Lee Kuan Yew on fate of Singapore in 100 years' time

[Donut]

a little side track...quite sad to see LKY's health deteriorate so much in 1 yr...NDP 2012 and NDP 2013 drastic difference

 

Naturally. He's 90 come this Sept. How many of us can live to 90 and still be mentally alert?

 

on the other hand, Israeli President is already 90 now, and still v healthy and working

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Israel

[Ingenius]

I just came down2 days ago, your schedule when ? Buzz me, I give you a joy ride to KL & GHR cruising NSHW at Legal Speed 110km/h

thanks uncle fong, my parents just came back from their few days ago also. i no plans as no khaki these days. more likely go jb massage instead. will zhio you if i going. i recently drive to melacca for a one day trip, these days i also drive at 110km/h liao, last time mm zhai xi drove at 150 . now cherish life more liao.

Edited August 12, 2013 by Ingenius

[Roh96]

Lol, even nothing was right under his leadership and yet he is leading almost a decade liao?!

 

Record low vote and lost one GRC. He has a lot to buck up to do lor.

[Ingenius]

Record low vote and lost one GRC. He has a lot to buck up to do lor.

actually in most if not every other country is close to 50/50 except sgp. however i expect the trend to continue.

Edited August 12, 2013 by Ingenius

[Ingenius]

I just came down2 days ago, your schedule when ? Buzz me, I give you a joy ride to KL & GHR cruising NSHW at Legal Speed 110km/h

ho say boh ? wish you always good luck tua huat ah !!

Edited August 12, 2013 by Ingenius

[Joseph22]

actually in most if not every other country is close to 50/50 except sgp.

still a lot ot buck up.

 

but i feel that they could be entering an era where by no matter how well they do, they are going to struggle to earn votes where else its easier for opposition to earn votes.

[VellfireS]

I just came down2 days ago, your schedule when ? Buzz me, I give you a joy ride to KL & GHR cruising NSHW at Legal Speed 110km/h

C-Crass at 110? Mai kay siao la.. 110 or 210?

[13177]

Record low vote and lost one GRC. He has a lot to buck up to do lor.

Loo, at least he still managed to leads for a decade.

[Ingenius]

still a lot ot buck up.

 

but i feel that they could be entering an era where by no matter how well they do, they are going to struggle to earn votes where else its easier for opposition to earn votes.

lky said before, changing empire is almost a certain phenomenom. it is inevitable but a matter of time niah. people will always want change for the better.

[Joseph22]

lky said before, changing empire is almost a certain phenomenom. it is inevitable but a matter of time niah. people will always want change for the better.

yeah.. main thing is the change must be at the correct time. too early or too late will be bad.

[Ingenius]

C-Crass at 110? Mai kay siao la.. 110 or 210?

i have a friend, he used to do 250 to and fro genting, reached in 2 hours from sgp. he never carry spare tire and once, it burst and his friend drove from sgp to ns highway to change tyre. he said he and wifey stranded at highway was pitch dark and the wifey cried.

Edited August 12, 2013 by Ingenius

[2BDriver]

Naturally. He's 90 come this Sept. How many of us can live to 90 and still be mentally alert?

 

on the other hand, Israeli President is already 90 now, and still v healthy and working

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Israel

My father passed away at 93 years old, his funeral joss stick used red colour and white lantern cannot add-up 3 years more.

A day before his death at SGH, he still can joke with me and mum and recited my childhood days super clearly.

I and my mum knows in Chinese believe " 回 光 反 照 ", and we get ready for his departure

[VellfireS]

i have a friend, he used to do 250 to and fro genting, reached in 2 hours from sgp. he never carry spare tire and once, it burst and his friend drove from sgp to ns highway to change tyre. he said he and wifey stranded at highway was pitch dark and the wifey cried.

WAH.. worst timing to tio.. I thought got the roadside phone to call for assistance right?

[VellfireS]

Couldn't find this on MCF. If it's been posted before, my deepest apologies.

 

 

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/...s-time-20130811

 

On Aug 22, 2012, I received a thank-you card from a Singaporean by the name of James Ow-Yeong Keen Hoy.

 

From his elegant, cursive handwriting, I guess he must at least be in his 50s. Young people these days prefer to type, and when they do write, they simply do not write as beautifully.

 

He wrote: "My family is deeply grateful and has benefited from your magnificent leadership and solid contributions that have enabled our nation to achieve peace, happiness, progress, prosperity, solidarity and security all these good years. A big thank you!

 

"May we have the honour to sincerely wish you, Sir, peace and joy, wisdom and longevity and all the very best in the coming good years. And may our beloved country be blissfully and richly blessed and be mercifully safeguarded now and always. God bless."

 

I quote at length from this card to highlight the enormity of the mindset shift, from an older generation, including this writer, his peers and his seniors, to a younger one that takes for granted Singapore's affluence.

 

People like Mr Ow-Yeong have seen Singapore develop from the unsettling 1960s, when hardship and poverty were still the rule rather than the exception, to today's vibrant and cosmopolitan Singapore, providing well-paying jobs to a highly educated population.

 

Many older Singaporeans also progressed from living in shanty huts to high-rise apartments with present-day conveniences and surrounded by safe neighbourhoods.

 

They have a good understanding of the nation's imperatives - what it took for us to get here and what it would take to keep up our success - as well as its vulnerabilities.

 

The younger voters do not share those views. Having been born into a Singapore that had in many ways already arrived, they see all that is around them - a working system generating stability and wealth - and they ask: "Where is the miracle?"...

 

Even as things stand, we have regretfully shifted the system away from attracting the best talent through reductions to ministerial pay.

 

If I were a Cabinet minister at the time the change came up for discussion, I would have stood firm. But the younger generation of ministers decided to go with the trend.

 

It is true that no country in the world pays ministers as we do. But it is also true that no other island has developed like Singapore: sparkling, clean, safe, with no corruption and low crime rates.

 

You can walk the streets or jog at night. Women will not be mugged. Police do not take bribes, and if they are offered bribes, there are consequences for the ones offering.

 

None of this came about by coincidence. It took the construction of an ecosystem that requires highly paid ministers.

 

With every pay reduction, the sacrifice that a minister makes - giving up his profession or his banking job - becomes greater.

 

Some will eventually tell themselves: "I don't mind doing this for half a term, 21/2 years, as a form of national service. But beyond that, it has to be: thanks but no thanks."

 

The final outcome would be a revolving-door government, which will inevitably lack a deep understanding of the issues or the incentive to think about problems in a long-term manner.

 

Will Singapore be around in 100 years? I am not so sure. America, China, Britain, Australia - these countries will be around in 100 years. But Singapore was never a nation until recently.

 

An earlier generation of Singaporeans had to build this place from scratch - and what a fine job we have done.

 

When I led the country, I did what I could to consolidate our gains. So too did Goh Chok Tong.

 

And now, under Lee Hsien Loong and his team, the country will do well for at least the next 10 to 15 years.

 

But after that, the trajectory that we take will depend on the choices made by a younger generation of Singaporeans.

 

Whatever those choices are, I am absolutely sure that if Singapore gets a dumb government, we are done for. This country will sink into nothingness.

[2BDriver]

yeah.. main thing is the change must be at the correct time. too early or too late will be bad.

Accurate Right Timing Changing then we are " HUAT AH "

[Mustank]

My father passed away at 93 years old, his funeral joss stick used red colour and white lantern cannot add-up 3 years more.

A day before his death at SGH, he still can joke with me and mum and recited my childhood days super clearly.

I and my mum knows in Chinese believe " 回 光 反 照 ", and we get ready for his departure

 

the happy days of a father and son are forver etched in his heart

[2BDriver]

ho say boh ? wish you always good luck tua huat ah !!

Done badly in Bacarrat , last minute recovered all loses from 3 pictures table in plus RM.3 K's

[2BDriver]

the happy days of a father and son are forver etched in his heart

Let me tell you our few final hugs, I can never find a suitable word to describe my feelings