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“Fandi’s sons willing to switch nationalities if it can further their football career,” the New Paper reported on 12 February. When it came to National Service (NS), Fandi said, “[The] boys are old enough and mature enough and we respect them to make their own choices.”
When we posted this on the publichouse.sg Facebook page, the overwhelming majority of commenters supported his sons’ potential move to South Africa to further their careers.
One wonders if the same support would have been forthcoming in earlier days, say the 1970s or 1980s, when support for our national football team was arguably more intense and more widespread.
- http://andrewlohhp.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/fandi-and-the-singaporean-core/
And it is for these reasons that the White Paper fell short. It did not reflect what Singaporeans want for the future.
The White Paper – and by extension the government – seems detached from Singaporeans’ aspirations.
And this is what worries us – that the government will continue to go on a path it deems right, and leaving all things else to further management. It’s a little like what they did with the casinos – bring them in first, and we’ll deal with the consequences later.
We’ll patch up the holes at a later time – or if they appear.
But a country is not a casino.
When we posted this on the publichouse.sg Facebook page, the overwhelming majority of commenters supported his sons’ potential move to South Africa to further their careers.
One wonders if the same support would have been forthcoming in earlier days, say the 1970s or 1980s, when support for our national football team was arguably more intense and more widespread.
- http://andrewlohhp.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/fandi-and-the-singaporean-core/
And it is for these reasons that the White Paper fell short. It did not reflect what Singaporeans want for the future.
The White Paper – and by extension the government – seems detached from Singaporeans’ aspirations.
And this is what worries us – that the government will continue to go on a path it deems right, and leaving all things else to further management. It’s a little like what they did with the casinos – bring them in first, and we’ll deal with the consequences later.
We’ll patch up the holes at a later time – or if they appear.
But a country is not a casino.
