My Singapore Idol is LKY

Gazelle SG

Why?

LKY is rich enough to retire and own beach front houses all over the world.
However till today, LKY is still travelling all over the world and trying very hard to promote singapore and bringing investment to this tiny country with no resources.

Say all you want about how screw up is PAP etc, but at the end of the day,what we need is people that stick with you through good and bad times.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

I agree, but some parts of Singapore are really screwed up.

Gazelle SG

we are all part of singapore, there is no point complaining about thing when you dont even put in any effort to do something. PAP is run by human, and all human have limitation, what we need is for the people to be united and play our part and contribute to the community.

If you have a good suggestion for government, dont keep it to yourself, voice it out.

On classic example is all the FTA that we have established. In order for the FTA to benefit your business, you have to put in an effort to lobby the government to fight for you.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

If got use, long do already. But no effect. Give up liao. Neutral

Gazelle SG

not true, the Singapore government today is very different from the government we had before the asia financial crisis. PAP has definite wake up from their honeymoon period and they are doing their best to make things happen. e.g. the casino

I-like-flings(m) SG

hey what happened to ur signy? gone? Mr. Green

strikefreedom SG

dun worry every countries have their own screw up parts so we are not the only one. Mr. Green

nanren4ever SG

i think LKY had really dedicated his life to the prosperity of the nation. From the turbulent communist era, separation from Malaysia, then the task of rebuilding the nation from scratch, getting other nations to recognise our worth, getting scolded by opponents and citizens..he has done it all. He has brought our country to where it is today.

And i think his way of governing the nation, while not entirely democratic, is not wrong either. I don't think we could have prosper as much if we were to do it any other way. People back then were uneducated, and their views of how the country should be run is naive. I mean, imagine if we were suayed by the communists, we would have still remained a third world nation now! And if we had let foreign ideas seep in back then, we probably would have a government as messy as the US, the Europeans etc.

pikamaster SG

This form of logic baffles me, and it seems to be used frequently by govt-supporters. This is an extreme False Analogy. Just because other countries have screwed-up parts, doesn't mean that we should let our screwed-up parts remain screwed-up.

mystiv SG

other people commit suicide so you go commit suicide also? Laughing

strikefreedom SG

lol tell me which country is perfect? every countries have their own form of screw up that a fact simply becos human are impefect and will make mistake even if they dun want to.

strikefreedom SG

no it two different issue. screw up by goverment is a fact as i mention in my reply to pikamaster. screwup can be avoided but it will still happen you don't choose to screw it up.

sucide is a definte yes or a no it depend on individual. so there a big different.

snow leopard SG

i think he needs to stick around to make sure his true heir's claim to the throne is solidly cemented.

yes he should have retired long ago but yet is still drawing a very huge salary when his people are having a hard time coping ...

idwar SG

HongKong got no LKY

HK is better than Spore..........pay is so much higher........social services cheaper....more freedom.......cheaper cars......legislators more accountable to public...........people are more happy.......

Ito_^ SG

you sure? Laughing

Libertarian SG

Free market is the key to our economic success. Singapore is ranked number 2 in economic freedom while Malaysia is ranked 68 and indonesia is ranked 134. Therefore the less economic freedom explains why Malaysia and Indonesia are still so backward. By simply allowing people to trade whatever thay want to trade and produce what they want to produce. Singapore has turned into a first world country. The general rule is "the more the goverment controls the market, the worse it becomes". That is why socialism never worked at all(failure of USSR and the opening up of china's market by Deng Xiao Ping). By the way Hong Kong is ranked number 1 in economic freedom and it has since a long time. So it is not suprising to learn that Hong Kong is more developed than Singapore whether Hong Kong have LKY a not. Wages in Hong Kong goes up as the living standard goes up and social services are cheaper because of the freer market there therefore there will be more competition and competition will only drive down prices and produce better quality goods and services

This is the index of economic freedom and notice when the list goes down the countries are poorer.
http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfm

I-like-flings(m) SG

yes i am sure for most of it....except that.. cars is cheaper but car park lot is not..... Mr. Green .. ppl there even can BUY a parking lot then rent it out for investment ok Shocked hhahaha.. and more ppl got mental problem and kill themselves too.. beside that... most are true

geodome SG

If Singapore dies, LKY will die with it.

SnowFlag SG

I see that in singapore, the wages are getting lower while the prices of our goods are getting higher Crying or Very sad

Gazelle SG

it only goes to show that no human being and no political system in this world is perfect.