They used to located across the street at Albert Complex which now occupied by OG.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Sweet n Sour prawns
They used to located across the street at Albert Complex which now occupied by OG.
Hillary Clinton to China...the relevance to Singapore
Yes, if we refuse to grow, like the Chinese are doing (more like they want to grow some parts of their body but not others) Hillary Clinton is right.
I hope what we are trying to do is realize Obama's version of government even when he was a senator and tried unsuccessfully when he became president. MM and SM had built a foundation for us to build from to achieve a local version of open government.
So we move from being a Cray supercomputer to becoming massively parallel. We don't grow this way, our government will remain clueless about the future like it had in the last few years. The world becomes more complex, and using new organizational strategies and the Internet infrastructure, going "massively parallel" is how we can adapt and overcome our challenges successfully. In fact, it is the smart way going forward to have a better and more interesting lives for our children.
If we succeed at pulling this off, we will enhance our relevance to America and China furthering our security and prosperity. With MM presence, nobody from here can emerge as a giant who will make and fill his or her giant shoes.
May be Obama will come and take a look at how we do it and bring it back to pressure his government. Provided we succeed. We need to recreate the Singapore brand.
Jim Rogers on the retriement of MM and SM
My American friend left me this message on facebook. I wouldn't have known how investor Jim Rogers is feeling so soon except for her. Here is what she posted.
Investors hates risks that is beyond their comfort zone. Political risk is one of the worse, which is to unpredictable to them. We also do not like discontinuous change but such events will happen in any nation's history. They are always unplanned and the best one could do is not to be naive about it and always be vigilant. Such a time has arrived for us.
How our nation was born will always define the path it takes into the future. Versions, which I hope are less scary as those of the sixties will always visit us and we have to successfully overcome them. Our location, its surrounding geography and our small size makes this all but certain. Our small size dictates that we have an adequate military to back up our diplomacy. I am glad this is ingrained in our population, but I am also surprised some opposition parties don't get it. They will get a good education from the voters on this one.
Investors time horizon are almost always shorter than ours. E.g., they think of rising real estate prices, we think if our kids can afford them. Looking out toward different time scales cause us to act differently. Since we need their helpful presence here, we must return to stability as soon as possible but without shortchanging ourselves. That was the mistake of the PAP government. It has forgotten to put Singapore first. It might have sold to themselves that it was for the long term, but that case was not workable. They had forgotten market forces would not redistribute wealth. Government distribution is bad no matter how enlightened or clever it cannot help people regain the dignity of earning their own living.
UPDATE:
I can't find any news articles about anxious foreign investors here. Perhaps the media is mostly liberal than pro-business. It would become clearer in the days ahead.
The way the news is breaking and spreading everywhere, does the PM has a choice any more whether to accept their departure? Didn't he grasp the context that would emerge? It is important that a PM is able to do this. His job is to see further, warn us and get everyone to ride in the correction direction.
Joani Weiss Jim Rogers said that it is not a good thing when the old Singapore government starts to leave...looks like it is starting to transpire.32 minutes ago ·
Investors hates risks that is beyond their comfort zone. Political risk is one of the worse, which is to unpredictable to them. We also do not like discontinuous change but such events will happen in any nation's history. They are always unplanned and the best one could do is not to be naive about it and always be vigilant. Such a time has arrived for us.
How our nation was born will always define the path it takes into the future. Versions, which I hope are less scary as those of the sixties will always visit us and we have to successfully overcome them. Our location, its surrounding geography and our small size makes this all but certain. Our small size dictates that we have an adequate military to back up our diplomacy. I am glad this is ingrained in our population, but I am also surprised some opposition parties don't get it. They will get a good education from the voters on this one.
Investors time horizon are almost always shorter than ours. E.g., they think of rising real estate prices, we think if our kids can afford them. Looking out toward different time scales cause us to act differently. Since we need their helpful presence here, we must return to stability as soon as possible but without shortchanging ourselves. That was the mistake of the PAP government. It has forgotten to put Singapore first. It might have sold to themselves that it was for the long term, but that case was not workable. They had forgotten market forces would not redistribute wealth. Government distribution is bad no matter how enlightened or clever it cannot help people regain the dignity of earning their own living.
UPDATE:
I can't find any news articles about anxious foreign investors here. Perhaps the media is mostly liberal than pro-business. It would become clearer in the days ahead.
The way the news is breaking and spreading everywhere, does the PM has a choice any more whether to accept their departure? Didn't he grasp the context that would emerge? It is important that a PM is able to do this. His job is to see further, warn us and get everyone to ride in the correction direction.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
My Android screen
I would like to record what my phone looks like and so here it is for keeps.
MM and SM to leave Cabinet
My worry is that the PM, few want to admit had mostly been implementing the MM's ideas. The two DPMs with him are colorless figures but among his ministers are some bright sparks. How are they going to reorganize and what will emerge? This is a moment of hope and anxiety.
MM Lee and SM Goh's media statement in its entirety:
"WE HAVE studied the new political situation and thought how it can affect the future. We have made our contributions to the development of Singapore. The time has come for a younger generation to carry Singapore forward in a more difficult and complex situation. The Prime Minister and his team of younger leaders should have a fresh clean slate. A younger generation, besides having a non-corrupt and meritocratic government and a high standard of living, wants to be more engaged in the decisions which affect them. After a watershed general election, we have decided to leave the cabinet and have a completely younger team of ministers to connect to and engage with this young generation in shaping the future of our Singapore.
But the younger team must always have in mind the interests of the older generation. This generation who has contributed to Singapore must be well-looked after. "
And here is an exchange of sms I had with my good friend on what's happening I would like to keep.
Discontinuities are a fact of life, a healthy thing even if it is unnerving. We are ready. We just don't know yet.
At about 9.30pm, the PM responded to the media as follows:
PM Lee said: "It is a major event for Singapore for two major figures like MM and SM to leave the government. It shows that they are thinking of Singapore and for the future of Singapore. The basic consideration is what is the best approach for forming a team which would be most effective in solving problems and establishing rapport and trust with the people going forward for the next five years."
And here is the TV news version of it I just found.
The Years: Botanic Gardens
A chair @ Botanic Gardens
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