Why don't we take it from the horse's mouth instead?
If we didn't have a "quitter" problem that is causing us our best
talents, does one seriously think that there would be this talk of
"quitters" and "stayers" in parliment in the first place?
Would our government be worried about the brain drain?
The problem is that to be the top talent often carries several
attributes that would be undesirable to the current system: the
desire to take risks and make very pragmatic decisions, question
the status quo, and affect change.
Granted these attributes can be very helpful to the current system,
but it is a double edge sword. A lot of our policies in place
unfortunately are at odds with these attributes.
It seems like some just want to have their cake and eat it.
Was it not like the time where they were pushing Singaporeans to be
more creative, and then adding the afterword "but this creativity
must be something that we can accept"... wanting you to think out
of the box but yet putting you in one.
Is Singapore a good place for local talent? I'm not too sure. When
importing FTs you can pick and choose what attributes you want
import only those that agree with you. But you don't have this
ability with local talent, which might have different goals and
views from you.
In the end, it's not really strange there's this brain drain.
