recently, i have been seeing a lot of rather useless posts in the media about the flood. almost all of it was unconstructive, bitchy and offer no suggestions as to how it could be better prevented. and i posted this in my facebook: "when i faced hurricanes n nature's wrath in states, i saw ppl band together with the govt to help improve things. in sgp, we bitch, we swear it's not our fault, we made videos to criticize, we join in the criticizing... doesn't this reflect a sad state of ourselves?".
lo and behold, i started getting comments from some of the people in my friend-lists (and i realized they have previously posted comments too). reading their comments, i concluded the following, (1) that many of the posting come across as emotional rather than factual or constructive, (2) that there is a tendency to point the fault outwards rather than reflect how one could contribute to the prevention, (3) that many are yet again, using this flood as an extension of a larger issue and outlet of their continued dissatisfaction with the government (be it related to policies, pay, la la la...).
well, let me first state this, i am not pro- to any specific political parties and i have big tensions with the current system considering how i was treated in my previous job (that is another story altogether, but thank goodness i survived although i almost went the imh track... then again, i guess the damage has been done). but what i can say is this - that the current political party who have formed the government for the past 50-over years are doing a relatively decent job in improving our quality of life despite occasional hiccups in terms of policies, communications, and failure to arrest certain small issues and allow it to develop out of proportions. and the many years of paternalistic and often authoritarian way of doing things has resulted in many cynical, quiet dissent on the ground. it is regretful but a fact. when you grow too fast, you cater to the mass and many at the fringe may not benefit as much. also, as a result, many got left behind due to whatever reasons. but i can see efforts in the right directions.
this is where i think the government needs to find better ways to engage the population. well, i know they have been trying hard. but i think there are much room for improvements. may be they should look towards the grassroot movements too. then again, just look at the grassroot movement now. despite all the hype about them, i think what they have now are nothing more than a group of people who come across as sar-kah-ing the officials or are simply exploiting the system for their personal gains. and as a whole, i think most of the people currently in the grassroot movements are making the grassroot movement look nothing more than a senior citizen's void deck club movement instead...
hmmm... ok, i have let my thoughts run again. shall stop here...
weekend is here!
:-)
lo and behold, i started getting comments from some of the people in my friend-lists (and i realized they have previously posted comments too). reading their comments, i concluded the following, (1) that many of the posting come across as emotional rather than factual or constructive, (2) that there is a tendency to point the fault outwards rather than reflect how one could contribute to the prevention, (3) that many are yet again, using this flood as an extension of a larger issue and outlet of their continued dissatisfaction with the government (be it related to policies, pay, la la la...).
well, let me first state this, i am not pro- to any specific political parties and i have big tensions with the current system considering how i was treated in my previous job (that is another story altogether, but thank goodness i survived although i almost went the imh track... then again, i guess the damage has been done). but what i can say is this - that the current political party who have formed the government for the past 50-over years are doing a relatively decent job in improving our quality of life despite occasional hiccups in terms of policies, communications, and failure to arrest certain small issues and allow it to develop out of proportions. and the many years of paternalistic and often authoritarian way of doing things has resulted in many cynical, quiet dissent on the ground. it is regretful but a fact. when you grow too fast, you cater to the mass and many at the fringe may not benefit as much. also, as a result, many got left behind due to whatever reasons. but i can see efforts in the right directions.
this is where i think the government needs to find better ways to engage the population. well, i know they have been trying hard. but i think there are much room for improvements. may be they should look towards the grassroot movements too. then again, just look at the grassroot movement now. despite all the hype about them, i think what they have now are nothing more than a group of people who come across as sar-kah-ing the officials or are simply exploiting the system for their personal gains. and as a whole, i think most of the people currently in the grassroot movements are making the grassroot movement look nothing more than a senior citizen's void deck club movement instead...
hmmm... ok, i have let my thoughts run again. shall stop here...
weekend is here!
:-)
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