Sg has done well over last decade despite challenges: Dr Ng
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S'pore has done well over last decade despite challenges: Dr Ng
By Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 22 January 2010 2241 hrsSINGAPORE: Singapore's Education Minister Ng Eng Hen has said that the country has done well to weather the storms of the past decade, because of its fundamental systems of nation building.
He was speaking at a wide-ranging dialogue session organised by the National University of Singapore Society.
In the past decade, Singapore has grown five per cent on average, despite many challenges such as 9/11, SARS and the global financial crisis.
Moving forward, Dr Ng said the key is in focusing on the fundamentals that got Singapore to where it is today.
"Whoever is in charge must continue to deliver clean, competent leaders across all domains - not only political but civil service, education, security and social domains. And they have to ensure they are coupled with united committed citizenry," said Dr Ng.
He added the country must continue to restructure into an innovation- and knowledge-based economy as well as attract and retain talent, both local and foreign.
However, the minister pointed out the important question being how both can add and build Singapore.
Dr Ng said: "We may not need to keep growing at that level. Slowing down and consolidating is not always bad and at certain growth phase you may want to do that. But that is different from being parochial and being complacent - let's make sure the two are clearly different.
"It makes sense for us to decide if we can't grow with so many people, how do we continue to value add? That is the right question. Because it is not only the absolute number of your population, the characteristics of the population are all important."
The future though looks bright for Singapore as Dr Ng highlighted several key infrastructure developments. These include the upcoming integrated resorts and the expansion of the country's rail system.
- CNA/sc
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Hello, i have posted this in Speakers' Corner
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
Hello, i have posted this in Speakers' Corner
Oops.
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got done well meh?? i feel we are like taiwan already leh..... no improvement for a while already... although not as bad as taiwan lah..
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Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):
got done well meh?? i feel we are like taiwan already leh..... no improvement for a while already... although not as bad as taiwan lah..
Done well by crowding with FTs.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Done well by crowding with FTs.
and increasing their salary and still havent kena voted out..... hmm he talking about themselves right? -
Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):
and increasing their salary and still havent kena voted out..... hmm he talking about themselves right?You must understand, they get hardship allowance, everyday kena torpedo, feel like Pearl Harbor.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
You must understand, they get hardship allowance, everyday kena torpedo, feel like Pearl Harbor.
ask them to exchange job with mi lor.. see who more jialat -
Mod will close or remove one of these . Duplicate
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
Mod will close or remove one of these . Duplicate
how to delete?? fling can help?
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
how to delete?? fling can help?
i can only control 1 leh... so u all wan to delete this one ar??/ hhaha just change the title and continued talking lor... since we always go out of point anyway.. haha -
Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):
i can only control 1 leh... so u all wan to delete this one ar??/ hhaha just change the title and continued talking lor... since we always go out of point anyway.. hahaok change title lor. I cannot change leh.
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
ok change title lor. I cannot change leh.
huh?? u sure bo?? mod cannot even change title meh??? really ar?? u try try again.. or u dunno only?? hahahaPlease continue here : http://sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/388867