tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post116175708295228816..comments2024-03-14T22:55:24.426+08:00Comments on Mr Wang Bakes Good Karma: Wee Shu Min, Globalisation, Singapore and AmericaGilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-55997367202706423672021-05-16T03:54:51.140+08:002021-05-16T03:54:51.140+08:00Do you need a Loan?
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However this blog is not really about me - I have another blog for that.<BR/><BR/>The present blog however is where I write about Singapore's current affairs - so I do not look at things here with a purely self-centred perspective.<BR/><BRGilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162735823956058352006-11-05T22:10:00.000+08:002006-11-05T22:10:00.000+08:00Actually the US seemed to care for her own workers...Actually the US seemed to care for her own workers partly was due to the fact that suffering US corporations (who have influences on state politics and economy) lobbied their senators and House representatives. Examples in the past has been the major car makers in the US protesting against cheaper and more efficient imports of Japan, Korea and now China. Politics will remain politics. <BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162687491840273062006-11-05T08:44:00.000+08:002006-11-05T08:44:00.000+08:00" ... In my view it is better to encourage individ..." ... In my view it is better to encourage individuals to find their own solutions rather than have the government try to be everyone's nanny ..."<BR/><BR/>---<BR/><BR/>But the government DOES want to be everyone's nanny. Only when it runs into problems that it can't handle, will it say: "Oh Singaporeans, you must learn to find your own solutions,"<BR/><BR/>At other times, they will want to Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162687311053204872006-11-05T08:41:00.000+08:002006-11-05T08:41:00.000+08:00Oh sorry, not a Bush initiative, but Kerry's.http:...Oh sorry, not a Bush initiative, but Kerry's.<BR/><BR/>http://kerry.senate.gov/low/record.cfm?id=215182Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162686713401121362006-11-05T08:31:00.000+08:002006-11-05T08:31:00.000+08:00While I haven't closely followed the US situation,...While I haven't closely followed the US situation, what I know is that they are a lot more protective of Americans' jobs than the Singapore government is of Singaporeans' job.<BR/><BR/>Example - you probably know that all over the world, major financial institutions are systematically outsourcing their call centre functions to India. <BR/><BR/>In other words, if a Citibank credit card customer (Gilbert Koh aka Mr Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027678080233274309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162678467410576022006-11-05T06:14:00.000+08:002006-11-05T06:14:00.000+08:00Mr Wang, you say:When Singaporeans get hurt by glo...Mr Wang, you say:<BR/><BR/><I><BR/>When Singaporeans get hurt by globalisation (read: competition from India and China), all too often the signal I get from our government is - "That's YOUR problem. YOU lack skills. YOU need retraining. NO, you cannot have your *own* CPF money back. YOU are not competitive. YOU should accept lower pay. YOU are too fussy. YOU are to be blamed." Example here.<BR/><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162616717475264592006-11-04T13:05:00.000+08:002006-11-04T13:05:00.000+08:00Personally, I do agree that WSM's remarks have bee...Personally, I do agree that WSM's remarks have been too harsh and outright insensitive. However, we cannot deny the fact that Singapore needs to stay on the competitive edge and people really must learn to continuously fight to upgrade themselves. You quoted the American plight and said the difference lies in that the American government do realise that its is not the fault of the worker. That Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162457184919357592006-11-02T16:46:00.000+08:002006-11-02T16:46:00.000+08:00I am based in US right now... and I am really afra...I am based in US right now... and I am really afraid of going home and facing these crap from our supposedly "leaders".<BR/><BR/>Help me out here...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162347782882948652006-11-01T10:23:00.000+08:002006-11-01T10:23:00.000+08:00Wee Shu Min is clearly the product of Singapore's ...Wee Shu Min is clearly the product of Singapore's elitist movement. As it is, most of our politicians are scholars or children of some big-shots and have long been blessed with a silver spoon in their mouths since they were born. As such, many had a relatively early and good headstart in terms of literacy and enrichment. Inadvertently, these people do well enough academically and in sports (blah joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459143338379653652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162347452746525172006-11-01T10:17:00.000+08:002006-11-01T10:17:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459143338379653652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162314578801047462006-11-01T01:09:00.000+08:002006-11-01T01:09:00.000+08:00Thank you all for all your comments because I laug...Thank you all for all your comments because I laughed so hard at so many of your ingenius, funny, some vulgar and totally crazy comments. I am even grateful to the evil Wee shu Min for starting this whole debacle because without her insensitive comments, I would have missed this wonderful good laugh....<BR/><BR/>Through her thoughtlessness, she got many of us rethinking, through iher Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162300644007893602006-10-31T21:17:00.000+08:002006-10-31T21:17:00.000+08:00I agree with you Wang. I too work in the legal dep...I agree with you Wang. I too work in the legal department of a leading international bank. I too graduated from a top university and was on the dean list throughout my years there. Even though I'm taking home a 5 figure (on the top end) monthly salary, I know this will not last.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162207884150356242006-10-30T19:31:00.000+08:002006-10-30T19:31:00.000+08:00Damn you Sink-aporeans, vote for the assholes and ...Damn you Sink-aporeans, vote for the assholes and you get shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162191740311862432006-10-30T15:02:00.000+08:002006-10-30T15:02:00.000+08:00Very confusing leh.nothing confusing here. it is o...<B>Very confusing leh.</B><BR/><BR/>nothing confusing here. it is one country, 2 systems.<BR/><BR/>or<BR/><BR/>one country, 2 mee siams (peasant mee siam, mee siam with hums)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162178859925977852006-10-30T11:27:00.000+08:002006-10-30T11:27:00.000+08:00I am very confused on why Wee Shu Min asked Derek ...I am very confused on why Wee Shu Min asked Derek Wee to not ask the Government for handouts when she is taking the Government's handout through the scholarship?<BR/><BR/>Her father cannot afford to pay meh? Or her father worry he get older will not be financially viable, like Derek Wee, so must start on Government handout first?<BR/><BR/>Very confusing leh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162139401661355212006-10-30T00:30:00.000+08:002006-10-30T00:30:00.000+08:00To respond to Hawkeye's comment - Sparta was run b...To respond to Hawkeye's comment - Sparta was run by a bunch of Brigadier Generals and depended for Foreign Talent for lots of things besides the economy - arts, culture and even medicine. No wonder the Athenians sniffed. Apart from the homosexuality, the Spartans were known for their self-sacrifice and lack of individualism - individual heroics were discouraged. Entrepreneurial adventurism was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162088445586358362006-10-29T10:20:00.000+08:002006-10-29T10:20:00.000+08:00Chen Jiahao (AcidFlask EX-scholar) vs. Wee Shu Min...<B>Chen Jiahao (AcidFlask EX-scholar) vs. Wee Shu Min<BR/><BR/>One Country, 2 Systems</B><BR/><BR/>A society in which <B>the elite thinks that discipline applied only to others and not themselves</B> soon finds that even the most efficient monitoring system would break down as the people in charge of enforcing discipline <B>lose confidence</B> about whether they can apply the same rules to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162053520319265862006-10-29T00:38:00.000+08:002006-10-29T00:38:00.000+08:00If people skip school and dont work their ass off....If people skip school and dont work their ass off.. can they blame the government for not being there? Of course the needy will need help, but what about the lazy bumps who just want to claim welfare benefits? Singapore cannot afford people like that. I do agree elites should not look down on others, but what about the so called 'peasants'? Are they working hard enough to get out of their plightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1162053460170652922006-10-29T00:37:00.000+08:002006-10-29T00:37:00.000+08:00If people skip school and dont work their ass off....If people skip school and dont work their ass off.. can they blame the government for not being there? Of course the needy will need help, but what about the lazy bumps who just want to claim welfare benefits? Singapore cannot afford people like that. I do agree elites should not look down on others, but what about the so called 'peasants'? Are they working hard enough to get out of their plightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1161968431213040932006-10-28T01:00:00.000+08:002006-10-28T01:00:00.000+08:00Emperor II: If you cannot pacify the peasants, I s...Emperor II: If you cannot pacify the peasants, I shall deliver your head to them.<BR/><BR/>Minister Wee: Yes ... yes my lord.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1161960600810480242006-10-27T22:50:00.000+08:002006-10-27T22:50:00.000+08:00Hi Mr Wang,Thanks for the comparison between the S...Hi Mr Wang,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comparison between the Singapore government's "self-help" attitude and the purported American's "let's help" attitude. Food for thought indeed.<BR/><BR/>Personally, what I realise is that of most of those who were offended (rightfully, so I believe,) by her comments, of those who jumped on the bandwagon to hit out at her and her dad's insensitivities, there isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12908820.post-1161956623955198192006-10-27T21:43:00.000+08:002006-10-27T21:43:00.000+08:00I wonder if I may be allowed to draw attention to ...I wonder if I may be allowed to draw attention to a 'definitional' issue which I think most, if not all, have missed? It might seem like a 'small' matter of semantics, but I think the implications are hardly small.<BR/><BR/>I refer to the definition of 'youth' according to the Ministry of Community, Youth and Sports.<BR/><BR/>http://app.mcys.gov.sg/web/youth_exercise.asp<BR/><BR/>By this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com