Saw in some video before : Singapore is one of the economic
miracles in the world. So in that aspect, yes we should be proud of
Singapore.
But yet sometimes I can't help but think that Singapore is too
obsessed with the word growth. Yes high per capita income, yes high
standard of living, yes racial harmony.
But 20 years ago I don't think the Gini Coefficient was that
huge, the primary school kids probably were not suffering from lack
of sleep (yes it was reported in the ST that one in 2 was not
sleeping enough and the main reason is homework). All these at the
expense for growth? Then comes the ERP debates (but it really isn't
working. I tink about 75% still said they will drive despite the
increase in ERP gantaries).
As for the increase in the number of FTs in the country you
can't really be very critical about that. That is the effect of
globalisation.
