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Lky was asked by Charlie Rose what he'd advise young SG. He said take the world as your oyster, go for opportunities in US China & SEA region, use SG as your base. I think No question being competitive in work esp in developed countries is not easy as a minority and foreigner though. But can...

Not clear to me at all how sins of the father relate to the son. Was one to disown the other, or did the son participate in it also?

Part of Kelly Services business is to employ temporary contractors on behalf of firms, who pay salary through Kelly. Actually perpetuates the problem they've identified. Provides contract workers who're technically not really part of the company and don't really need to be groomed or developed.

Waiting for economic news to be better. Hostility against rich all time high all over world. Soften ground with announcements of popular concessions, donations first. Maybe get away with 10-15% cut in line with reduced GDP this year.

Environment important for learning. But kids spend much of it outside the home, with peers. In Aust, US, many Chinese immigrant parents speak only Chinese at home. But their kids hardly speak (let alone read/ write) Chinese, especially beyond primary school. Common to see parent speaking Chinese...

SMC DC won't rule in her favour. But one also wonders what's driving this apparent uptick of issues with docs and money - GPs selling addictive meds, ophthamologist Marc being investigated. Rent too high? Present pay not dignified enough? Too many rich patients pushing them around and make them...

Australia is a bit far geographically from everywhere else - mother England, cousin America, customer China. So of course SG is an excellent outpost for the hopping kangaroo. Yet it seems true their people also have their fair share of prestigious prizes and achievements. Maybe more than SG...

Reality is that world is becoming flat and hyper-competitive. Geography of SG is what it is. Even before influx of FT, already a major cross-road of the world - now even more. Another reality is our brains are not naturally wired to handle very different languages well. Evolution just...

Junior docs all over the world not well paid. Major US centers, they work very long hours also (nevermind what the official rules say). Problem is not pay but whether they find the work meaningful. Learning? Being inspired by seniors? If not, then the core of the system has problem. Patients...

Well known that to survive in the future, need to build nation's capabilities in education, skills & knoweldge. Some amount of FT is needed as in any major academic intellectual hub. But need home-grown or returning talent to anchor and build the culture that will endure for future...

This seems about right. Either the Americans who spend more on this research have wasted their money and need lessons on how to do it right, or the other way round. For just clinical depression, 11-15% will get this in his/her lifetime, according to a study of rich and poor countries...

In normal business transaction eg buy house, the customer decides whether or not to buy a product for a price. Customer is 'king'. In healthcare, patient (customer) is in a completely different emotional position. Patient with cancer spread all over is like someone with a death sentence...

Seems she did liver transplant quite many years ago when in public sector. Dabbled in stem cell research but that doesn't seem to be going anywhere fast. She's a breast cancer surgeon so that was well within her field. There're expert knowledge guidelines as to what treatments are...

Problem here is that patient doctor relationship is not same as customer relationship. Patient has cancer - death sentence hanging over head, pain, disfigurement, all sorts of fears, worries, shame etc. Now the question is to what extent this relationship has been unethically taken advantaged...

US population 300M. H1B is capped at 65,000 a year with some exceptions for universities. Restricted to 'professionals' with university degree. Employers need to show H1B are paid the same and should not affect labour market/ salaries. For Singapore's population, the percentage of H1B...

This is the same quick-fix as almost every problem. Immigration to solve low birth-rate, lack of doctors, lack of scientists, lack of nurses, lack of bus-drivers .... etc This cycle feeds itself : more people = more sick people = need more foreign doctors as local numbers not enough and it...

Singapore's education system is indeed good. Definitely better than neighbours & other less developed countries. Especially for academic subjects with well-defined syllabus that can be drilled, with 10-year series, tuition etc. Many Asian countries also. Some amount of repetition &...

One of the easiest skills to learn is to study for the test. That's what tuition or drilling does. But the objective of education is to generalize or apply these skills to new situations. Also to develop inquiring, curious, open, yet critical mind. And to develop emotionally balanced character...

Agree the reply was smoke and mirrors for the most part. Who the other two US-disruptees are might not be difficult to figure out if they're practicing in Singapore. The medical council website lists qualifications. It is very expensive studying medicine in US, even for americans who qualify for...

When people are annoyed and unhappy, they're irritable, MAYBE get upset with things that relate logically to them, also things that are not directly related logically to them. Emotional mind not always logical. Eg the arab spring started when a fruit seller in Tunisia made a big dramatic...