According to this ABC news article, we are:
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=4097264&page=1
wow... when I first read this article , I thought it was the latest
satire piece for www.talkingcock.com!
Now that I have stopped laughing long enough, here's my
reply.
First thoughts in my mind. ABC = Media whore. With this one news
item, they have lost all 'street cred' as a serious newspaper.
There are so many holes in their argument for Singapore being the
happiest place in Asia.
So they interviewed an actor working for the State-owned media
company, a millionaire socialite and a CEO? Wow that is so
representative of Singapore's population because everyone I know in
my Singapore HDB estate are either actors, millionaire
socialites/playboys or CEOs. But seriously, they asked the some top
dogs in the social hierarchy and concluded that '95% of
Singaporeans are happy'? Whoever wrote this piece of crap have zero
journalistic integrity and I find the way they constructed their
sample (consisting of an actor, a millionaire socialite and a CEO)
most suspicious. It looked as if they set out to interview people
who are unlikely to be unhappy. Let's face it, if I were to ask
CEOs of oil companies in Burma how happy they were, I could write
an article about Burma being the happiest place on Earth.
They used the word 'community' in the last paragraph, citing it as
a reason why people can be happy even under dictatorial regimes.
That's a 'whore word'. 'Community can mean anything! If they
believe 'community' can bring happiness, they are either really
stupid or from another planet. Or, as many of you are already
guessing, on the payroll of the Singapore government. Look here
pal, prisoners in concentration camps have 'community' too. Are
they happy?
Then there's the bastard phrase 'Keeping up with the Joneses'. The
writers cited this as a reason for our unhappiness. In one swift
sentence across the screen, they placed the blame on the people and
took the PAP government off the hook for their greed, draconian
laws and lack of welfare policies. It has nothing to do with the
PAP that we are suffering from rising costs, inflation or loss of
employment. We are not unhappy because we have no freedom and feel
powerless to effect change in our lives for the better.
No, it is us. We were too competitive with our neighbours. Yeah
right. Tell that to the widows of the men who threw themselves on
the MRT train tracks.
To Bill Weir and Sara Holmberg: you two have absolutely no sense of
shame or integrity. If you think Singapore is so good, why not give
up your American citizenships and come live here with us?
I strongly urge forum members to post your thoughts about this
article on the ABC webpage:
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=4097264&page=1
They allow messages to be posted about their articles. Let the
world know how Singaporeans really feel!
Crew
