Singaporeans happiest in Asia?
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According to this ABC news article, we are: http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=4097264&page=1
wow... when I first read this article , I thought it was the latest satire piece for www.talkingcock.com!
Now that I have stopped laughing long enough, here's my reply.
First thoughts in my mind. ABC = Media whore. With this one news item, they have lost all 'street cred' as a serious newspaper. There are so many holes in their argument for Singapore being the happiest place in Asia.
So they interviewed an actor working for the State-owned media company, a millionaire socialite and a CEO? Wow that is so representative of Singapore's population because everyone I know in my Singapore HDB estate are either actors, millionaire socialites/playboys or CEOs. But seriously, they asked the some top dogs in the social hierarchy and concluded that '95% of Singaporeans are happy'? Whoever wrote this piece of crap have zero journalistic integrity and I find the way they constructed their sample (consisting of an actor, a millionaire socialite and a CEO) most suspicious. It looked as if they set out to interview people who are unlikely to be unhappy. Let's face it, if I were to ask CEOs of oil companies in Burma how happy they were, I could write an article about Burma being the happiest place on Earth.
They used the word 'community' in the last paragraph, citing it as a reason why people can be happy even under dictatorial regimes. That's a 'whore word'. 'Community can mean anything! If they believe 'community' can bring happiness, they are either really stupid or from another planet. Or, as many of you are already guessing, on the payroll of the Singapore government. Look here pal, prisoners in concentration camps have 'community' too. Are they happy?
Then there's the bastard phrase 'Keeping up with the Joneses'. The writers cited this as a reason for our unhappiness. In one swift sentence across the screen, they placed the blame on the people and took the PAP government off the hook for their greed, draconian laws and lack of welfare policies. It has nothing to do with the PAP that we are suffering from rising costs, inflation or loss of employment. We are not unhappy because we have no freedom and feel powerless to effect change in our lives for the better.
No, it is us. We were too competitive with our neighbours. Yeah right. Tell that to the widows of the men who threw themselves on the MRT train tracks.
To Bill Weir and Sara Holmberg: you two have absolutely no sense of shame or integrity. If you think Singapore is so good, why not give up your American citizenships and come live here with us?
I strongly urge forum members to post your thoughts about this article on the ABC webpage: http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=4097264&page=1
They allow messages to be posted about their articles. Let the world know how Singaporeans really feel!
Crew -
I like Sg ... but singaporeans are happy and easily contented ... just follow rules ... never voiced out .. even do .. also not courageouslyOriginally posted by Singa Crew:According to this ABC news article, we are: http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=4097264&page=1
wow... when I first read this article , I thought it was the latest satire piece for www.talkingcock.com!
Now that I have stopped laughing long enough, here's my reply.
First thoughts in my mind. ABC = Media whore. With this one news item, they have lost all 'street cred' as a serious newspaper. There are so many holes in their argument for Singapore being the happiest place in Asia.
So they interviewed an actor working for the State-owned media company, a millionaire socialite and a CEO? Wow that is so representative of Singapore's population because everyone I know in my Singapore HDB estate are either actors, millionaire socialites/playboys or CEOs. But seriously, they asked the some top dogs in the social hierarchy and concluded that '95% of Singaporeans are happy'? Whoever wrote this piece of crap have zero journalistic integrity and I find the way they constructed their sample (consisting of an actor, a millionaire socialite and a CEO) most suspicious. It looked as if they set out to interview people who are unlikely to be unhappy. Let's face it, if I were to ask CEOs of oil companies in Burma how happy they were, I could write an article about Burma being the happiest place on Earth.
They used the word 'community' in the last paragraph, citing it as a reason why people can be happy even under dictatorial regimes. That's a 'whore word'. 'Community can mean anything! If they believe 'community' can bring happiness, they are either really stupid or from another planet. Or, as many of you are already guessing, on the payroll of the Singapore government. Look here pal, prisoners in concentration camps have 'community' too. Are they happy?
Then there's the bastard phrase 'Keeping up with the Joneses'. The writers cited this as a reason for our unhappiness. In one swift sentence across the screen, they placed the blame on the people and took the PAP government off the hook for their greed, draconian laws and lack of welfare policies. It has nothing to do with the PAP that we are suffering from rising costs, inflation or loss of employment. We are not unhappy because we have no freedom and feel powerless to effect change in our lives for the better.
No, it is us. We were too competitive with our neighbours. Yeah right. Tell that to the widows of the men who threw themselves on the MRT train tracks.
To Bill Weir and Sara Holmberg: you two have absolutely no sense of shame or integrity. If you think Singapore is so good, why not give up your American citizenships and come live here with us?
I strongly urge forum members to post your thoughts about this article on the ABC webpage: http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=4097264&page=1
They allow messages to be posted about their articles. Let the world know how Singaporeans really feel!
Crew -
If the foreign media doesn't know crap about wat's goin' on in SG, i think they shld just stick to thier own worries back home...
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Propaganda...
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so they were under the instructions of somebody in sg?Originally posted by fairlady_xoxo:Propaganda...
anyway singaporeans are far from even being the happeist in south east asia i think. -
We have our problems and i don't know how much truth there is in us being the most happy...oblivious maybe..However, our problems are not as big as what some of our neighbours face and we should understand that.Originally posted by alwaysdisturbed:so they were under the instructions of somebody in sg?
anyway singaporeans are far from even being the happeist in south east asia i think. -
lol, your sarcasm is awesome. but seriously, i admire that you can analyse and not just take in any crap the news feed us, because not many singaporeans know that news can be propanganda for some families...Originally posted by Singa Crew:According to this ABC news article, we are: http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=4097264&page=1
So they interviewed an actor working for the State-owned media company, a millionaire socialite and a CEO? Wow that is so representative of Singapore's population because everyone I know in my Singapore HDB estate are either actors, millionaire socialites/playboys or CEOs. -
..seemingly we may not have any sizeable problem/s, but when our national problem does comes, it will be huge...Originally posted by kramnave:We have our problems and i don't know how much truth there is in us being the most happy...oblivious maybe..However, our problems are not as big as what some of our neighbours face and we should understand that. -
reporter is a noob.............. Dats All
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Singaporeans happiest in Asia?
How I wish I could believe it. -
happiest to migrate ...
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maybe they mean the happiest MINISTERS?
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Originally posted by BaByBoY:maybe they mean the happiest MINISTERS? Agreed.
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Sounds like some advertorial insert.
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wasn't there a report recently saying Singaporeans are the most unhappy in the world (or at least one of the most unhappiest in the world)?
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ROFL. What nonsense!
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just read the comments on the site
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I dont think singaporeans are very happy
why ?
try ask unfortunate singaporeans guys when they wan to approach any singaporean women lol. All the gals look at $ and so on.. wow.. -
How can ppl be happy when they need to Pay and Pay...
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They didn't do research on sgforums la
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yea.. only the elites are happy... and i don't think they constitute 95% of the population. Should be the other way round.
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Hope that no gullible foreigner reads this and gets fooled into migrating here.
Poor fool.
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i agree with TS wah... im a happy singaporean.
wait.... im not in singapore
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