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He is saying this AFTER the review committee has secured his high salary and PM has accepted it.

Re: Holland V white thrash professor gives lame excuse for racist slur on sinkie neig That's true. But many simply shuffle around the Ivy League universities and other top ones. How many big univ in SG? And they complain there aren't enough SG talent as justification for hiring many ex-pats...

Re: Holland V white thrash professor gives lame excuse for racist slur on sinkie neig A bigger problem this has exposed is how and why NUS hired her. Her website is very amateurish and talks about her fantasies and interests. But there is little objective info about her credentials or...

Re: Holland V white thrash professor gives lame excuse for racist slur on sinkie neig Resume isn't impressive and neither is the PhD. Not sure if IT new media revolution really come out of pseudo-academics like this. Weren't they geeks from backgrounds in computer science, engineering, hard...

Re: Gullible Singaporeans - Former MP Lim Hwee Hua posts up fake news on facebook pag Put another way, if it is true she put up this piece thinking it was real news worth discussing, then she has less common sense than 90% of Americans. Our top 0.001% elite-paid former minister, now board...

Re: Gullible Singaporeans - Former MP Lim Hwee Hua posts up fake news on facebook pag US is in the midst of Republican primaries, with daily attacks on Obama mainly by Mitt Romney. Obama has been travelling the country, running TV ads against Romney, and engaging in his re-election, which has...

They directly control much of the wealth in this country, and indirectly, almost everything. Little need to assume anything but 100% support of anyone 'rational' or anyone that matters. Which is why they were tone-deaf to all the problems until slapped recently. But because they still...

Need lots of money in compensation for the insults, envy, resentment, public curiosity of private lives and loss of privacy - generated also because of their prominent pay. Need to incentivise them to create wealth at the top. Who will do it if they themselves can't benefit? Who will do it...

The data shows huge income-disparity between the few clever rich and the many unproductive poor working long hours. It is said SG's income disparity is close to the US. But problem is that in SG, unlike US, most of political power & wealth are linked to one party. This will make the dominance...

He might really benefit from the encouragement for creative thinking... for the good of the nation. Someone more senior said: If native Singaporeans ('ruling party'?) are falling behind because "the spurs are not stuck into the hide," that is their problem.

Re: 2nd opinion saves elderly lady's life from being terminated by Changi Hospital do A very fortunate case. Since outcome is good (no injury as a result of the incompetence of the earlier docs), there is actually no case for legal action. But still begs the question of why the life of this...

Yes. In that case, there'd be two (or more) major centres of almost equal power. More opportunities and competition. Power and opportunities will have to be divided. Eg two sets of cabinet level leaders, heads of major institutions and staff. One in power and one fighting to take over. A great...

Been said that to make valid comparisons, we must compare apples to apples, not apples to oranges. It's very nice that SG does well on many independent global measures of economic competitiveness, safety, education, health. Equal to first-world.But the other comparison to make is with itself...

Something obvious... talent is important factor. How talent is defined by age may need to be re-thought. People living and being productive longer now, everywhere in the world. People all over the world run for political office in their 50s, 60s, 70s. Idea that a good political leader needs...

Some may hate to hear this... Absolutely true, need to provide best for immediate family & self first. May be emigrating is the answer. Not sure if this a minority view nowadays, but I suspect it's may be true that to be really fulfilled, one may need to contribute to improve society as well...

Not sure if anyone has good answers to this... I don't. SG is multicultural (not to mention recent influx of foreigners). Finland very much more homogeneous. Traditions in education and work ethic stick better. Actually SG does quite well on these tests but politics, entrepreneurship and...

Agree... My sources in academic world tells me that in UK, USA, there're also many assistant, associate, adjunct, profs affiliated with medical schools. But few like to call him/herself Prof So-and-so. At most, Dr so-and-so. I think in SG, even people who are "adjunct" prof (meaning not...

In my limited experience, I believe SMC is made up of elected members (and some appointed). Not perfect (eg cock up first round Susan Lim case). But at least half are elected. I think it is a little more difficult to completely corrupt elected panels than appointed ones. And I certainly hope...

Maybe, maybe not. Death after surgery is always investigated by the State Coroner (in addition to the hospital). SMC gets involved later, when something suspicious is uncovered. Integrity of the medical system lies with these checks & balances. Hopefully not yet breached. Negligence tends to...

Bad outcomes happen. Heart operation is high risk, especially in elderly. Unfortunate case, for everyone involved. But what is disturbing is that young docs seem to be taking the fall for this. This should not have been allowed unless and until it is established they were at fault. But...