I refer to the concept of competition by a commentator @luc under the thread ‘Singapore belongs to everyone…. except S’poreans?‘ where it illustrates the mindset of PM Lee Hsien Loong and his PAP govt on competition in SG.
luc: I think its a very good idea to open the jobs of Civil Service to FTs. Currently many people has commented some tulan over the service level of our civil service and stats board. Their jobs are protected and hence they dont feel need to change. With competitions, I am sure they will do a better job. All will benefits.
Everybody needs a fair degree of competition to challenge oneself to greater heights. However, because of PAP’s xenophilia (xenophilia means an affection for unknown/foreign objects or peoples. It is the opposite of xenophobia) addiction for a host of reasons, competition from fellow S’poreans are not considered as competition. Only foreigners with dubious credentials which are difficult to verify are considered competition. And so the influx of foreigners continues unabated at the behest of the PAP govt, with little differentiation between citizens who are the hosts of the land, and foreigners, the guests from outside. Only economic value counts. Private sectors and public sectors (eg: civil service) are one big private corporation to the PAP govt — usually to benefit themselves and their close supporters.
Defence and security duties using cheap NSmen are also an economic calculation for the PAP govt. The economic value loss, unfair rights as local-born citizens and unspecified disadvantages placed on local citizens (but not on instant new citizens) for at least 12 years are definitely not level-playing field competition vis-a-vis foreigners. Again, it’s not considered as competition for locals but a duty locals must accept and be proud of — even if they’re protecting the 40+% of foreigners eating away their lunches!
But of course, when it comes to political competition for ideas and policies to spur SG to greater heights, it’s not good for SG — so the PAP says. Peaceful public protests by citizens freely without police permit, against abuse of power or unfair policies by the govt, must be nipped in the bud using draconian laws such as detention without trial and Public Order Act. Registered political parties, except PAP, are excluded by more anti-competition laws besides the above. Anti-competition laws are added constantly into the Broadcasting Act and Newspaper and Press Printing Act to stop the opposition parties from reaching out to the masses through these media to compete on an equal footing with the PAP govt. Cyberspace is another media marked recently for tighter control to curb competition with PAP.
Voters must bring competition to the PAP govt else they will forever hide and shield themselves from competition through anti-competition laws while preaching to locals that they must compete for jobs, houses and infrastructure (for which they are already and fully stressed out) on a global scale of 7 billion population right here in a tiny island of 710 sq km!
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