Why Can't We Be Like Singapore?

[moneywhiz]

we can't becoz we dont have a leader like Lee Kuan Yew....
what we have are the Arroyo's, Estrada's etc etc.....

try putting Arroyo or Estrada in Singapore as their leader and I assure you 100%, bagsak ang ekonomiya nila

[rai2k8]

We Filipinos tend to look for government leaders who are honest, corrupt-free and "ma-prinsipiyo" when we ourselves can't obey the simplest rules like example No Jaywalking laws.

Kitang-kita na nakapaskel kulay pink pa, sinusunod ba ng mga pedestrians? Most of us would probably say no because it is so obvious na hindi naman sinusunod or worse, hindi man lang iniintindi ang nabasa, kung binasa man lang.

Ang masama pa nun, maraming gaya-gaya. Kahit mali gagayahin pa rin. Mahilig tayo sa "bakit sila ganito, bakit dun ganito" attitude. If only we could focus more on what we have and start from there. Stop complaining and do your own damn share.

Di tayo kagaya ng Singapore when it comes to roads but does Singapore have Boracay or Pagudpod? I use EDSA to go to those islands and kahit di tayo kasing asenso gaya nila, meron din tayong mga bagay na wala sila.

Sabi ko nga, bakit ang Pilpino ang laging nakikita ay yung wala, yung meron di nakikita? Ewan ko kung related pa tong post ko sa topic pero mostly yan yung nakikita kong ugat kung bakit di tayo umaasenso.

PS: sabi ng teacher ko nung high school, matuwa daw kame sa traffic kase umaasenso daw yung bansa natin pag matraffic. ewan ko kung totoo pa to hanggang ngayon hehe. :P

[dbuzz]

malabo talaga na matutulad tayo sa singapore siguro bibilang pa ng mga taon malamang not in the next 20 years. [SIZE=1]maliban na lang kung magkagyera at mamamatay lahat ng trapo at mga mandurugas sa bayan.[/SIZE](oppps mauubus ba tao sa pinas? di naman dito pa mga tsikoteers. hehehe..)

una sabi nga, iba takbo ng isip at paguugali ng pinoy gaya ng: -ako muna mentality, -bahala na, -mas alam ko yan kaysayo na more on crab mentality, at marami pa na unique lang sa pinoy. ngunit higit sa lahat ay walang pagkakaisa. at tama nga yung binanggit dito na ang dahilan ay hiwa-hiwalay ang lupain at bayan coupled with multiple native tongue. may bisaya, ilocano, kapangpangan, tagalog etc... etc...

very deep rooted na din talaga ang pagka corrupt ng pinoy if given a chance. gaya ng kaso nung isang sk na nasangkot sa pag dispalko ng funds. bata pa marunong ng magnakaw samantalang good family back ground naman. sabi nya napagaya lang sya sa mga kasamahan nya.

[CVT]

IMO, nasa tamang pagpapatupad iyan ng batas. Mahusay na gobyerno ang sagot diyan.

Noong magsimula ang Singapore,- puro sanggano ang mga tao riyan.... Pero tumino ang mga ito dahil may tamang pagpapatupad ng batas ang kanilang gobyerno. Takot noong una ang nagturo sa kanila na maging disiplinado... Dito, walang takot, dahil hindi naman bibigyan ng tamang parusa, kaya walang disiplina.

Kung may kurakot man sa gobyerno nila,- insignificant kung baga kumpara sa mga buwaya rito...

5404:knit:

[Radical!]

Singapore went thru a lot of hardship en route to where it is right now. So did Taiwan, South Korea, etc... Metro Manila looks like Taiwan and Singapore in the 70s. Fences built at the curb and center islands to control mobs from crossing the street. Street vendors being driven out by Lee Kuan Yew 'shock troopers' among others. Lee Kuan Yew led Singapore with an iron fist. Jaywalk, you get caned on the spot. Spit, you get a fine equivalent to a months wage. Throw trash you get jailed without trial. For us to be like Singapore, we need discipline. If we can't discipline ourselves, we need a leader with political will like Lee Kuan Yew.

While watching the MMDA go after streetvendors on last nights news, I told my wife, "looks like Singapore 30 years ago."

[pitbullz]

running singapore is like playing simcity

[rfb_arki]

ay sinabi nyo na lahat

[hungryalien]

Lee Kuan Yew led Singapore with an iron fist. Jaywalk, you get caned on the spot. Spit, you get a fine equivalent to a months wage. Throw trash you get jailed without trial. For us to be like Singapore, we need discipline.

pwede.. but imagine mo yun gulo thats gonna be dito sa pinas.. welga and rally na yan agad hahaha demanding the president to step down.

things might improve.. but sad to say, i highly doubt that its gonna happen within our lifetime.

[theveed]

running singapore is like playing simcity

To be honest, since highschool ako when I played SimCity 1 (don't ask, matanda na hehe), I've always thought "damn, this game is tough", lalo na when I was placing SimCity 3000/4 na, there are so many basic things that Phil mayors don't even know and they'll probably screw up SimCity scenarios in 3 years or less hehe.

[jaredpogi]

running singapore is like playing simcity

Hahahaha, I like this one! And to the Thread Starter, do you know what else is near Aljunied and Kallang? Geylang! Where *** trade is legal and open! I lived there for two and half years. Just alight at Aljunied MRT station, from Sims Ave. walk back to the even-numbered Lorongs and choose who you want to shag. Ang accident rate sa area ng Kallang-Aljunied ay mataas (approx. 3-5 occurrences a day), mortality rate nyan karamihan ng victims ay bata at matanda, I won't be surprised 'coz I know how Singaporeans drive their cars (the worse I ever seen, walang diskarte), yan ang hindi binabalita ng Singapore media sa buong mundo. May baho rin ang bansa na yan magikot-ikot ka lang sa Aljunied-Kallang-Geylang area makikita mo sinasabi ko hehehe.

Hindi ko pagpapalit ang Pilipinas sa Singapore. Dahil sa Pilipinas, Bawal ang Tanga <- you violate this unwritten law, you get instant justice. Pangarap ko lang sa Pilipinas ay kumunti ang mga tanga at gaganda ang takbo ng buhay natin lahat.