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[h=2]Singapre is now a NEW country changed completely from 15 yrs ago.....[/h]
<DL class=userinfo_extra><DT>Join Date <DD>Jul 2012 </DD><DT>Posts <DD>34 </DD></DL>
[h=2]Singapre is now a NEW country changed completely from 15 yrs ago.....[/h]
Singapore now the El Dorado of Asia. Not New York but El Dorado.
This is country of human flux, a cross roads, a come and go state. It is crafted as a service ...Singapore is a service providing jobs and opportunities for the young mobile crowd from India, China and Phillipines. They come, they go. They only interested in a transient stay here full of adventure in a foreign land, working in a foreign country, being with their group of young fellow country men with the same ideas. The goal is to come, make some money and go back to tell everyone else they have been here.
This is the dynamic flux that energise the Singapore economy. Our telcos all have special prepaid packages catering to the these workers who are here for 1-2 years then go home. But this flow and flux means we will never acquire advanced skills because almost every worker is a temporary worker. You make money quick using the cheap labor, catch the wave, take the money than look for the next ripple to ride on. Great for the businessman class but if you are a worker in this economy, you have to be a foreign worker otherwise it is a nightmare. Foreign workers can come here, work cheap still make some small fortune to go back home - but Singaporeans cannot. It is El Dorado for foreign workers and our economy is designed for foreign workers. The Singaporean cannot be part of this transient flow - he is stuck in Singapore, he needs a home if he gets married, he is here when he is young, he is still here when he is old. But the economy is not designed for people who needs a stable job, it is not designed to take care of you when you're old. It is cheaper to operate with instant mix humans who are here only to work and go back home before they turn old - economically this is most efficient, no baggage for our society, win-win between local business and the foreign worker.
In this economic flow and flux the Singaporeans become a liability. They get old, they get sick, they cannot be discarded away easily. As this flux grows and the El Dorado nature of the economy starts to encapsulate more of the economy, the Singaporean needs to discard himself. If he is old, he and his walking stick has to go to Malsysia because Singapore just cannot keep him - it is economically inefficient to do so. If he is sick, it is better he die faster so that it cost everyone less money - he can always be replaced by the thousands willing to come here. There is no need for him to procreate, in fact he should have the common sense not to do it and burden himself. If there is a demand for workers, Singapoire Inc can always tap from this mobile flux of dynamic young workers educated and young.
In this system, the Singaporean becomes irrelevant. He is not important. He jolly well learn to integrate with this flux because he has no choice. The Singaporean numbers can shrink and nobody cares from an economic standpoint. The only reason left to want Singaporeans is for defence - their willingness to be trained and die for the country. Mercenaries are too expensive and foreigners won't do it because they are here temporarily. But once the Singaporean thinks hard about it why should he die for a system that works to diminish his kind. He soon conclude it is better to get out than to hang on to his place here and wait for his own discarding. Every year thousands leave while they are young or when they make enough....it is a logical choice. The emotive bonds that keep us here keeps getting eroded. One fine day we will reach tipping point and this country is no longer a nation but a mega-globalised city -every Singaporeans' nightmare because such mega-cities exists only within big countries where the transients have the same citizenship and the old can retire to the countryside or suburban in their own country. Where the mega-city population is constantly refreshed by the higher fertility in the suburban rural parts of the country. A nation that is one mega-city cannot exist in isolation - it cannot be both. It has to choose one or the other. We have chosen to be a mega-city and our nationhood will be in decline. The flag and pledge will slowly lose its meaning, the human flux will grow to overwhelm us all. Don't wait to be discarded. Do something!
This is country of human flux, a cross roads, a come and go state. It is crafted as a service ...Singapore is a service providing jobs and opportunities for the young mobile crowd from India, China and Phillipines. They come, they go. They only interested in a transient stay here full of adventure in a foreign land, working in a foreign country, being with their group of young fellow country men with the same ideas. The goal is to come, make some money and go back to tell everyone else they have been here.
This is the dynamic flux that energise the Singapore economy. Our telcos all have special prepaid packages catering to the these workers who are here for 1-2 years then go home. But this flow and flux means we will never acquire advanced skills because almost every worker is a temporary worker. You make money quick using the cheap labor, catch the wave, take the money than look for the next ripple to ride on. Great for the businessman class but if you are a worker in this economy, you have to be a foreign worker otherwise it is a nightmare. Foreign workers can come here, work cheap still make some small fortune to go back home - but Singaporeans cannot. It is El Dorado for foreign workers and our economy is designed for foreign workers. The Singaporean cannot be part of this transient flow - he is stuck in Singapore, he needs a home if he gets married, he is here when he is young, he is still here when he is old. But the economy is not designed for people who needs a stable job, it is not designed to take care of you when you're old. It is cheaper to operate with instant mix humans who are here only to work and go back home before they turn old - economically this is most efficient, no baggage for our society, win-win between local business and the foreign worker.
In this economic flow and flux the Singaporeans become a liability. They get old, they get sick, they cannot be discarded away easily. As this flux grows and the El Dorado nature of the economy starts to encapsulate more of the economy, the Singaporean needs to discard himself. If he is old, he and his walking stick has to go to Malsysia because Singapore just cannot keep him - it is economically inefficient to do so. If he is sick, it is better he die faster so that it cost everyone less money - he can always be replaced by the thousands willing to come here. There is no need for him to procreate, in fact he should have the common sense not to do it and burden himself. If there is a demand for workers, Singapoire Inc can always tap from this mobile flux of dynamic young workers educated and young.
In this system, the Singaporean becomes irrelevant. He is not important. He jolly well learn to integrate with this flux because he has no choice. The Singaporean numbers can shrink and nobody cares from an economic standpoint. The only reason left to want Singaporeans is for defence - their willingness to be trained and die for the country. Mercenaries are too expensive and foreigners won't do it because they are here temporarily. But once the Singaporean thinks hard about it why should he die for a system that works to diminish his kind. He soon conclude it is better to get out than to hang on to his place here and wait for his own discarding. Every year thousands leave while they are young or when they make enough....it is a logical choice. The emotive bonds that keep us here keeps getting eroded. One fine day we will reach tipping point and this country is no longer a nation but a mega-globalised city -every Singaporeans' nightmare because such mega-cities exists only within big countries where the transients have the same citizenship and the old can retire to the countryside or suburban in their own country. Where the mega-city population is constantly refreshed by the higher fertility in the suburban rural parts of the country. A nation that is one mega-city cannot exist in isolation - it cannot be both. It has to choose one or the other. We have chosen to be a mega-city and our nationhood will be in decline. The flag and pledge will slowly lose its meaning, the human flux will grow to overwhelm us all. Don't wait to be discarded. Do something!
