It is disappointing to hear PM Lee Hsien Loong boosting of sustaining SG economics with the right politics alone. Has the PM forgotten the greatness of a country starts with the people of the country, the quality of political leaders and their passion to serve the country, driven by compassion for its people? Also, he must have forgotten that politics does not function alone.
Politics must response to the social needs of the people even as politicians lead; other then getting the economics right. For example, Singaporeans don’t want to become the minority in its own land. Singaporeans want previous and future influx of foreigners to stop and rollback because it has not brought prosperity to the masses but instead created more hardship.
So far, the majority of foreigners brought in are the wrong kind. They are the ones that displaced Singaporean PMETs. The politics practiced by the PAP govt does not response to this. There’s no Singaporean-first law to protect Singaporean society from being discriminated or outnumbered especially in jobs. On the hand, the other foreign talents brought in that open doors and create jobs for Singaporeans are far and few.
Another example is the social need for Singaporeans to be more innovative and more enterprising in spirit to compete globally. However, the politics of the PAP govt has not react to such needs with liberation of social and media laws. In fact, it just got worse with requirement for popular websites dealing with information on SG to be held hostage by them with a $50,000 performance bond.
PM Lee’s mindset in practicing politics without responding to Singaporean’s social needs demonstrates his lack of passion to serve with compassion for Singaporean. This mindset has infected his entire PAP team. His focus is not on benefits for majority of Singaporeans but how he can please foreigners to achieve economic growth. The kind of economic growth doesn’t filter down to the majority of Singaporeans and is therefore unsustainable.
It’s not surprising his brand of politics as sole prerequisite for economics sustainability instead of politics adjusting and synchronizing with Singaporean’s social needs on the ground for the masses, can only serves to reinforce the PAP govt is unworthy of being entrusted with the power to govern SG by voters.
5starmoon