Skip to main content

LHL’s last speech makes people worry about Singapore From planning, trust to international standing

 LHL’s last speech makes people 

worry about Singapore

From planning, trust to international standing


State media boast about Lee Hsien Loong’s 20 years of achievements.  In return, he highlighted three fundamental strengths of Singapore’s success story.  


Long-term planning.

Political stability and trust.

Good global standing.   


Yes. The PAP government has long-term plans for Singapore.  Our outstanding economic performance proves the success story. However, it also creates many unsolved problems like, housing, cost living, rich-poor gap, healthcare, foreign employment policies…


Lawrence Wong is going to take over the prime ministership.  Do you think he will change the PAP long-term planning?  Most likely, it is the status quo.  So, the problems remain unchanged. 


The PAP has a way to keep political stability in Singapore. From the inherited ISA, media control, fear of the Communist, GRC, PRs turned citizens, to the latest POFMA.  All these help the government to remain in power.  However, it also creates TRUST problems.  Two recent surveys show a trust deficit in Singapore. In Singapore, 1 in 2 worry about being misled.   40% consider Lawrence Wong to be trustworthy. 


If we look at Israel, she used to have a good international standing and is a respectful country. The country is facing a huge international challenge now.  A western model that lasts 500 years can no longer continue. Singapore's past success model, whether economic, politics, geopolitics, or the so-called international rule of law, needs huge adjustments to be relevant to the new modern world in the Asian century.


Lee Hsien Loong can step aside but Singapore needs to move forward.  Oh! They already have the Forward Singapore plan, spending years of effort and many people involved. So, don't play, play. What do you think? Would it be another East Coast Plan?  

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sub-standard PAP and the Singapore education system

I make a 'policy shift' when I hear the debate of right politics, constructive politics and sub-standard opposition. My original aim is to discuss about “Su Dongbo, Zhang Juzheng and Singapore education system”. The discussion will end with a sub-standard PAP, in particular from the assessment of the quality of PAP potential candidates. Another policy shift is to discuss it like a play, a drama and make it more entertainment rather than a sub-standard political discussion. Act 1 Gangster’s demand Imagine a sense in the Hong Kong's gangster movie (or a godfather movie), the gangsters' master is shouting at his poor opponent and demand him to give a price for his wrong act. The poor guy without any resources can only offer his body or his service to work for the master. Back in his own chamber, the master is still not satisfied and continues to shout 'don't play, play, you think you are hero, you think you are tiger, or superstar or acting ...
275 comments
Read more

EBRC objectives: Stop “Out of Aljunied”, Stop SDP Breakthrough and “Negative-Asset” Ministers.

First of all, we have to congratulate the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee for creating more competitions, especially, multi-cornered competitions in the East. When making changes, EBRC aims to achieve 3 goals: To prevent “Out of Aljunied” for Workers’ Party.  This is the most important objective. To prevent Singapore Democratic Party making any breakthrough in the North and Central.   To look for a solution to retire “negative-asset” ministers or reduce PAP damages. From the reported claims from different political parties, we will expect multi-cornered contests not only in single constituencies but also in group representative constituencies. The PAP hopes to have a repeat of 2011 Presidential Election. Then Tony Tan won the Presidency when he got only 35% of the votes, a narrow win.However, a win is still a win. He did in even in the very last minute, after recounts of votes.    How to achieve multi-cornered contests? By i...
65 comments
Read more

Is Prism Project Another Central Planning of the PAP?

There are 3 scenarios under the Prism Project#1 of Institute of Public Policy.  However, it looks more like the central scenario planning of the People’s Action Party. From the instructional menu of Prism Project Primer #2, participants were guided to a situation in 2022 and they have to imagine, within the Primer framework, to come out with 3 possible scenarios in Jun-Aug 2012.  2022. What a coincidence! Not long ago, PM Lee declared that he would like to hold the prime minister post for another 10 years. The other coincidence is the similarity between the 3 scenarios and the candidates of PE2011. How competitive and sustainable are the 3 scenarios to the people of Singapore and to the PAP?   Will the scenarios produce competitive and sustainable Singapore, Singaporeans or the PAP?  Perhaps, as what the Chinese say: planning cannot always catch up with changes.   And planning sometimes turns out the wrong, bad and unexpected results, espec...
50 comments
Read more