否极泰来 Piji Tailai

  Fresh grad. No job. Want to start a family — but how? Buy an HDB flat — but how? Survive without income — but how? These aren't just headlines to me. They're my life right now. Maybe this is a bad era. But maybe it's also a good time — a time to ask what I can give to Singapore, without always asking why. Even when ministers' salaries go up and mine doesn't exist. What a big AI challenge in the little red dot. But I'm still here. Still trying. Still hoping.

  最近好无语。 法庭前拍照，官字两个口，小心。 乱翻垃圾桶，官字有把尺，小心。 空气污染高，自己顾自己，小心。 公交费上涨，荷包要小心。 谁最开心，部长加薪了 ! 不知道，应该是无言还是无语？

 Top Pay, Top Talent May Not Win Even deploy Singapore’s sharpest minds, navigating the Indian market remains an uphill battle. Air India is no exception. History shows that India has long been a tough terrain for foreign capital, with numerous multinationals eventually packing their bags. Questioning SIA’s heavy commitment to Air India is not just a commercial query—it goes deeper. Because Temasek is SIA’s majority shareholder, the airline’s capital forms an indirect part of Singapore’s national reserves. What started as a corporate expansion has now clearly transcended pure commercial considerations into the realm of high-stakes statecraft.

 初心不在，人才不来，行动党是否正步向危机？ 李光耀曾直言，若行动党失去吸引人才的能力，替代政府便会随之诞生。放眼古今中外，从未有过哪个国家能单靠金钱维持政治运作、真正做到为国为民。 然而，不禁令人深思的是：为何喝着行动党奶水、接受其教育的新加坡人，如今似乎不再心存感激，也不愿与党并肩拼搏、共克时艰？ 到头来，只能依赖高薪来招安所谓的精英。归根结底，是因为行动党已渐行渐远地偏离了建国初心与立国誓约。企图单靠优厚待遇去吸引志同道合者加入，终究无法带领新加坡迈向更高峰。

 The PAP is not Singapore. When the ruling party struggles to attract talent, that is their survival problem, not the nation's. Having governed for over 60 years does not make Singapore a dynasty. Conflating the fate of the PAP with the fate of Singapore is a dangerous miscalculation. Betting everything on a single political basket is a risk no prudent investor would take. Even in business, we have three major local banks and multiple telcos—none of them claim to be the only game in town. Competition and choice are what keep systems resilient.

  《从“水浒”到“三国”： PAP 政治的精英断层》 新加坡政治，正从“水浒”的招安时代，进入“三国”的争雄初期。这，正是行动党找不到精英的深层原因。 过去，精英面对的是“被招安”的选择——部长高薪，就是招安的手段。但今天，这个诱惑已效力递减。再高的加薪，也抵不过一颗为国为民的决心。谁在选择牺牲，谁在选择为经世济民找出路，选民看得一清二楚。 如果精英仍然选择被招安，加薪或许还有希望。但“水浒”终究是一个惨痛例子——招安之后，未必善终。于是有人开始争取“三国”的机会。 到了“三国”，体制在，国本在，但谁当家，却不一定，未必是行动党。 选择，决定了政治的走向；也决定了，谁还愿意留下来为民服务。