China filming a special 10-part documentary on Singapore

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[h=2]China filming a special 10-part documentary on Singapore[/h]

October 28th, 2012 |

Author: Editorial



The documentary will help Chinese leaders convince the people that a
dominant political party can still ensure prosperity and fairness

The PRC government is making a 10-part documentary titled,
‘Lion City Revelation’, specially on Singapore’s model of governance of
“one-party” system – the PAP’s way of running a country. It was reported that
incoming new leader Xi Jinping had personally endorsed the filming project. Mr
Xi is slated to succeed President Hu Jintao at the 18th Party Congress starting
on Nov 8.

China state central broadcaster CCTV has been talking to Singapore
politicians, officials, unionists, businessmen and academics in recent weeks, in
a bid to find out the “secret” to Singapore’s success. Mr Lim Swee Say is
believed to have been interviewed too.

CCTV said Singapore has created a “unique miracle in the world” and it would
like to find out how to adapt this for China’s “further reforms and sustainable
development”.

The PRC government has been eager to learn how Singapore manages to maintain
a one-party dominant system in a prosperous and stable society. The documentary
will help Chinese leaders convince the people that a dominant political party
can still ensure “prosperity and fairness”.

It is believed that Mr Xi wanted to use Singapore as a blueprint of sorts for
his new administration. The documentary will help to showcase Singapore as a
model for China as it charts a fresh path with the new Chinese leadership. The
hope is that Singapore’s experiences can help China solve its growing wealth
gap, corruption and weak rule of law.

The documentary will also talk about people’s livelihood, education, ethnic
groups and rule of law.
MP Baey Yam Keng, who was interviewed for the documentary, said, “It seems to
me that China, with an incoming new leadership, wants to learn how it can better
meet the changing needs of the Chinese people.”

The documentary will also feature CapitaLand’s CEO Liew Mun Leong as a role
model who reached the top of the corporate world despite his humble beginnings.
Mr Liew said, “(It) shows that China wants to benefit from the experiences of
Singapore’s many successes.”

Another interviewee, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry
president Teo Siong Seng, said the CCTV project is a clear sign that “the
Chinese are trying to use Singapore as a learning model”.

However, NSP president Sebastian Teo was more forthright, “…they want to find
out how the ruling party in Singapore holds on to power”.

The project started last year when a team was first sent to Singapore. The
series is expected to be shown around next Mar. Each episode is expected to be
45 minutes long. This is the first time in China’s mainstream media that so much
airtime has been allocated to introduce a single country.

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[tualingong]

There is a flaw with this perception that a dominant party can also be successful.

Because it fail to recognize there are even more successful countries with multi-party system.

On top of that applications in a tiny country cannot be equally applied to a larger country.

 

[singveld]

i thought they are talking prc chicken

 

[Brightkid]

There is a flaw with this perception that a dominant party can also be successful.

Because it fail to recognize there are even more successful countries with multi-party system.

On top of that applications in a tiny country cannot be equally applied to a larger country.

It is not a flaw as far as they are concerned.

I beleive it is not their objective to show how a dominate-party model can be successful, rather, just a convenient example to justify why their current dominate-party rule has to remained unchange and they in power forever and ever.

Multi-party model, as well as model based on a cap on the tenure of the President/head hancho, has their success stories too.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

They should allow the dust to settle after the last leaf has fallen

 

[Kuailan]

They also must take into consideration the senior ppl who collect carton and newspaper for a living
for their documentary, beggars at Queens Street temple, one room flat, than the world would see
Sickapoor in their right perspective.

Hope they'll not only take bright part curry the present men in White which is fake and artificial.
The documentary must show the Bright and Darkest part of Sickapoor!

 

[shOUTloud]

I think it is good for the Chinese to have a one-party system for another 30-50 years. Thousands of years of autocracy should not be so easily overturned by seductive ideas from the West. Look at how screwed-up India is to see how corruption cannot be erased by democracy.

 

[wMulew]

Because it fail to recognize there are even more successful countries with multi-party system.

R U referring to the massive failure call Europe?

 

[Cruxx]

I think it is good for the Chinese to have a one-party system for another 30-50 years. Thousands of years of autocracy should not be so easily overturned by seductive ideas from the West. Look at how screwed-up India is to see how corruption cannot be erased by democracy.

Gong jiao wei. Corruption cannot be eradicated by democracy, therefore chinks should persist with one-party authoritarianism?

"No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy." - Amartya Sen

 

[wMulew]

As usual the opposition moron brigade fails to mention Opposition were filmed as well

CCTV has interviewed several retired political leaders, officials, academics, opinion makers and ordinary Singaporeans...

The National Solidarity Party (NSP) was shadowed by the CCTV crew on two community walkabouts.

 

[Dinosaur]

The PRC government has been eager to learn how Singapore manages to maintain a one-party dominant system in a prosperous and stable society.

The writer of the original article got it wrong. Mr Xi Jinping, or China for that matter, does not need to learn from Singapore.

According to the people close to the Politburo, the documentary is intended to be used to brainwash the Ah Tiongs that the current one-party rule in China is the right one and Singapore's so-called success story is the outcome.

 

[akunei]

with or without democracy also will face corruption problem.


both system got good and bad.

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Gong jiao wei. Corruption cannot be eradicated by democracy, therefore chinks should persist with one-party authoritarianism?

"No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy." - Amartya Sen

Oh so therefore india has no famine or disasters?

You are an idiot.