly
with the citizens through cash and also through lower
corporate and personal income tax through these recent yrs.
Though the critics may say that the government is taxing higher
through gst increase all that, but think, isnt this a fair way to
finance the budget through consumer spending than taxing everyone
indiscriminately through a higher personal income tax at the end of
the year... ..mind u this, there r
many developed countries with a very high tax rate for its pple,
not discriminating much whether they r high, middle or low income
earners, to finance its huge annual budget requirements which
includes giving dole to its unemployeds, who then uses it to travel
to a cheaper country.
singapore is an accidental country. But its progress has been
less than accidental...... With the strong leadership of our
capable, selfless. dedicated team, we can go further beyond, with
yr confidence, support and belief. Nothing is left to chance, and
we will continue to improve, with or without its
critics..........so hop onboard!
