"As an East Asian looking at America, I find attractive and unattractive features. I like, for example, the free, easy and open relations between people regardless of social status, ethnicity or religion. And the things that I have always admired about America, as against the communist system, I still do: a certain openness in argument about what is good or bad for society; the accountability of public officials; none of the secrecy and terror that's part and parcel of communist government."
~~ Lee Kuan Yew in an interview with Fareed Zakaria, March/April, 1994.
The haze has cost our country USD50 millions economically, reported by CNA. Hopefully it will soon be cleared by end of this month.
At the mean time, you may check out the PSI reading at NEA website.
While we are being smoked out, Singapore Media Watch highlighted the response from our Environment Minister to a press release from an opposition party leader, urging our government to act on the smokey issue.
A few other blogger sites also posted their takes on this:
The full press release and how local press reported it can be found here:-
Here are some of my observations:
- You must be constantly providing suggestion/feedback to every policy and every problem there is, or else you will be regarded as trying to score point or opportunistic when you come up with one.
- Being equipped with the solution is the precursor of engaging the government with regards to certain problem.
- If you find the progress of the work on a problem unsatisfactory, please be assured that the goverment has put in their best effort dealing with it and there is no one else better in handling it.
- Reference:
- i. Fareed Zakaria website
- ii. Definition of wayang.
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