So Singapore has our own Ali Baba,
did you have the help of the other forty thieves ?
Has it not been the Singapore track record so far, in that what we
do not have we either entice or purchase ?
Foreign talents in the sports of table tennis, badminton, football,
were all attracted by the wages and enticement of
citizenship.
Foreign specialist have been recruited to help advance the
operations of our Stock Exchange, DBS Bank, and even in Military
Research & Development works.
If this exercise is not a vain attempt to boost the psychological
pride of Singaporeans, similar to Malaysia's Mahathir's effortst to
instill national pride in Malaysians and to create a 'Malaysia Boleh' spirit ?
Why should these scientists be concerned with the political
environment of Singapore and Singaporeans' future ?
If their goverments had allowed it, these Scientists would have
gone over to some countries in the Communist Soviet Bloc, or even
to Communist China forty years ago - when these countries tried
also to attract foreign scientific talents in a global struggle for
geopolitical supremacy.
What they could not get, the Soviets and the Communist China stole
the designs by espionage or by reverse engineering.
Is the Singapore methods today any different from the efforts of
other countries since the 1960s ?
Can we expect any sense of allegiance or gratitude from these
Scientists?
If there are any political or external interference in their
research works, there will be nothing to prevent the Scientist from
breaking the contract and leave ahead of schedule.
The Scientists are only interested in their research, and they will
sell their principles in order to get the funds to continue with
their own interests.
When their research is completed, the Scientists will pack up and
move on, unless funds are available to continue some other new
areas of challenge.
