Is Life a bed of roses in Singapore ?

• caramon

  12 Mar 05, 22:32

  The states control Straits Times will have you believe that life is a bed of roses for the average Singaporean.. And Singapore's propaganda machine is working overtime this year to spin the good news on the good life as it is a election year..
  
  But beneath all this lies the in-concealable truth.. if Life in this Wonderland is so good;
  
  1) Why is disposable income (and CPF rates) falling ?
  
  2) Why are more and more people leaving?
  
  3) Why are the birth rates falling?
  
  4) Why are suicide rates on the rise?
  
  5) Why are unemployment rates on the rise?
  
  6) Why are daily living costs escalating?
  
  7) Why is there the emergence of the "educated poor" as a new social class?
  
  Can anyone answer me why?
  
  
• carpe diem jur

  12 Mar 05, 22:38

  life is never good to anyone, darling~!!
• Magnus

  12 Mar 05, 22:41

  How about directing your questions here :
  http://www.youngpap.org.sg/phpbb/
• Patrik

  14 Mar 05, 11:11

  Life is so beautiful.
• pie

  14 Mar 05, 11:41

  Sure...life is a bed of roses, flowers, thorns and all
• aryan

  14 Mar 05, 18:29

  roses eventually rot n become roses no more. hmm i tink when roses rot it becomes s hit
• keuriseudo

  14 Mar 05, 20:09

  Life is a comedy. Enjoy the show.
• TehJarVu

  14 Mar 05, 20:12

  Originally posted by keuriseudo:

  Life is a comedy. Enjoy the show.

  comedy is ok, just hope it's not a joke
• keuriseudo

  14 Mar 05, 20:16

  Originally posted by TehJarVu:

  comedy is ok, just hope it's not a joke

  a joke is ok. just dun make urself the joker.
• SBS3624G

  14 Mar 05, 20:16

  Originally posted by caramon:

  The states control Straits Times will have you believe that life is a bed of roses for the average Singaporean.. And Singapore's propaganda machine is working overtime this year to spin the good news on the good life as it is a election year..
  
  But beneath all this lies the in-concealable truth.. if Life in this Wonderland is so good;
  
  1) Why is disposable income (and CPF rates) falling ?
  
  2) Why are more and more people leaving?
  
  3) Why are the birth rates falling?
  
  4) Why are suicide rates on the rise?
  
  5) Why are unemployment rates on the rise?
  
  6) Why are daily living costs escalating?
  
  7) Why is there the emergence of the "educated poor" as a new social class?
  
  Can anyone answer me why?
  
  

  1. Not sure.
  
  2. Maybe bcos Singapore too hot and humid.
  
  3. Bcos of LKY policy in 1960s or 70s to cut birth rates. He succeeded alright.
  
  4. Is it on the rise? Maybe stress is rising in Spore.
  
  5. Our economy is cyclical, typical market economy. So, it ought to look better soon.
  
  6. Bcos the gov assumes that everybody's income rising. The gov based it on statistics. But statistics do not show the pict.
  
  7. There is bound to be such pp.
• shimmer

  14 Mar 05, 20:58

  Life is a bed of roses in SG if you compare it to other countries that are far worse off.. we need to count our blessings.