News...
TEMASEK Holdings has been given a perfect 10 in a report on transparency among sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) published yesterday.Is it better to laugh or to cry when presented with stuff like this?
There is more.
Zaobao, 7 March 2009
and there is no parallel found in ST, so I will translate.
From a guy who is an A-level top scorer, ranked first in IChO, PM book prize winner, LKY maths and science award winner, etc. goodness knows what (all according to the same article).
为个人前途而言，也许到欧美大学留学能学习世界最前端的科技知识，但是为了国家，我相信在清华大学留学四年的经验，将对国家公共部门的服务更重要。在这个问题上，我愿意把国家利益放在个人利益之上。公共服务委员会介绍几位曾在清华大学读书的朋友给我认识，他们谈起在中国留学的经验都说很有趣、很有意义。我会参考父母和老师的意见，作出最后决定。
It might be better for my future if I were to go to a university in the US or Europe to learn cutting-edge science and technology, but for our country, I believe the experience gained from studying for 4 years in Tsing Hua University would be more important for Singapore's public service. Regarding this, I am willing to place our nation's interests before my personal interests. ...
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?!
This guy is either VERY NOBLE, VERY NAIVE, A PLAIN HYPOCRITE (i.e. SUPER politically correct), his family are hardcore PAP loyalists, or the reporter is a word-twisting idiot whose act deserves banishment from civil society for 20 years.
Singaporeans are never that noble (how to be kiasu and noble at the same time?!); I would hope that he said that because he comes from a PAP background. If he is naive, he will regret what he said and probably his decisions a couple of years from now. If the reporter twisted his words - well he would have been flamed for nothing. If he is a hypocrite, I DO NOT WANT HIM IN THE CIVIL SERVICE...
ST is smart - no mention of that in it at all. They know - if they publish something like this, they will receive endless amounts of flame. Zaobao is a relatively safe place to publish this kind of thing, honestly, things that Zaobao readers care about are pretty different...
Sigh.
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