Raffles Reunion - Interesting

[scroobal]

Met a Rafflesian who shared the outcome of his class reunion after 2 decades.

In a nutshell he was dismayed to find that a significant number were not employed or underemployed. Some masquerading as engaged in social work, charity, part time work etc. and they had more than a decade to go before the retirement age.

I wonder if the authorities are prepared to undertake research to confirm or dispel this. If they do please do not ask the discredited SPH Research Unit. They will classify failures as social entrepreneurs.

I am sure if the the elite of the country's education system are impacted, i am sure the wider community is not far behind.

 

[TracyTan866]

Met a Rafflesian who shared the outcome of his class reunion after 2 decades.

In a nutshell he was dismayed to find that a significant number were not employed or underemployed. Some masquerading as engaged in social work, charity, part time work etc. and they had more than a decade to go before the retirement age.

I wonder if the authorities are prepared to undertake research to confirm or dispel this. If they do please do not ask the discredited SPH Research Unit. They will classify failures as social entrepreneurs.

I am sure if the the elite of the country's education system are impacted, i am sure the wider community is not far behind.

can we expect the truth from the pap or the MSM? we have to rely on our own observations and resources to draw some conclusions

 

[kingrant]

If they undertake honest to goodness research, they would have to shoot themselves in the foot.

There is something amiss alright when the best and brightest outside the royal family cannot find employers who still deem them useful and valuable.

And it's not that the govt is actually pre-occupied with problems of the peasantry either.

Basically, I think that all our engines designed by the PAP are sputtering or have stalled.

 

[Bigfuck]

If they undertake honest to goodness research, they would have to shoot themselves in the foot.

There is something amiss alright when the best and brightest outside the royal family cannot find employers who still deem them useful and valuable.

And it's not that the govt is actually pre-occupied with problems of the peasantry either.

Basically, I think that all our engines designed by the PAP are sputtering or have stalled.

What are you saying. Best and the brightest exist in the royal family? What are you smoking?

 

[syed putra]

I am sure most of these guys do not have to work due to substantial inheritance.

 

[halsey02]

If they undertake honest to goodness research, they would have to shoot themselves in the foot.

There is something amiss alright when the best and brightest outside the royal family cannot find employers who still deem them useful and valuable.

And it's not that the govt is actually pre-occupied with problems of the peasantry either.

Basically, I think that all our engines designed by the PAP are sputtering or have stalled.

If they can undertake a honest survey & publish the results truthfully, "swine can fly"..

 

[kingrant]

Inheritance? Oi, we are the sandwich generation. Where do we get our inheritance from?

We are the very gen that supports an older gen whilst bringing up the next. Our older gen came from China and India with nothing on their backs.

Those with inheritance are connected or in the closed family.

I am sure most of these guys do not have to work due to substantial inheritance.

 

[ray_of_hope]

Met a Rafflesian who shared the outcome of his class reunion after 2 decades.

In a nutshell he was dismayed to find that a significant number were not employed or underemployed. Some masquerading as engaged in social work, charity, part time work etc. and they had more than a decade to go before the retirement age.

I wonder if the authorities are prepared to undertake research to confirm or dispel this. If they do please do not ask the discredited SPH Research Unit. They will classify failures as social entrepreneurs.

I am sure if the the elite of the country's education system are impacted, i am sure the wider community is not far behind.

What is the retirement age here? 65? If people decide to retire at age 55 I can understand that particularly if they had built up vast amounts of savings and assets. Quite a few people have succeeded in doing just that and they then spend their time as private equity investors.

On the other hand, if they "retire" without much savings then that is a different matter altogether. That is an enforced retirement.

Increasingly there are many enforced retirement of people from age 40 upwards. I don't think that the Labour Force Survey or any survey would capture this increasongly large segment of people simply because they are considered as "retired" and not jobless. Semantics is a wonderful thing, especially in political terms.

 

[scroobal]

This is not ACS. This is the cohort that stepped into primary 1 when Raja and the old guards treated all Singaporeans as equals and foreigners were not given a free pass. The best in each primary school went to Raffles - true meritocracy. The guy who told me this grew up in a small room on the 2nd flr of shop house in boat quay when bumboats were tied together and facing them. He was raised by his father as his mum passed away at childbirth. He is now a millionaire and has properties in 3 continents. He had no inheritance, no network and no special favours.

A man of his background knows poverty and was dismayed by what he saw of his classmates.

I am sure most of these guys do not have to work due to substantial inheritance.

 

[yaosiu]

Wah if SAP school graduates are unemployed and underemployed, just imagine what will happen to those graduates from third rate kuching kurats schools?

 

[mojito]

In a nutshell he was dismayed to find that a significant number were not employed or underemployed. Some masquerading as engaged in social work, charity, part time work etc. and they had more than a decade to go before the retirement age.

I have speculated how the PAP's New Economic Paradigm of replacing sinkies with FTs will result in net zero contribution to the economy. It appears I am wrong.

Sinkies may be jobless, but they still have lots of money to spend due to personal savings. Not to forget all sinkie abodes are figuratively speaking, goldmines in the sky. Voluntarily retired or compelled to, discarded sinkies still do their part for the country by supporting the nation's booming businesses. These selfless sinkies are model citizens, the bedrock of continued prosperity of the regime and ruling dynasties. The regime must recognize their contributions by handing out discount cards to the regime's overpriced company stores.

 

[enterprise2]

Met a Rafflesian who shared the outcome of his class reunion after 2 decades.

In a nutshell he was dismayed to find that a significant number were not employed or underemployed. Some masquerading as engaged in social work, charity, part time work etc. and they had more than a decade to go before the retirement age.

I wonder if the authorities are prepared to undertake research to confirm or dispel this. If they do please do not ask the discredited SPH Research Unit. They will classify failures as social entrepreneurs.

I am sure if the the elite of the country's education system are impacted, i am sure the wider community is not far behind.

At least your primary schoolmates are still around. My class a lot no longer in Singapore and a couple departed from this earth already!!

 

[Force 136]

At least your primary schoolmates are still around. My class a lot no longer in Singapore and a couple departed from this earth already!!

yo..... RI is a secondary school lah......

Many ex-Rafflesians are probably in this forum cow-pay-cow-bu everyday though they are in the top 25%........

Some who never grow up are in EDMW pretending to be kids......

Many voted for alternative parties though they are likely to be senior civil servants by day......

The real RI..... others are fakes.....

 

[Force 136]

 

[SadPlumpGal]

RI boys, RI boys, give up on them

RI boys are intellectually smart but emotionally retarded

They are good administartors, professionals but cannot be businessmen - never mind, different people have different roles and ways to flourish

But when it comes to emotions, they don't know how to tell apart what is good for them and what is not

RI boys are the favourite targets of fox spirits, - good stable high income and emotionally very very easily manipulated

With an RI boy, the fox spirits can enslave him easily and make him do everything she wants

When you see an RI boy, run!

 

[yaosiu]

I agree Scrobal is the most boring dude on earth.

I would rather shoot myself with a gun than read about his rantings everday.

 

[Logisex]

He may be dismayed but should not be very surprised to see that since (I assume) he is a very successful businessman. Going to good schools and getting good results do not equate to being successful in life, career or business. You see the same thing in every ivy league college all over the world and you will also find that a significant number of the richest man in the world don't do well in school.

 

[enterprise2]

Actually if they want to do survey they will find most of the local 50+local managers in semi retirement. A lot of them are replaced by younger and cheaper FTs. These managers have a hard time getting equivalent jobs to the ones they had before and most just gave up and relied on their savings or depends on their wves or grown up children for support.

 

[Equalisation]

Met a Rafflesian who shared the outcome of his class reunion after 2 decades.

In a nutshell he was dismayed to find that a significant number were not employed or underemployed. Some masquerading as engaged in social work, charity, part time work etc. and they had more than a decade to go before the retirement age.

I wonder if the authorities are prepared to undertake research to confirm or dispel this. If they do please do not ask the discredited SPH Research Unit. They will classify failures as social entrepreneurs.

I am sure if the the elite of the country's education system are impacted, i am sure the wider community is not far behind.

Datok,

Which retirement age are you referring to? The original 55 or their changed goalpost of 65?

 

[scroobal]

You missed the point completely by a mile.

The issue is unemployed or underemployed. Nothing to do with they achieving a high grade job. For example an RI boy who could only achieve the grade of an admin manager for a small store because of his calibre is no longer holding the post but doing something that of a clerk. A downgrade.

He may be dismayed but should not be very surprised to see that since (I assume) he is a very successful businessman. Going to good schools and getting good results do not equate to being successful in life, career or business. You see the same thing in every ivy league college all over the world and you will also find that a significant number of the richest man in the world don't do well in school.