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20130129 State Singapore is In http://bettersingapore.blogspot.sg/2013/01/20130129-state-singapore-is-in.html PM admission in IPA yesterday showed that we have failed in our planning since 2001. PM Lee admits govt lacked 20/20 foresight  By May Wong |  Posted: 28 January 2013 2145 hrs http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1250767/1/.html http://bettersingapore.blogspot.sg/2013/01/20130128-cna-pm-lee-admits-govt-lacked.html He merely stated a symptom of critical lack, but not what is needed and how he is going to overcome. What is not clearly stated is also that the policies have been focusing on short term indicators, housing transactions, figures on economic growth. He did not clearly state he realized leading, governing a nation is NOT about the above, but about improving the life of Singaporeans, building a better Singapore. Ant this can only be by cultivating Stronger Singaporeans. If the PM did not realize explicitly, our failure wi...

PM Lee admits govt lacked 20/20 foresight By May Wong |  Posted: 28 January 2013 2145 hrs http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1250767/1/.html http://bettersingapore.blogspot.sg/2013/01/20130128-cna-pm-lee-admits-govt-lacked.html This article is stored here, as this is a historical statement, just in case CNA may put them into archive, and readers may not be able to retrieve it easily, or same link. SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has admitted the government did not have 20/20 foresight, resulting in problems with inadequate infrastructure in the country. He was speaking at the "Singapore Perspectives" conference on governance organised by the Institute of Policy Studies on Monday. Acknowledging the problems of insufficient housing and inefficient transportation network, Mr Lee pointed out that the government was blind-sided by the outcome of some international events. He elaborated that in 2000 and 2001, the 9/11 terrorism...

20130128 Temasek Chief - An Enabler to Revive Singapore Recovery http://bettersingapore.blogspot.sg/2013/01/20130128-temasek-chief-enabler-to.html Doing the right thing by the right person, for the wrong purpose will invite heartache, failures, disasters.. C oncisely An Engineer, if pursuing Profit, without improving efficiency, effectiveness, efficacy (relevance) will fail, must fail. An Engineer, if innovate, continuously innovating better, handier, economical, elegant products and services for more people, this engineer will be noted, celebrated and modeled after by many, even down the history. I feel very much offended when "Singapore has nothing for its economy, except rental income from Temasek" the President of a leading University Alumni Association told me: Latter, a dynamic leader told me: "My rental go up 80% when my factory building was transferred from JTC to Maple Tree" Then a one man machine shop who is able to produce what most...

20130126  Key to avoid Singapore collapse by PAP's Lightning - Right Direction http://bettersingapore.blogspot.sg/2013/01/20130126-key-to-avoid-singapore.html Singapore's founders formed one unique party, party symbolized by Lightning. We know lightning is destructive - common sense & experience told us so. It has only very rare occasions that the power of lightning was detected, but not harvested for humanity usage. Many died in these experiments. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite_experiment Singapore founding fathers were fortunate to have complementing strength, and they jointly identified a right direction for growth - disciplined approach in the development of capabilities. They accomplished celebrated success in lightning speed. It is noted by a retired chief of civil servant Ngiam Tong Dow that Goh Keng Swee is the only wealth creator among all the Founders. I noticed Mr Ngiam used "is" or  did i make a mistake. Goh can create wealth because...