those in the field will know .... you'll be surprised at the amount of exposure singapore is getting from this ..... was talking to this bioinformatics researcher at my uni here in canada, lots of collaboration going on it seems, everyone has heard of the biopolis .... a good thing about singapore is that we're small ... we're able to move fast and cut the red tape given the goverment impetus ... and there seems to be lots of it in this case ... the US is NOT ahead ... and they know it ... cos they are hamstrung by their mountains of red-tape and heavy handed regulatory bodies ..... why do you think dolly the sheep was cloned in ireland instead ? ....Originally posted by Love Story:We are not forgetting about the semi con industry... because China has overtaken us.. (p.s. Taiwan overtook us 10 years ago) We are now focusing on BIO Tech. South Korea cloned first dog.... California has 20 years head start since the 80s pharma .... what has SG got to offer?
Koreans can reach such heights because of the freedom & democracy plus
the strong foundation of hierarchical system that enforces great
disciplines
From the start, any government or any govt. board to openly and broadly interfere in R&D, business and other matters. Furthur more, by only jumping into the bandwagon after everyone else is just utterly stupid.
Other people in other countries are always glad when they know that they and their businesses or business ventures are not controlled broadly by the govt- as govt control always slows down business ventures and business itself.
Now as it is, the US businessmen are criticising the Bush adminstration openly in financial magazines(like Forbes and The Economist)for shifting toward protectionism as they feel such action interferes with their business with China. They both have the right and freedom to criticise.
I don't see an iota of benefit Biopolis brings to common Singaporeans. The only thing it brings are high paying jobs for foreign scientists and profit opportunities for corporations.
What do average Singaporeans get? Maybe nice buildings to look at.
Why do I get the feeling that I have seen this article before? Or that I typed that in another messageboards recently?Originally posted by Love Story:We are not forgetting about the semi con industry... because China has overtaken us.. (p.s. Taiwan overtook us 10 years ago) We are now focusing on BIO Tech. South Korea cloned first dog.... California has 20 years head start since the 80s pharma .... what has SG got to offer?
Koreans can reach such heights because of the freedom & democracy plus
the strong foundation of hierarchical system that enforces great
disciplines
From the start, any government or any govt. board to openly and broadly interfere in R&D, business and other matters. Furthur more, by only jumping into the bandwagon after everyone else is just utterly stupid.
Other people in other countries are always glad when they know that they and their businesses or business ventures are not controlled broadly by the govt- as govt control always slows down business ventures and business itself.
Now as it is, the US businessmen are criticising the Bush adminstration openly in financial magazines(like Forbes and The Economist)for shifting toward protectionism as they feel such action interferes with their business with China. They both have the right and freedom to criticise.
I don't see an iota of benefit Biopolis brings to common Singaporeans. The only thing it brings are high paying jobs for foreign scientists and profit opportunities for corporations.
What do average Singaporeans get? Maybe nice buildings to look at.
if i'm not wrong, china recently had their first cloned pig or cat, and sheep...Originally posted by Love Story:We are not forgetting about the semi con industry... because China has overtaken us.. (p.s. Taiwan overtook us 10 years ago) We are now focusing on BIO Tech. South Korea cloned first dog.... California has 20 years head start since the 80s pharma .... what has SG got to offer?
Koreans can reach such heights because of the freedom & democracy plus
the strong foundation of hierarchical system that enforces great
disciplines
From the start, any government or any govt. board to openly and broadly interfere in R&D, business and other matters. Furthur more, by only jumping into the bandwagon after everyone else is just utterly stupid.
Other people in other countries are always glad when they know that they and their businesses or business ventures are not controlled broadly by the govt- as govt control always slows down business ventures and business itself.
Now as it is, the US businessmen are criticising the Bush adminstration openly in financial magazines(like Forbes and The Economist)for shifting toward protectionism as they feel such action interferes with their business with China. They both have the right and freedom to criticise.
I don't see an iota of benefit Biopolis brings to common Singaporeans. The only thing it brings are high paying jobs for foreign scientists and profit opportunities for corporations.
What do average Singaporeans get? Maybe nice buildings to look at.
One of the greatest ironies about Nazareth is that, although it is now world-famous as the Savior's home town, the people of His time held Him with such low regard, to the point of contempt and even outright hate, that He didn't perform many miracles there. In fact, it eventually got so bad (He was at least twice run out of town, and once nearly thrown over the town's cliff by a mob) that He actually had to move away to Capernaum (on the north coast of the Sea Of Galilee) to keep His neighbors from killing him!seriously... we are just throwing good money on those PHD students who would be relegated to nothing more then highly paid servants of "FOREIGN TELAN"
Fact Finder: What popular saying has its origin because of Nazareth?
(a) "The Lord helps those who help themselves."
(b) "Live and let live."
(c) "A prophet has no honor in his own home."
Matthew 13:57-58
Good. Now where's the monies to fuel the exist?Originally posted by tripwire:a singaporean can NEVER be a talent in singapore... they need to go overseas to become FOREIGN TALENT from singapore.
was not jesus chased out of NAZARETH? because he was raised there? what did jesus say?
seriously... we are just throwing good money on those PHD students who would be relegated to nothing more then highly paid servants of "FOREIGN TELAN"
to put it in another way....
WE ARE ALL TALENTED... but we CANNOT be LOCAL talent, there is no such thing!!!...
we must leave singapore behind if we want to be recognised as TALENT.
TALENT is a matter of perception, the foreign hotdog always tastes better then local... the moon is always brighter beyond our border.
even the malaysian ah beng is "smarter" then our local grads...![]()