Majulah SIngapura
After reading rachel blog about singapore, i realise there are many things that i think that S'pore really boleh.
1. Cheap transport. Well for short journeys Spore is cheaper then here. Long journeys, here is cheaper. That is because the max you can spend in one day, not one trip, is $3. (if you get the card) No matter how far you travel is $1.50. Within 2 hours, transfers are free. Pay $3 and the whole day becomes free (here). SIngapore, no ride costs more then $1.90 i think. And singapore buses tend to be more frequent.
2. Food. One lunch is at least $4. And you dun get a lot like in singapore, where $4 can buy you a good lunch. Here that means a sandwich. If you are lucky.
3. The Sun. I kinda miss the bright sun.
4. Internet. I ma a student and i pay for 4c a mb. How sad is that. They never heard of unlimited data flow.
5. Cheap sms and Hp bill. Wha piang, sms is 20c here, calls to mobile is 49c a minute. Free incoming la, but calling to a mobile is very ex.
6. No drunks. Ppl who party here really party. Their beer economy is probably large enough to fund our budget.
Yup. But there are things i think NZ does better.
1. Freedom. Honestly, singapore government is too restrictive. They attempt to control every aspect of life. the manufacturing mindset of control has now spilled over to the way governments run the country.
2. I still think there should be seperation of State and Govt. The MRT and upgrading projects should be under the state; PAP should not allocate who gets thems on the basis of the votes. That is abuse of Governmental powers into State Owned Enterprise.
3. Education here means to study what you like. Education in singapore is to learn what the governments want. Sadly, that is not correct. Education is for the person. Not the country. That is a spillover effect.
HA ha i am grateful for what the country has given, just less grateful for the machinery that has brought us to the place where we are at the price we pay. Well, you cannot please everyone.
1. Cheap transport. Well for short journeys Spore is cheaper then here. Long journeys, here is cheaper. That is because the max you can spend in one day, not one trip, is $3. (if you get the card) No matter how far you travel is $1.50. Within 2 hours, transfers are free. Pay $3 and the whole day becomes free (here). SIngapore, no ride costs more then $1.90 i think. And singapore buses tend to be more frequent.
2. Food. One lunch is at least $4. And you dun get a lot like in singapore, where $4 can buy you a good lunch. Here that means a sandwich. If you are lucky.
3. The Sun. I kinda miss the bright sun.
4. Internet. I ma a student and i pay for 4c a mb. How sad is that. They never heard of unlimited data flow.
5. Cheap sms and Hp bill. Wha piang, sms is 20c here, calls to mobile is 49c a minute. Free incoming la, but calling to a mobile is very ex.
6. No drunks. Ppl who party here really party. Their beer economy is probably large enough to fund our budget.
Yup. But there are things i think NZ does better.
1. Freedom. Honestly, singapore government is too restrictive. They attempt to control every aspect of life. the manufacturing mindset of control has now spilled over to the way governments run the country.
2. I still think there should be seperation of State and Govt. The MRT and upgrading projects should be under the state; PAP should not allocate who gets thems on the basis of the votes. That is abuse of Governmental powers into State Owned Enterprise.
3. Education here means to study what you like. Education in singapore is to learn what the governments want. Sadly, that is not correct. Education is for the person. Not the country. That is a spillover effect.
HA ha i am grateful for what the country has given, just less grateful for the machinery that has brought us to the place where we are at the price we pay. Well, you cannot please everyone.
posted by W | Friday, August 12, 2005
2 Comments:
Agree. Agree. Agree.
I do not quite get your point about the amount of control being necessary. Economies around the world are trying to get into this so called, Knoweldge based economy. Few if any use the control mechanism. If anything, the control mechanism that the govt uses was suitable, if at all, only when manufacturing was the drive. I personally think that the govt is just control freaks.
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