Originally posted by thinker:
So much have been said in this topic... but no one provide a
concrete solution in a laymen terms for common ppl to
understand.
thats because there is none! the problems we
face are complex and multi-faceted.
My opinion is the country should make us of our strong financial
capabilities and reserves to invest or spark some our very own MNC
in other countries since we have limited land resources. In this
way, we can allows our graduates to fill up positions in these MNC
and learn from there. Our people will manage these companies and
help the country to earn more $$$...
please lah... they've been trying to do that for ages... ST,
Singtel, DBS, PSA and the ultimate joke: the Singapore-Suzhou
Industrial Park.
u can't run company like a government ministry! thats the ultimate
joke of the GLCs... big, clunky, not very nimble... they have their
limited success lah, but some of them are known to be bleeding
money. chartered semi-conductors for instance... massive
haemorrahage quarter after quarter...
As for local SME, I have suggested in my previous posting that
the gov should lend a hand in allowing more tasks and jobs to be
given to them to grow and survive. As long as tasks given are more,
entrepreneurs will see the opportunity and more of them will
startup companies. The red tapes must be reduce so that more
companies will be eligible for the tasks.
first u want local gov't-sponsore MNCs, whose growth will
ultimately squeeze out smaller local players... then u want to
promote local small-medium industry and entrepreneurial
initiative... they contradict each other to some extent...
entrepreneurship is definitely one of the ways which people
must gradually adopt to get out of this hole...
but like many people also say, singaporeans are too screwed up in
their head to think for themselves anymore...
not necessarily true lah... there is definitely a gap between the
mindset of the previous generation and mine... young people are
increasingly more open-minded and creative.
