Accept outflow of talents as a reality: PM
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Originally posted by will4:
Come to think of it, how many student from poly went to other countries to study n never came back?Thx to out meritocratic gahmen... æ¤åœ°ä¸�留人，自有留人处
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This article is a big joke.
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Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:
Great to see you back. He created new nick "Mauriziosuckdick". He must have hate maurizio so much that he creates this nick for himself, ha ha ha.
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Originally posted by qlqq9:
Great to see you back. He created new nick "Mauriziosuckdick". He must have hate maurizio so much that he creates this nick for himself, ha ha ha.
He also created EROPAGNIS and TCH05
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All the top talents outflow from Singapore.
How come our LHL and his gang no go anywhere ? They not talent enuff ?
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Originally posted by jojobeach:
All the top talents outflow from Singapore.
How come our LHL and his gang no go anywhere ? They not talent enuff ?
u consider lhl and gang talents? They are not talents so they stay put in singapore.
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Originally posted by eagle:
He also created EROPAGNIS and TCH05
I knew TCH05 is gazelle but I have not come across EROPAGNIS. gazelle is full of nuisance. -
Clarissa Oon
Wed, Feb 13, 2008
The Straits Times
SINGAPORE is losing about 1,000 of its best and brightest every year and the numbers are growing, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has said, sounding the alarm on the severity of the brain drain.
And the main magnet for these talents is not regional powerhouse China, but the United States and other developed English-speaking countries, he told the United Press International news agency in an interview earlier this month.
Citing figures of Singaporeans who gave up their citizenship and took out their savings and CPF funds, he said this meant 'losing about, at the top end, 1,000 a year, which is about - if you take the top 30 per cent of the population - about four or five per cent'.
Mr Lee believes this exodus could only grow because 'every year, there are more people going abroad for their first or second degree'.
Some of these Singaporean talents head for China, but return eventually because, at the end of the day, they do not want to compete with the Chinese, he said.
'You go to China, you're going to compete against 1,300 million very bright fellows, hardworking, starving. Do you stand a chance to be on top of that pole? No.'
'But if you go there as a Singaporean with a different base, speaking English which they can't, with connections to the world, then you've got a different platform.'
In comparison, the pull of US is difficult to reverse, he said, noting that American firms recruited bright Singaporean students straight out of universities there.
After acclimatising to life and work in the US, 'if they decide to take the Green Card and settle in America, then I think we've lost them', said Mr Lee.
Singaporeans who do not want the stiff competition in the US go to Australia and Canada, he added.
The brain drain has been a regular issue addressed by MM Lee, who has repeatedly said that this is Singapore's Achilles heel.
To stem this loss of talent, Singapore has wooed many top professionals from China and India here, he said.
The draw for the Chinese is that their children can learn both English and Chinese, while the Indians like Singapore because it is close to home, yet a step up in terms of First World infrastructure.
'The trouble is many of the Chinese then use us as a stepping stone to go to America, where the grass is greener.'
'But even if we only keep 30 to 40 per cent and lose 60 to 70 per cent, we're a net gainer,' he said. He said, however, that the Chinese would cease to come in 20 to 30 years' time, when China's living standards rise to match Singapore's. -
Accept outflow of talents as a reality: PM
I think PAP regime should accept that their political hegemony is coming to an end soon as a reality.
Refuse to accept the reality why there is braindrain.
In a world of their own already, the PAP.
Time to go.
They better accept that as reality.
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Originally posted by Poh Ah Pak:
I think PAP regime should accept that their political hegemony is coming to an end soon as a reality.
Refuse to accept the reality why there is braindrain.
In a world of their own already, the PAP.
Time to go.
They better accept that as reality.
Arrogant lhl will never never reflect on his doings that he is partially responsible for it. May be he know he is too incompetent to tackle the task of retaining local talents so what he can say is to accept it. Hopeless, lack of commitment, stupid, arrogant pm like him leads singapore no where.
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I don't see a reason why PAP should rule Singapore.
No reason whatsoever.
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Originally posted by Poh Ah Pak:
I don't see a reason why PAP should rule Singapore.
No reason whatsoever.
Anyone who wants better life in Singapore will agree with the above. There are good reasons why pap want to rule singapore. -
Anyone who wants better life in Singapore will agree with the above.
But if they are brainwashed by mainstream media, then they will vote for PAP.
PAP is the saviour to them, anything else is worthless.
They are not politicised, so they are easily influenced by propaganda.
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Originally posted by Poh Ah Pak:
But if they are brainwashed by mainstream media, then they will vote for PAP.
PAP is the saviour to them, anything else is worthless.
They are not politicised, so they are easily influenced by propaganda.
The pathetic few who think PAP is good surrender themselves to live within the fence set by evil selfish pap. They are happy becos they do not know how other people from other countries are treated by their govt and worse they are not aware we are shortchanged.. These people mostly are frogs in the well. -
These people mostly are frogs in the well.
If they only exposed to Singapore mainstream propaganda media, they will remain frogs in the well.
They will know nothing about politics.
They will know nothing about the reality that is the world.
They will not be aware of propaganda tricks.
They are like a frog in the well.
They will vote PAP.
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Originally posted by Poh Ah Pak:
If they only exposed to Singapore mainstream propaganda media, they will remain frogs in the well.
They will know nothing about politics.
They will know nothing about the reality that is the world.
They will not be aware of propaganda tricks.
They are like a frog in the well.
They will vote PAP.
the anticipation of the 2010 elections is unbearable even though i think i won't be able to vote for the 3rd time.
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'The best musicians and sportspersons are already a global breed. But to do well, a country needs a core of its ablest citizens, those with both the intellectual and social acumen, to play leadership roles in the economy, the administration, and the political leadership. Without that central core to take the country forward, the society cannot perform to its full potential, and the citizens will suffer.'
Noting that more and more Singaporeans are going abroad to study or work, he said: 'We must accept this flow as a reality, and bring in talent to top up, and encourage Singaporeans who study and work abroad to eventually return and add to the vibrancy of their own society.'How can we have "ablest citizens, those with both the intellectual and social acumen, to play leadership roles in the economy" when "we must accept more and more Singaporeans are going abroad to study or work"?
Why didn't he think of how to make ex-singporeans eventually return instead of simply accepting?
Companies that can perform well are companies who treated their employee well which they regard them as their assets.
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Originally posted by alwaysdisturbed:
the anticipation of the 2010 elections is unbearable even though i think i won't be able to vote for the 3rd time.
i have very little hope that the voting result at 2010 will be very predictable.
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Originally posted by fishbuff:
i have very little hope that the voting result at 2010 will be very predictable.
it only take a spark....but this has to be post-lky. anything prior is a waste of time/effort/resources.
PAP knows this, the people have the power. that's why GRC and walkovers remain their most important strategy to retain power. the latter is done by preventing credible oppositions to contest. GRC strategy does raise the bar but if the oppositions can field enough candidates, it is not an insurmountable barrier.
PAP will have one more clean go at the next GE. by 2015, if LKY moves on, then the gloves are off.
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PAP will have one more clean go at the next GE
I don't think so.
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Originally posted by Poh Ah Pak:
I don't think so.
two?
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Must see whether Lee Kuan Yew dies.
My hope is soon.
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Originally posted by redDUST:
it only take a spark....but this has to be post-lky. anything prior is a waste of time/effort/resources.
PAP knows this, the people have the power. that's why GRC and walkovers remain their most important strategy to retain power. the latter is done by preventing credible oppositions to contest. GRC strategy does raise the bar but if the oppositions can field enough candidates, it is not an insurmountable barrier.
PAP will have one more clean go at the next GE. by 2015, if LKY moves on, then the gloves are off.
with people like u that keep siding with the pap, singapore has no hope. like those pap grassroot people that serve the RC, absolute run-dogs.
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If PAP doesn't change their attitude, doesn't change their policies, I will continue to oppose and criticise the PAP.
I will never support the PAP.
