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One of the runners-up, with a score of 286, is labelled Made in Singapore, though his parents are from China.
Do we Singaporeans still have a foreseeable future? Our top men are foreign talent! Now, I don't have anything particular against China Chinese. After all, we practise racial harmony in Singapore, and we are the same race anyway. But what is the crux of the problem? Is there a problem, some ask. Of course there is! We always say Singapore is a small and open economy, and our natural resource is people! Why have we fallen behind our China friends? Apart from being looked down upon by them, we are seen as losing our competitive edge.
Take Chinese Language for example. Our dear Education Minister championed the cause of teaching Chinese in English, for 'children from predominantly English-speaking families'. I don't know what is happening here; I figured that implementing CL 'B' syllabus (oh my, it was a refinement!) was the last straw for me. It just makes me think that we are not doing all we can to help our future leaders when they are in their developing stages. Isn't there a well-worn saying that goes, "When the going gets tough, the tough gets going' ? Just because something is tough to do doesn't mean we lower our standards and settle for second-best. Or third. (Or lousy, really.) (I could do with a Chemistry 'B' syllabus.) I figure all these policies have to do with Singapore being a results-based society though. As long as something works, it doesn't matter how one does it. It is similar to the heavy-handed governance (having people fear than like you) that has brought us to today, whether good or bad.
Last of all, I would like to mention an article really worth reading:
(From zaobao, but the zaobao link is not working.)
