So good to finally come across such ideas and analysis from Kishore Mahbubani. So simply stated too. That government should own public transport because we need to recognize that the ideas leading to its privatization are now old and tired. To me, the pendulum swings from one end to the other. Some day, we shall need to privatized it again. Why? No system is perfect and once we have subscribed to one, its negativity accumulate over time until it become counter productive to stay with the status quo.
He also aptly recognized Singapore existential stake in a constructive relationship between the US and China.
Proposed by WP just after the 2011 elections.
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