Why Can't We Be Like Singapore?

[AnuVaYan]

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.

Oo nga... dito pa naman kahit anong posisyon mo e talagang may kontra. Paalisin mo nga lang mga squatters e, human rights violation na. E paano naman yung rights nung may ari ng lupa? I try mo i-control ang pag boom ng population, hindi maka Diyos, etc.


Isa pang napansin ko kaya hindi tayo nakaka forward... walang continuance ng mga projects. Yung mga pumapalit sa pwesto ibabasura na yung projects ng nauna sa kanya. Syempre hindi siya makakakuha ng full credits. Isa pa, feeling ko yung iba sinasadya na hindi ayusin yung trabaho, halimbawa, yung mga kalsada. Syempre pag masyado maayos, matagal masira, matagal bago maka kuha ng "this is a project of Mayor XYZ" + kickbacks of course.

[dbuzz]

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:

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."

well, malaki pala pag asa nating mabago pinas kung ganun...

B Fenando pwede nang next presidente natin. pero teka ano ba corruption level nya... dinig ko lahat ng mga metal works ng MMDA na nakikita sa kalsada eh gawa sa kanila at ang mamahal daw. hhhmmm.

[Radical!]

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.

All part of the 'painful process.' Lee Kuan Yew fought hard against the communists and won. He's not perfect. Tons of citizens got hurt, gagged or were murdered. When Singapore emerged as an economic powerhouse, political noise was pushed to a corner. No one cared about politics anymore

On the other side of the world, Communist Fidel Castro, with an army of 15 (?) people fought a bloody revolution against the democrats (pro Americans) and won. Many say Cubans, were suppressed for 50 years, but have the best basic human services available (healthcare and education).

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

Agree, not in my lifetime (I'm a old man already ). But I think we are making tiny strides. Perhaps for our children's children? I hope...

[Radical!]

well, malaki pala pag asa nating mabago pinas kung ganun...

B Fenando pwede nang next presidente natin. pero teka ano ba corruption level nya... dinig ko lahat ng mga metal works ng MMDA na nakikita sa kalsada eh gawa sa kanila at ang mamahal daw. hhhmmm.

Gamitin ko yung term ni Romulo Neri "Manage the greed" (uso kasi e ). Sa akin, basta may aksyon ok lang kung kumikita si Fernando. Wag lang sugapa katulad ng Marcos Regime at ngayon ang GMA Administration. I don't agree with all of BF's programs mind you. Kulang siya sa public interaction/consultation. At isa pa, bakit gustong gusto nya ang Baby blue at PINK???!!

[uls]

why cant we be like Singapore?

hahahahaha

Not gonna happen in a million years...

Pinoy pa...

kung ano ang naisip, translated agad into action

Most pinoys dont have a filter between brain and body

Pag naiihi... iihi kung saan

Pag naubo... dudura kung saan

Pag may tsiks... sipol... sitsit

Pag nabadtrip... mura

Pag natrapik... counterflow

Singapore is all about discipline.

Discipline is all about self-restraint --- controlling oneself from doing what comes natural. Controlling the animal inside.

Pinoy discipline? self restraint?

hahahahaha

[jaredpogi]

why cant we be like Singapore?


Singapore is all about discipline.

hahahahaha

Right, Orchard Road has too many jaywalkers these days and they are not tourists.

[chua_riwap]

Right, Orchard Road has too many jaywalkers these days and they are not tourists.

Ah, yeah! Especially that place in front of Lucky Plaza. Yung mga natawid (mostly mga Pinay DH at expats) across Ngee Ann City, tawid na lang ng tawid crossing Orchard Rd. Meron namang underpass na pwedeng daanan papunta roon.

[jaredpogi]

Ah, yeah! Especially that place in front of Lucky Plaza. Yung mga natawid (mostly mga Pinay DH at expats) across Ngee Ann City, tawid na lang ng tawid crossing Orchard Rd. Meron namang underpass na pwedeng daanan papunta roon.

And not only at Orchard Rd. you go to Bras Basah, Bugis, Geylang, Sims Ave., Marine Parade etc. so many jaywalkers and they are not just Pinay DH and expats. I used to have an office at Shenton Way that's in the Singapore CBD area and guess what professionals in suits and ties do jaywalk, so hindi lang Pinay DH at Pinoy IT jologs ang gumagawa nun. I have witnessed more tragic road accidents there than here and some are just too grisly to describe.

So why can't we be like Singapore? Heck, Marcos was Lee Kwan Yews's Mentor, FYI.

[laracroft]

hindi sa binubuhat ko ang bangko natin, pero
IMO mas mabait ang mga pilipino kaysa sa
mga singaporean. pag sumakay ka ng mrt,
marami kang makikita na matatanda na
nakatayo at mga mas bata na nakaupo,
nagtetext, naglalaro ng psp or nagtutu-
lugtulugan. eksena na di ko nakita sa
pinas.

kulang lang talaga tayo sa matinong
liderato. but i would like to think na
may pag-asa pa rin tayo as a country.
mas madaling baguhin ang liderato
kaysa kultura.

mas maganda sigurong tanong eh bakit
tayo naiiwan na ng halos lahat ng
asean.

[rai2k8]

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."

Di ba ganyan ginawa ni Marcos dati? He imposed discipline kaso democratic country daw tayo so kaya nagkaroon ng revolution. Tapos ano na nangyari sa Pilipinas pagkatapos? Di ako mashado pede magcomment kase panahon na ni Cory nung nagkamalay ako. Kwento-kwento lang ng tatay at kapatid ko yung mga alam ko tungkol sa reign ni Marcos, who according to them is still the best president this country has ever had.