Wednesday, July 18, 2007

What's bad about the Singapore system?

I posted my views earler about what's good about the Singapore system. They are:

* low corruption
* meritocracy
* economic development
* efficiency
* stable and good government.

I will now give my views about what's bad about the Singapore system. They are:

* low corruption
* meritocracy
* economic development
* efficiency
* stable and good government.

Yes. They are the same as the "what's good". The same factors that accounted for our success also contributes to our problems. I shall elaborate more about the negative aspects in a few days time.

If we understand both the good and the bad aspects, we may be able to adjust, to increase the "good" and reduce the "bad" impacts.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mr Tan

This is interesting, and quite unexpected.

I think that the strong points must outweigh the bad points. Still, I look forward to your views.

James

July 18, 2007 9:24 AM
Anonymous said...

One more: Able to react and adapt to new situations quickly.

Everything can be micro-managed. There is no resistance to policies set by the main party, and the population is generally obedient.

July 18, 2007 11:32 AM
Anonymous said...

We have made famous the word "kiasu". It is found in the Collin dictionary, meaning afraid to lose. This is underpinning of the kind of meritocracy we have achieved. As what
Robert T. Kiyosaki said about his poor dad's advice to him. Be a good boy, study hard, get a good job, work hard, get married and have a good family and the rest "bo chiap" and "mai chiap".

July 26, 2007 10:02 PM

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