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从处理冠病到处理油污, 黄循财的总理路肯定比吴作栋艰难。

 从处理冠病到处理油污,

黄循财的总理路肯定比吴作栋艰难。


和吴作栋相比,黄循财所获得的精英顶尖人才的支持,的确逊色不少。我们拿第一第二代和第三第四代行动党领导层相比,就看出明显的不同。前者的领导,很多可以独当一面,后者则令人担忧。


黄循财因为领导处理冠病有功,得以出任总理。吴作栋似乎没有什么功绩,反而在李光耀不看好的背景下,出任总理。照理来说,应该是黄循财的总理路比较顺畅才对,为何黄循财却面对困境,甚至不敢有吴作栋瑞士生活的壮举幻想。


冠病属于无法预测的世界大事,不是经常发生。油污相对来说,不是什么新鲜的事,新加坡政府自认在这次的油污事件中,尽了责任,第一时间快速油污处理。  我们不是专家,无法正确评论。但是,看到行动党最近成立的气候行动和心理健康委员会,油污事件似乎是一个警告,一个讽刺。


黄循财和吴作栋处于不同的历史阶段。一个大力成长(growth)一个注重发展(development)。黄循财已经不能随心所欲的盲目的像吴作栋李显龙追求成长,而不顾及发展。成长是要付出代价的,移民,外来人才,组屋,生活费,税务负担等问题。人均高不代表所有国人,所得都高。很多人无法在成长中获得好处,反而造成贫富不均,个人发展不起来。


黄循财面对行动党三代人留下来的负担,看到成长,却做不到令人满意的发展:贫富,人口,人才,房子,生活开支等问题。因此,他提出新的社会契约,不再追求高收入,注重生活品质,人生意义,给成功新的诠释。这是对内,对外他还要处理多极世界的万千变化。


面对不可能完成的任务,黄循财和行动党就提出,大力提倡,新加坡要团结一致,共同面对未来不可测的挑战。这个团结,当然就是继续给予行动党一个强大的委托。这样的官宣,几十年来不停的以不同的方式出现,而且都很成功。造成问题的是行动党,解决问题的也是行动党。是神也是鬼。


一直以来,行动党宣传,它是唯一能够领导新加坡度过难关,继续向前的政党。不管什么情形,选民就是要支持行动党?这样的口号,过往的确很吸金吸精获得大力支持。黄循财是否能够依样画葫芦?成长期,人们被高经济成长率蒙骗蒙蔽,以为可以拿到发展的好处,哪里知道贫富距离,组屋和生活费等问题却无法获得解决。黄循财如何说服选民,认为他能够提出更好的替代方法,以新的社会契约精神,让国人对未来充满信心,共同面对挑战?



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