Population woes

[Funz]

I always thought Japan is the country that is the most technologically innovative. And I have the impression that China invents but tend to give their inventions away as they are lax on patents.


Singapore too has had its share of inventions what. Thumbdrive, Hyflux water purifying machine, the fever scanner thing used during SARS.

What we Asians do not do as well as the Westerns, is packaging and marketing.

[BeContented]

Funz:

3Boys:

I sianz already...... :sad:

Tiring hor.

:snuggles: to Funz & 3boys
Wish vk2010 was still around to give his view.

[mum_sugoku]

3Boys:

The value of a robust debate becomes clear. Through the interchange it's becomes obvious where the starting positions of protagonists in this debate is. It may be the case that one had already decided to vote for the opposition, and constructs an implacable, if flawed argument to support that decision. In which case, further discussion would be futile. But it is important to have reached that point of understanding.

You are wrong. It should be the other way round, ie we decide to vote for opposition because we disagree with the current one's policy.

I mean, why would any sensible being opposes for the sake of opposing?

[mum_sugoku]

3Boys:

mum_sugoku:

On the population issue. The problem is not just we becoming more squeeze, the problem is, there's a limit to our capacity. We just cannot keep relying on that to solve the problem.. In fact that's not a solution but just a reaction.

And if the opposition comes to power and shrinks the population and crashes our economy, how you vote?

How? How? How?

If it were a good opposition, it can't shrink the population, cos it's already a route of no return--if they shrink the population, the bubble could burst!

But who created the bubble in the first place? Is it really so critical for us to have double-digit GDP growth in the first place?

(Sorry, off-topic again)

[mum_sugoku]

3Boys:

Lilac66:

[quote=\"3Boys\"]
How? How? How?

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: Didn't expect 3Boys to also try this ..

I sianz already...... :sad:[/quote]The feeling is mutual..

[mum_sugoku]

http://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/aboutusp/newsroom/2012/20120314-BT-Singapore%20Must%20Achieve%20More%20with%20Less.pdf

[3Boys]

mum_sugoku:

3Boys:

[quote=\"mum_sugoku\"]

On the population issue. The problem is not just we becoming more squeeze, the problem is, there's a limit to our capacity. We just cannot keep relying on that to solve the problem.. In fact that's not a solution but just a reaction.

And if the opposition comes to power and shrinks the population and crashes our economy, how you vote?

How? How? How?

If it were a good opposition, it can't shrink the population, cos it's already a route of no return--if they shrink the population, the bubble could burst!

But who created the bubble in the first place? Is it really so critical for us to have double-digit GDP growth in the first place?

(Sorry, off-topic again)[/quote]
Well, that's a fudge of an answer. You have decided to vote opposition and that's it, don't need to rationalize, we understand.

You dun want gdp growth doesn't mean other people dun want.

[Imami]

BeContented:

Wish vk2010 was still around to give his view.

:hi5: ya boi, I was half way through the thread and thought I missed someone... Went to the \"come back vk\" thread and posted

[limlim]

3Boys:

The value of a robust debate becomes clear. Through the interchange it's becomes obvious where the starting positions of protagonists in this debate is. It may be the case that one had already decided to vote for the opposition, and constructs an implacable, if flawed argument to support that decision. In which case, further discussion would be futile. But it is important to have reached that point of understanding.

In all fairness.. I would want the ruling party to remain in power.. as mentioned earlier.

However, I would not want a situation of absolute power. That's my personal view.. I'm not sure about others..

Even thou the policies may not be extra ordinary.. generally.. they are \"not too bad\" or \"ok\".

But I would want checks and balances in place.. together with transparency and accountability..

[limlim]

Funz:

I am not asking them to implement anything. I am saying they have not even addressed any of the key issues aside from criticising the existing policies.

They are not even in the position to implement anything.. and anything they suggest are probably thrown out of the window.

Of coz, it fine that many do not want to take unnecessary risk by letting them do what they want.. but at least, let's not say that they can only criticise but not do anything bcoz they are not able to do anything at all. In the first place, they may not even have ALL the information to suggest/develop/plan anything concrete.