Re: NEA asks Indons to suppress forest fires immediately woh. hahahahha
Than we got this idiot fucktard PM saying that sinkies are not looking outwards. SUre we are, we have to breath the haze coming from outside singapore. Look outwards for fuck when his govt has not proven capable of doing anything about it.
'Navel-gazing' poses risks for Singapore, says PM Lee
Thailand has a new prime minister after military chief Prayuth Chan-ocha seized power.
But many Singaporeans would be hard pressed to name him.
Similarly, the extremist group ISIS has been terrorising the world with its beheadings. But how many can say what ISIS stands for? (The abbreviation stands for "Islamic State in Iraq and Syria".)
In noting this, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said it showed people were not reading the news and were too caught up with immediate concerns.
This posed dangers, he added, as we would not know what is happening outside of Singapore and we would not be prepared to respond to the changes taking place.
Mr Lee stressed the importance of looking outwards in his National University of Singapore (NUS) Society lecture last night.
Speaking to an audience made up mainly of NUS graduates, he noted that Singaporeans have been concentrating on what is happening at home, and understandably so, given the urgent issues of housing, public transport and medical care.
The Government, however, is making strategic policy shifts to prepare for longer-term trends, such as changes to the population and the economy, he said.
"But, perhaps, because we are so focused on these issues, I fear Singaporeans are not paying enough attention to what is happening outside of Singapore."
He noted that people have stopped reading newspapers and watching the news on television, and were getting information from their friends and through social media.
Some have also been "absorbed" in daily life, leaving little time and energy to track less immediate concerns, he said.
But paying attention to the world around us is important, he said, for Singaporeans to gain perspective and realise that many countries were facing the same issues as Singapore.
People, then, can make a judgment on whether they should be alarmed about developments in Singapore, or whether they should "congratulate" themselves. Also, it would allow Singapore to learn from the experiences of others, he said.
With major shifts in the Asian landscape, all of which have a big impact on a small country like Singapore, keeping an eye on the world would help Singapore stay abreast of the changes as well.
He noted that changes were afoot in Indonesia, India and China.