tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post3201089446452716263..comments2024-03-08T19:26:19.450+08:00Comments on Blogging for Myself: PSC chairman on selecting scholarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-55659313946723593172015-04-29T19:20:25.553+08:002015-04-29T19:20:25.553+08:00Well the answer is in a line I wrote in my blog po...Well the answer is in a line I wrote in my blog post, "They interview young 18 year olds whom I feel by and large do not even know themselves all that well."<br /><br />But if you need the scholarship to go to university then that's a different story. <br /><br />The NUS scholarship is like a blank cheque. If they had spelt out our obligations more clearly, we would have considered it more seriously. I think unless you are entering into a contract with a benign and loving God, as a rule of thumb open ended agreements are a bad idea. This is a vital personal business value to learn as early as possible. Next to God, they will face the great challenge of decision some day deciding who to marry. Then they must understand that is far more than a contract and way more sacred than business. <br /><br />But to our government a scholarship contract is being conflated with the sacred. That is an oxymoron but we live with for practical reasons. Public service leadership is a calling and not a career. Some day we will pay a heavy price for then ignoring and now confusing the two. On that day it would be really hard or even impossible to preserve much less promote the values Eddie Teo spoke about. PengYouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04742670125024917389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852717036526979577.post-75860891670474426312015-04-29T18:36:33.388+08:002015-04-29T18:36:33.388+08:00I'm interested to hear your insights and views...I'm interested to hear your insights and views on reasons you discouraged your children from applying for PSC scholarship or even the NUS one. Greatly appreciate your sharing. Thanks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com