5/02/2013
Selfish Meritocracy? Chok Tong is wrong
In his latest sermon, Chok Tong preached about selfish meritocracy and the need for those who have risen to the top of the heap to help those below, not to pull away the ladder. It is a serious call, a virtuous sermon to remind the successful to help those that are less successful, to give a helping hand instead of keeping the hands in the cookie jar to help themselves for more.
I think Chok Tong is seeing only one side of the coin. Singapore is a very selfless meritocracy in every count. As a country, we are extremely successful and we are very generous in sharing our success and wealth with people around the world. The people from the Third World are invited and swarming here to make their fortunes. The luckless and unable to make it people from the First World are also here to be treated like gods and given great jobs and great salaries that they would not get back home.
We have turned a swamp into a shining jewel and our first class infrastructure and systems are for people of the world to come and share and enjoy. We have the best universities and students from Third World countries are invited to study here instead of their down and out universities at home. And if they cannot afford the high cost of living, no sweat, our Govt will pay for tuition and living allowances, bond free. Several hundreds of scholarships were given out every year to these fortunate foreign students. Even their monthly allowances were more than what Singaporeans gave to their children.
We are even more generous in offering job opportunities to foreigners as long as they tell us that they are talents and have papers to prove it. We even sideline our not so able PMETs to make way for these foreign talents to make it good here.
Now, who is saying that we are guilty of selfish meritocracy? Look at how many foreigners who are now CEOs of our local institutions earning millions annually, which we could have kept them for our locals. But no, we are generous, and we believe in selfless meritocracy. We don’t mind giving the millions to foreigners who are good, and hopefully they don’t pull the ladder from the locals when they are up there, given the opportunity by the our govt to be here. Hopefully they don’t see it as tribal preservation to pull the ladders from the locals and offer the ladders to their friends from their home countries.
Singapore and Singaporeans can vouch and swear that we practise selfless meritocracy, and particularly in favour of foreign talents. Many foreigners have benefited from our meritocrazy. The locals that failed to enjoy the generosity and the meritocrazy policy have only themselves to be blamed.
What do you think? I think I am telling the truth. I only wish that our Govt practises a little bit of selfish meritocracy to benefit our own people.
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Yes I agreed. But many FT also converted to sinkie double quick so if u do a survey, u find that there are not many
Leong Sze Hian also brought this up at the Rally. That many have converted to give the impression that Singaporeans are still clinging to avoid being a minority when in fact if the new citizens are removed from the statistics, true blue Singaporeans are now an absolute minority in their own country.
Speak for yourself. Some of us Singaporeans are doing very well, thank you very much. If you're struggling, you're probably doing something wrong, or doing something you shouldn't be doing, etc. And whose fault is that?
Why struggle with the headwinds when you can flip around and sail with the tailwind?
Think about it.
Raymond, I hope u get replaced by FT soon as under the current system, the probability is high. Have u file the police report against RB?
Raymond, you doing very well? How much they pay you to be here? For you to do this kind of job you can't be paid very well for sure.
Tell us, $1,800 pm got or not?
Why is that anybody who writes here who doesn't agree with redbean has to be paid by somebody ?
No one threatens Redbean except this one.
With or without Raymond, Redbean aka Chua Chin Leng and some others here are definitely under the radar.
Is Sin City such a dangerous place to live in? I thought this is a First World city, safe and sound, with human rights, rule of law, transparency, a good upright govt.
Why is there so much fear in such a heavenly place? This is not some totalitarian country nor a third world dictatorship. The police and the courts are there to protect the people and not to be used to threaten the citizens. The people must feel extremely safe here under the protection of the law.
In some countries the law and the police are the most fearful, worst than bandits.
When a person can feel it in his bones, you know there is something wrong with him somewhere. Feelings come from the heart and minds, not bones.
Now, who in the world would ask his children to step aside in his home and give up his place to a stranger, who took away their jobs, caused property prices to go out of control, create transport problems of sorts and raising overall cost of living for everyone?
Meritocracy my foot!
What they call meritocracy in Singapore.
Is really nothing more than old fashioned Plutocracy ... the rule by the rich.
The more money you have, the more meritorious you are.
How do whores get more money.
By inviting more foreign talents into their cuntry in exchange for more more money.
Did we elect whore-mongers into parliament in GE 2011?
You are completely right in having confidence in our justice system. However, a small correction is needed to your above comment.
It is Rule By Law and not Rule Of Law. There is great difference, concept wise.
One fine day when the winds change directions,you gonna sink and drown without you knowing it.
Now how lien doing well
See how well you be when s FT trash replaces you
RB, u sure woody ever said that?
Goh Chok Tong should start a anti selfish meritocracy movement, hold a rally a Hong Lim. He may regain his popularity.
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