Sam Leong run road to a country where they want to learn from the country he escaped

GROWING FAST: New Zealand’s economy could learn from Singapore

by WILSON OWEN

When Singapore became independent in the 1960s, it was an island of two million people with no local resources and little food production. When those factors were combined with very high unemployment levels, the future looked bleak.

One of the cornerstones to Singapore’s success has been its ability to attract investment to develop new industries.

In contrast, foreign investment in New Zealand seems to focus on foreign companies gobbling up existing New Zealand companies, which contributes little to the growth of the New Zealand economy.

Both Singapore and New Zealand have key similarities: They both have open door policies for investment, both have transparent infrastructure and both lead the world with virtually no corruption.

New Zealand should take a lead from the cornerstone of Singapore’s success and its Pioneer Status, which was awarded to investment in new industries. Initially, this offered tax holidays and benefits for five years, later increased to ten years, and resulted in Singapore becoming a leader in several industry sectors, stimulating envied GDP growth rates.

When the Pioneer Status was extended to companies supporting Pioneer Status companies, Singapore’s economy was even more vibrantly stimulated.

In New Zealand, Pioneer Status could be awarded to the high-tech sector, stimulating this high value sector of the economy. It could also be awarded to new types of agricultural ventures, stimulating investment to expand and grow this already successful sector, and maximise opportunities in the years ahead for premium food exports to fast-growing Asian economies. While many politicians publicly cringe at the thought of tax holidays, they reduce unemployment and improve the Government tax take via the large numbers of people who are employed.

New Zealand also needs to look seriously at how to stop foreign companies gobbling up established businesses, dumping the purchase price back in to the books as offshore debt, and effectively becoming a non-taxpaying citizen.

Since 1989 this practice has been severely eroding the government’s tax base, while contributing little to the New Zealand economy.

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i think it is a practical route, because of singapore strict censorship law, i would run away if i ran a porn site. This is simple logic, are you retarded? Cannot figure that out?

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It will never happen. There will be court challenges to the scheme, Maori will get involved and put in their claims to any benefits accrued, the Greens will take things to the environment court and the opposition will do all it can to put a spanner in the works.

No foreign company would put up with all the red tape and legal processes which would slow progress to a crawl and probably stall it indefinitely.

It takes NZ 30 years just to plan a short stretch of motorway and they still haven't started.

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/transmission-gully/ppp.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Gully_Motorway

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Not every country's citizens are as obedient as Singapore's. Try asking them Maoris (or anyone else) not to chew gum.

Cheers!

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Controversy

The Transmission Gully Motorway is controversial, and has been a topic of considerable debate in Wellington politics for some time.
Supporters claim that it will improve access to Wellington City, arguing that the existing coastal route is too congested, is accident-prone, and could be damaged in a serious earthquake. Peter Dunne, MP for Ohariu-Belmont, says that "mproving Wellington City's northern access and egress is a vital key to the future economic performance and prosperity of the whole region, and the Transmission Gully highway is a vital link in that chain".[SUP][7]
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Opponents of Transmission Gully state that there are better ways to improve access to Wellington. The fact that such a highway would require an extremely steep gradient on its northernmost end and would thus not actually offer any improvement over the existing coastal highway has been recognized by most opponents. The route that the highway must take is along the major fault line of the region, which would make it at least as earthquake prone as the existing coastal highway. Some suggest that the existing coastal route should be upgraded, rather than building a completely new route. This was the original recommendation of the Regional Council, and was put forward as the primary alternative to building Transmission Gully. Public submissions to the Council were in favour of Transmission Gully, and the Council has changed its stance in response. Opponents of upgrading the coastal route say that doing so would cause significant disruption to the communities it passes through, whereas Transmission Gully avoids urban areas. The former Mayor of Porirua, Jenny Brash, has said that an upgrade would generate large numbers of complaints from Porirua residents, and would therefore have difficulty receiving resource consent.[SUP][8][/SUP] Others, such as the Green Party and the lobby group Option 3, believe that the money would be better spent on improving Wellington's public transport, particularly the existing rail line. They argue that the original choice between building Transmission Gully or upgrading the coastal route was a false dichotomy, and that in reality neither option is necessary or desirable.

Cost

Some opponents of the Transmission Gully project believe that its overall cost is too high, and that the region has insufficient funds to spend on it, with a benefit/cost ratio of 0.6. The previous Mayor of Wellington, Kerry Prendergast, has described the project as "unaffordable".[SUP][9][/SUP] It has been suggested that making Transmission Gully a toll road would help resolve this problem and tolls would only cover a fraction of the funds necessary to build the highway.
In May 2012, Julie Anne Genter, the Greens' spokeswoman on transport, described the expressway as incurring costs of $1 billion when the official business case benefits were $600 million, in order to ease congestion for an unlikely projected growth of 1500 vehicles.[SUP][10][/SUP]

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i heard NZ is now talking about happy feet jr.

who care about a stupid bird. not in singapore.

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singveld said:

i heard NZ is now talking about happy feet jr.

who care about a stupid bird. not in singapore.

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The Kiwis treat happy feet better than than the PAP treats sinkies.

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/happy-feet-junior-fighting-life-wellington-zoo-5346638

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The Netherlands can learn from Singapore, says Dutch minister

Friday 25 January 2013

The Netherlands can learn from the positive mentality of people living in Singapore, Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans said on Friday, the last day of an official visit to the Asian country by queen Beatrix and a trade delegation.

Timmermans told Nos television he is most impressed by the 'can do' mentality of the Singaporeans. 'Everyone you meet has the attitude that there is no such thing as 'can't do', the minister said.

The Dutch, said Timmermans, often think in terms of what cannot be done.

Queen Beatrix, crown prince Willem-Alexander and princess Máxima arrived in Singapore on Wednesday after a two-day state visit to Brunei.

Timmermans told the broadcaster he had raised the issue of democracy while in Brunei, which is a sultanate. 'I made it clear we have different ideas about democracy, elections and an open society,' he said.

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songsongpunggol said:

'Everyone you meet has the attitude that there is no such thing as 'can't do', the minister said.

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Why have all the "can't do" sinkie losers ended up here???? :*:

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songsongpunggol said:

The Netherlands can learn from Singapore, says Dutch minister

Friday 25 January 2013

The Netherlands can learn from the positive mentality of people living in Singapore, Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans said on Friday, the last day of an official visit to the Asian country by queen Beatrix and a trade delegation.

Timmermans told Nos television he is most impressed by the 'can do' mentality of the Singaporeans. 'Everyone you meet has the attitude that there is no such thing as 'can't do', the minister said.

The Dutch, said Timmermans, often think in terms of what cannot be done.

Queen Beatrix, crown prince Willem-Alexander and princess Máxima arrived in Singapore on Wednesday after a two-day state visit to Brunei.

Timmermans told the broadcaster he had raised the issue of democracy while in Brunei, which is a sultanate. 'I made it clear we have different ideas about democracy, elections and an open society,' he said.

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Of course a visitor will be polite. But I dare say what he raised in Brunei was also directed at Singapore.

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Leongsam said:

Why have all the "can't do" sinkie losers ended up here???? :*:

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:*: I would if I could, but I can't - so I don't

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I look forward to seeing NZ doubling their population with foreigners making 50 percent of it. NZ First will have a field day hunting down the foreigners.

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Like Shuchou, first say learn from you, then after that, steal from you and do you own.

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Leongsam said:

Why have all the "can't do" sinkie losers ended up here???? :*:

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You have the true cream of the crops sinkees here. Pat yourself on the back for being able to harness the best brains in town.

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Is there a bug that can mutate overtime and make these people disappear?

Leongsam said:

It will never happen. There will be court challenges to the scheme, Maori will get involved and put in their claims to any benefits accrued, the Greens will take things to the environment court and the opposition will do all it can to put a spanner in the works.

No foreign company would put up with all the red tape and legal processes which would slow progress to a crawl and probably stall it indefinitely.

It takes NZ 30 years just to plan a short stretch of motorway and they still haven't started.

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/transmission-gully/ppp.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Gully_Motorway

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songsongpunggol said:

The Netherlands can learn from Singapore, says Dutch minister

Friday 25 January 2013

The Netherlands can learn from the positive mentality of people living in Singapore, Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans said on Friday, the last day of an official visit to the Asian country by queen Beatrix and a trade delegation.

Timmermans told Nos television he is most impressed by the 'can do' mentality of the Singaporeans. 'Everyone you meet has the attitude that there is no such thing as 'can't do', the minister said.

The Dutch, said Timmermans, often think in terms of what cannot be done.

Queen Beatrix, crown prince Willem-Alexander and princess Máxima arrived in Singapore on Wednesday after a two-day state visit to Brunei.

Timmermans told the broadcaster he had raised the issue of democracy while in Brunei, which is a sultanate. 'I made it clear we have different ideas about democracy, elections and an open society,' he said.

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I am pretty sure this minister never visit this forum before.