Dj_spike 2nd Gear January 18, 2011 Share January 18, 2011 Quoted from ST online THE drive to be a Global City has come at a price for Singaporeans and their quality of life, said three prominent figures, including Workers' Party chairman Sylvia Lim, on Monday. And while Singapore may have first-world infrastructure, it suffers from a lack of creativity and intellectual freedom of the sort found in other Global Cities, they argued during a panel at the annual Singapore Perspectives seminar. Noting that she found the terms Global City and Endearing Home a contradiction, Ms Lim said that there has been a 'palpable sense of loss of identity' among Singaporeans due to the pace of change over the last few years. She said that the change in population mix in particular - in 1990, 86 per cent of the population were local; this fell to 63 per cent in 2010 - has had an adverse impact on Singaporeans and their sense of security In fact, she noted that she has heard from some who have emigrated elsewhere that they believed they would be better taken care of as permanent residents in other countries, than as citizens in their own. This perennial tension between the frenetic pace of a Global City and the sheltering stability of a Nation-State was singled out by author Derek Da Cunha, a fellow panellist, as an issue that will prove critical in the forthcoming General Election. Link What do u guys think? I will have to agree with her.... the identity is lost somewhere :angry: ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatbirdlegend 1st Gear January 18, 2011 Share January 18, 2011 What do u guys think? I will have to agree with her.... the identity is lost somewhere :angry: I have to agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishballqq Neutral Newbie January 18, 2011 Share January 18, 2011 what identity? Ha. Singapore is now rojak, filipinos, myanmar, indian, you name it, we have it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj_spike 2nd Gear January 18, 2011 Author Share January 18, 2011 what identity? Ha. Singapore is now rojak, filipinos, myanmar, indian, you name it, we have it. SO u like it the way it is now, sir? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishballqq Neutral Newbie January 18, 2011 Share January 18, 2011 No... I was being sarcastic... I am trying to say, what kind of identity do they want us to have when it is rojak now? So many different cultures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingcopa 1st Gear January 18, 2011 Share January 18, 2011 No... I was being sarcastic... I am trying to say, what kind of identity do they want us to have when it is rojak now? So many different cultures. U miss out Cheena leh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pltang Clutched January 18, 2011 Share January 18, 2011 i cant tell who's our fellow countrymen.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj_spike 2nd Gear January 18, 2011 Author Share January 18, 2011 No... I was being sarcastic... I am trying to say, what kind of identity do they want us to have when it is rojak now? So many different cultures. U should say last time the rojak taste nicer with only 4 main ingredients... now they add in too much melamin and other stuff that is not nice :angry: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator January 18, 2011 Share January 18, 2011 identity probably take more than 100 years to be identified Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj_spike 2nd Gear January 18, 2011 Author Share January 18, 2011 i cant tell who's our fellow countrymen.... I can only tell true blue sg from MCF meetups Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj_spike 2nd Gear January 18, 2011 Author Share January 18, 2011 Guys, i'd rather we pay ministars who say phrases like Palpable sense of loss of identity among S'poreans rather than those once in 50 yrs type.... but i heard over the radio that aussie are also using once in 500 yrs for their flood leh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishballqq Neutral Newbie January 18, 2011 Share January 18, 2011 U should say last time the rojak taste nicer with only 4 main ingredients... now they add in too much melamin and other stuff that is not nice :angry: Ha ok, my bad! I am your fellow country mate! wait, r u singaporean? ha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladykillerz 4th Gear January 18, 2011 Share January 18, 2011 so what? what can we do? -.- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj_spike 2nd Gear January 18, 2011 Author Share January 18, 2011 Ha ok, my bad! I am your fellow country mate! wait, r u singaporean? ha Are u sure? I can't tell now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whathefish 5th Gear January 18, 2011 Share January 18, 2011 i cant tell who's our fellow countrymen.... Yes u can tell...when all our us wear our ARMY or Home Team Uniform... The only diff is we need to serve NS !!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatbirdlegend 1st Gear January 18, 2011 Share January 18, 2011 MM Lee has said that economy is the overriding factor in Singapore's survival. That's why we need to import all these FTs. MM Lee is certainly a very intelligent man and has accumulated 87 yrs of experience. But I wonder...where does nationhood rank in our survival? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingcopa 1st Gear January 18, 2011 Share January 18, 2011 Yes u can tell...when all our us wear our ARMY or Home Team Uniform... The only diff is we need to serve NS !!!! erhhhhhhhhhhh now u can see Ah Tiong serving NS too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingcopa 1st Gear January 18, 2011 Share January 18, 2011 Guys, i'd rather we pay ministars who say phrases like Palpable sense of loss of identity among S'poreans rather than those once in 50 yrs type.... but i heard over the radio that aussie are also using once in 500 yrs for their flood leh Good things must learn ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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