It has happened. PM Lee stuck to the 3 longer term things he mentioned in the National Day greeting except with more details.
My takeaway:
1. Preschool
Not sure why this realisation as everyone kind of know it is important to develop good habits from young n the best "teachers" r good patents n granparents who know how to guide n develop the kids though there were many such role models!!
Anyway, we r going to "invest" big money to increase the no. of places, upgrade teaching prestige n pay as well as to centralise such training of preschools educators.
Hope there r plans for when t her no. of births lost traction n we hv a ramp down plan too given we may not gey young couples to produce more babies just because of this push!!
Our gov has a poor record of social engineering emotional matters.
2. Type 2 diabetes fight
What is the motivation? Burdens on the individual, their caregivers or strain on national budget due to healthcare cost of chronic diseases as a result of complication fr diabetes?
Again, each individual has to be responsible for his or her own health while the state can make it easier n incentivise the healthy living n eating behaviours, it cannot mandate it unless it passed a law to put unhealthy people in fitness camps!!
HPB has been spreading the individual responsibility message for a long time now n must continue forever.
It has also launched corporate n communities healthy lifestyle n healthier choice meals in schools, at work n even manufacturers of foods n drinks (with AVE, ENV, etc.) in concert.
Will PM's own exemplary healthy lifestyle be copied n faithfully practiced with unyielding discipline? To each his/her own.
I m sure it will increase the awareness n needs to exercise a bit more. How many copycats will be harder to determine.
3. SMART Nation
Indeed a few years ago Minister Kim already a suaku in Shanghai. I wonder what took us so l9ng to launch "Pay Now" just a month or two ago? Wasn't our small n tight government policy making power gives us speed to decide n execute?
Maybe too many interested parties were guarding their own turfs so jealously that 8t can't be done even with DBS, UOB n OCBC?
DBS has Paylah! n OCBC has, I think, Payanywhere or some similar app.
Maybe there were too much to lose if they rock the status quo?
Anyway, the points on getting smart big data on data, voice n video for security n helping the elderly etc. r great.
Just need to execute faster than China in the next 5 years?
More will be said abt these issues.
In the meantime, those that want answerson the immediate issues like: more frequent train breakdowns, rising cost of living, is the LEEs exempted fr being sued by the government despite maligning it (people hv lhy n Dr LWL in mind n not Lee Shengwu's case), etc.
Guessed these people will just hv to wait or generate their own answers for now!!
My takeaway:
1. Preschool
Not sure why this realisation as everyone kind of know it is important to develop good habits from young n the best "teachers" r good patents n granparents who know how to guide n develop the kids though there were many such role models!!
Anyway, we r going to "invest" big money to increase the no. of places, upgrade teaching prestige n pay as well as to centralise such training of preschools educators.
Hope there r plans for when t her no. of births lost traction n we hv a ramp down plan too given we may not gey young couples to produce more babies just because of this push!!
Our gov has a poor record of social engineering emotional matters.
2. Type 2 diabetes fight
What is the motivation? Burdens on the individual, their caregivers or strain on national budget due to healthcare cost of chronic diseases as a result of complication fr diabetes?
Again, each individual has to be responsible for his or her own health while the state can make it easier n incentivise the healthy living n eating behaviours, it cannot mandate it unless it passed a law to put unhealthy people in fitness camps!!
HPB has been spreading the individual responsibility message for a long time now n must continue forever.
It has also launched corporate n communities healthy lifestyle n healthier choice meals in schools, at work n even manufacturers of foods n drinks (with AVE, ENV, etc.) in concert.
Will PM's own exemplary healthy lifestyle be copied n faithfully practiced with unyielding discipline? To each his/her own.
I m sure it will increase the awareness n needs to exercise a bit more. How many copycats will be harder to determine.
3. SMART Nation
Indeed a few years ago Minister Kim already a suaku in Shanghai. I wonder what took us so l9ng to launch "Pay Now" just a month or two ago? Wasn't our small n tight government policy making power gives us speed to decide n execute?
Maybe too many interested parties were guarding their own turfs so jealously that 8t can't be done even with DBS, UOB n OCBC?
DBS has Paylah! n OCBC has, I think, Payanywhere or some similar app.
Maybe there were too much to lose if they rock the status quo?
Anyway, the points on getting smart big data on data, voice n video for security n helping the elderly etc. r great.
Just need to execute faster than China in the next 5 years?
More will be said abt these issues.
In the meantime, those that want answerson the immediate issues like: more frequent train breakdowns, rising cost of living, is the LEEs exempted fr being sued by the government despite maligning it (people hv lhy n Dr LWL in mind n not Lee Shengwu's case), etc.
Guessed these people will just hv to wait or generate their own answers for now!!
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