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从红头巾看,新加坡能否二次自我超越?

 从红头巾看,新加坡能否二次自我超越?

美国今年两位总统候选人的第一轮辩论,相当肯定,不管谁当选,美国都无法再次自我超越。  因为,他们离美国的立国独立精神太远,离新教的价值、奋斗精神太远。更不用说,在这两个精神上,做出自我超越。看不到,新思维、新方法、新策略、新方向,自我迷失,固步自封,还在自我感觉良好。

美国和西方很难为新加坡的二次超越做出巨大贡献。我们从第三进入第一世界国家,是一种超越。是一种经济上的超越。黄循财事实上提出第二次超越的构想,摆脱经济、金钱,重新定义成功,考虑非物质、个人兴趣、替世界和环境做出贡献。

红头巾和类似红头巾的精神是我们得以第一次超越的重要元素。我们在设立建国先贤纪念园的时候,似乎只记得先贤,而这些先贤也代表某一些政治内涵,几乎没有小人物的心声。当年南洋大学集中东南亚华人,有钱出钱,有力出力成立二十一年后,寿终正寝。享受着福利的NTU和第一世界的新加坡,有多少人还记得前人的血汗和精神。

讨论烟不烟,妓女不妓女,似乎偏离红头巾的精神。就像美国两位老人的辩论,没有提出真正的核心问题。新加坡有没有必要保留和坚持过去的价值和精神,以及这些元素,在我们第二次自我超越时,扮演什么角色?不知道,或许需要反思,又反思。而不是像市区重建局那样,左思右想,顾前又要顾后,一时找不到答案。这只是一个小小的考验,就搞到U R A失去方向。



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