tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post116640243242710984..comments2023-11-05T17:53:13.405+08:00Comments on Singabloodypore: Scholars past their prime are in dire straitsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-10111609593840648042006-12-23T16:04:00.000+08:002006-12-23T16:04:00.000+08:00hiya, you are very confused leh. How can public se...hiya, you are very confused leh. How can public service 'lose money' when they are not really making any, or hold the legitimate goal of making money in the first place? Funny reason leh. Wah, I dont understand your twinnings example, too cheem lah. <br /><br />hahaa, your faith in perfect efficient market very strong lah, like a cultish religion. wah, never know people are punished by market signal like a teacher hit the hand like a ruler. People so rational meh? <br /><br />of course government lose money stay in business lah. If everytime government lose money, they get kicked out, that means everyday we have new government leh. Cannot work right? Stupid idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-45007809356618245942006-12-22T13:11:00.000+08:002006-12-22T13:11:00.000+08:00anonynous 03:45
Yes, the cuntry needs admin peopl...anonynous 03:45<br /><br />Yes, the cuntry needs admin people.<br /><br />Twinings ( a private, family company) has been selling tea for longer than S'pore has been in existence. Talk about building a (global) brand-name, and staying in business for hundreds of years... and guess what? They have had "admin people" since the beginning.<br /><br />In private enterprise if your "admin people" are not up to scratch, the market will punish you.<br /><br />The "legal criminals" who work in the public service can cock up, lose public money — and still have a high paying job until they retire.<br /><br />When a private enterprise makes a mistake, they are "punished" (merely a market signal) by the market. Or in extreme cases, get sued by their customers.<br /><br />When the state's government makes an error, they stay in business — and the people end up paying for it.<br /><br />Can you bring a class-action against the govt?<br /><br />Of course not.<br /><br />But you can if ALL the govt services were PRIVATISED.Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1166479841889741192006-12-19T06:10:00.000+08:002006-12-19T06:10:00.000+08:00the effect of such an article - is to make the adm...the effect of such an article - is to make the admin service / military service look less attractive (than it already is, some would say) and to make those people in the admin service / military service look more incompetent & undeserving of their huge salaries. <BR/>the real question is - why on earth would ST write such a story? was this their intention? or is this some miscalculated attempt at trying to gain sympathy for admin officers / military officers & trying to show that they empathise with the at-large problem of 40 year olds? if so, what a miscalculation!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1166471118863537492006-12-19T03:45:00.000+08:002006-12-19T03:45:00.000+08:00wah, people here so spiteful. Scholars or no schol...wah, people here so spiteful. Scholars or no scholars, the country needs admin people mah. If they did not do their job, you think you have a place to do your little business and little jobs meh? Come on lah, public admin is service, and if they need to leave and find another job, sure got retraining one lah. Maybe they dont like retraining, or maybe they think only business world to make bigger money than their admin jobs, but either way, can think more wider also right? <BR/><BR/>aiya, if you have no sympathies then keep quiet loh. Talk so much for what when you have nothing to say? Aiya, maybe elites can think better than you are. Sure lah, maybe not as rich as you. But maybe they see further and know deeper leh. Like when a crazy man rise up, they see it first and then all the rich people get killed. Happened many times you know. So dont be so sure that elites have no specialty ok. <BR/><BR/>haha, stupid example of chinese and indian kids taking over jobs. Maybe factory workers or low level programmers lah. If you are boss from america, you would put your big responsibility on these people? Cheap not mean anything you know. Must be legitimate also to your own managers ok. Make union mad or make your own people mad, no good for the company. But if they start their own thing in their own countries, maybe different story lah. <BR/><BR/>highly motivated, passionate or crazy work ethic mean nothing if you dont use brains. These people have brains and alot of fight. But they lack how to relate to the culture of the west, where the money really is loh. Not say got guts and fight can win the war one. Sometimes need diplomacy ok. <BR/><BR/>aiya, maybe they kick your arse only lah. haha, there are many different types of oxbridge people lah. Some are quite smart, others are lucky and the rest dont know their own minds. Dont put all the rice in one rice bowl ok. There is sushi rice and then there is thai rice. All good rice but different rice. So if you learn from dons how to think, cannot be too bad one. Unless you did not and look to the day of your admin job and nice flat, then maybe this will happen lah. Have not seen a man or woman who study until primary six or sec 4 who seriously take their lessons to think and be mature go hungry these days leh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1166427791874881972006-12-18T15:43:00.000+08:002006-12-18T15:43:00.000+08:00Just can't wait to meet one of these former elites...Just can't wait to meet one of these former elites. I want to see how well they fare in the "outside" world when they are wean from the usual embrace of their once beloved PAP masters. How the PAP "chosen ones" can manage for themselves in the real world. <BR/><BR/>Welcome, people, welcome to the world created by PAP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1166423417185077202006-12-18T14:30:00.000+08:002006-12-18T14:30:00.000+08:00Somehow, I find it very difficult to find any symp...Somehow, I find it very difficult to find any sympathy for people who have either earned or been given all the extra "chances" in life — and then blowing it, or failing to "make it happen" for themselves.<BR/><BR/>If quiet, ordinary folk, with "average" abilities and "average" jobs can get their shit together — raise their families and provide for them, how come these people with "extra special" abilities fuck up?<BR/><BR/>Apparently we reap what we sow. And people with "victim mentality" reap their comeuppances big time. Serves them right! :-)<BR/><BR/>And another myth has been highlighted: that being educated in "elite" institutions <I>guarantees</I> one a successful life. Since when did life itself come with <I>any</I> guarantees?<BR/><BR/>...and why do so many people whine about "how bad life is?" Are there really so many "problems" in the world, that so many people are "victims" — needing help all the time, and beyond hope?<BR/><BR/>Technology has empowered "average" people, to the point where, by using computers (now cheap) and the latest machine tools (cheaper than previous generations), "average" people can produce goods which in erstwhile times could only be produced by "special" people. We live in times where people in their 20's, who've dropped out of school become billionaires.<BR/><BR/>A point about "soft skills": the POINT about capitalism is to HELP people, and to make a profit from doing so. As someone with a managerial position — HOW are you going to help people, lead people, cooperate and trade with them if you do not have good social skills? Bearing in mind of course that technology has levelled the playing field somewhat.<BR/><BR/>We are all in business for ourselves — that is necessary for individual freedom. Those "elites" with flashy degrees are no longer "that special". Those elites who think that they live in a feudal society where being "elite" is a birth right, are in for continual surprises.<BR/><BR/>Wait for it. It is coming to your political economy real soon: the next generation of Chinese and Indian kids: tech savvy, smart, highly motivated and passionate, with work ethic to scare the shit out of any fat-arsed lazy union leader bum in the US, UK, EU etc.<BR/><BR/>I can't wait for these young, energetic guys AND gals to kick arse. Innovative people make our lives better by increasing our wealth. I for one, feel no "threat" whatsoever — because I am NOT "elite".Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1166410713416450552006-12-18T10:58:00.000+08:002006-12-18T10:58:00.000+08:00Well, serve them right. It's time that they really...Well, serve them right. It's time that they really know down at the ground how the rest of Singaporeans are living. <BR/><BR/>For the guys being picked at 18yrs old with a scholarship is like a silver spoon in the mouth - until now. I bet most if not all of them have been supporting the PAP and policiies throughout their working life. Voting for the PAP (Poking Asshole Party) at every elections. <BR/><BR/>Now it's good to see how they feel to get shaft from behind after having given the prime of their life to the causes of PAP. To all these former high fliers, to deserve it, you reap what you sow. <BR/><BR/>You once consider yourself to be elites. Well, well, let's see how you have fallen or will fall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com