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“Tackling this erosion of confidence and trust must be a top priority of the Government or it will face even more problems from a sceptical public,” he seemed to be sending a signal to the Government.
Mr Han continued, “It is unfortunate that this has happened because the issues raised are critical ones that have to be tackled now or Singapore will suffer the consequences in the years ahead. The problems of a low fertility rate and rapidly ageing population are real and will not go away no matter how Singapore or the world develops.”
Taking an elitist stand, he alluded that the problems are complex and ordinary Singaporeans may not be able to fully understand all the arguments and implications. Hence, he is indirectly asking the Singaporeans to trust our scholar ministers who presumably will have the mental capacity to deal with such complex problems on behalf of ordinary Singaporeans.
He said, “And because it is a complex problem with many issues in the mix – demographics, the structure of the economy, immigration policy, even questions regarding what it means to be Singaporean – it isn’t possible for ordinary Singaporeans to absorb and fully understand all the arguments and implications.”
By making such a an elitist statement, the managing editor has essentially belittled us “ordinary” Singaporeans. If our scholar ministers are so good, would we be facing say, the infrastructure problems now? Would PM Lee need to say “We’ll do better next time” over and over again? Mr Han seems to think that we “ordinary” Singaporeans are all idiots who cannot think and understand issues.
- http://www.tremeritus.com/2013/02/12/st-managing-editor-sporeans-must-put-their-trust-in-govt/
Mr Han continued, “It is unfortunate that this has happened because the issues raised are critical ones that have to be tackled now or Singapore will suffer the consequences in the years ahead. The problems of a low fertility rate and rapidly ageing population are real and will not go away no matter how Singapore or the world develops.”
Taking an elitist stand, he alluded that the problems are complex and ordinary Singaporeans may not be able to fully understand all the arguments and implications. Hence, he is indirectly asking the Singaporeans to trust our scholar ministers who presumably will have the mental capacity to deal with such complex problems on behalf of ordinary Singaporeans.
He said, “And because it is a complex problem with many issues in the mix – demographics, the structure of the economy, immigration policy, even questions regarding what it means to be Singaporean – it isn’t possible for ordinary Singaporeans to absorb and fully understand all the arguments and implications.”
By making such a an elitist statement, the managing editor has essentially belittled us “ordinary” Singaporeans. If our scholar ministers are so good, would we be facing say, the infrastructure problems now? Would PM Lee need to say “We’ll do better next time” over and over again? Mr Han seems to think that we “ordinary” Singaporeans are all idiots who cannot think and understand issues.
- http://www.tremeritus.com/2013/02/12/st-managing-editor-sporeans-must-put-their-trust-in-govt/