Serious Bro Chun Sing Wants To Recruit More Average Sinkies For Public Service! Not True That Their Careers Will Hentak Kaki While Scholars Rise Up!

[JohnTan]

SINGAPORE - The public service will increasingly look to recruit talent from the private and people sectors, and send more officers on external attachments, as part of efforts to become more agile and diverse.

These are areas which the public service needs to "double down or accelerate" work done during the Covid-19 pandemic, said Minister-in-charge of the Public Service Chan Chun Sing in an interview.

The end goal is to have "greater porosity" between the public sector and the outside world, he added. "It's not a binary thing, where you are either in or out of the public service," Mr Chan said.

Mr Chan, who is also Trade and Industry Minister, made these points in an interview last Thursday on what the public service has learnt from the Covid-19 crisis and its key priorities in the months to come.

At present, the public sector is grappling with three forces, Mr Chan said.

One, the level of uncertainty in geopolitics, economics and society has increased with the onset of the pandemic.

Two, external competition has also intensified, meaning that Singapore has to re-examine its relevance to the world.

Three, the population is becoming more diverse not just in the traditional categories of race or religion, but also in terms of aspirations and perspectives.

In response, the public service has to shore up resilience by staying agile, anticipate opportunities to keep ahead of the competition, and mobilise diversity when developing solutions, Mr Chan said.

He gave the example of how, in the early months of the pandemic, government agencies had to be quick on their feet to adapt to changing circumstances and keep things going, even as social distancing measures were tightened.

The Manpower Ministry and Enterprise Singapore had to reorganise themselves to answer thousands of phone calls from businesses who had questions on what they could and could not do under the new rules, Mr Chan said.

"You never know what the next crisis might be, but this agility to reconfigure for resilience of the system is critical," he added.

As the country geared up for a new normal, it also had to adopt a "start-up mindset" and look at how to seize opportunities before others did.

"We need to constantly think of new ideas to entrench our relevance, to not be bypassed," he said, adding that the crisis reaffirmed Singapore's position of always trying to think at least two steps ahead.

On the topic of diversity in the public service, Mr Chan noted that there is a range of talents and skill sets in society. "The question is how do we bring them together into teams to work?"

He gave the example of how he encouraged the exchange of people between the public sector and the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), where he was secretary-general from 2015 to 2018.

NTUC told him the candidate it had received was not skilled enough at operations and mobilisation, while the government agency felt its newest officer was not adept at policy making.

"I said: 'Actually, I think that's the point'," Mr Chan said. Any new hire from outside the public service must adapt to a new culture, he added.

"But the very fact that we want to bring in a new person is because we want some of the culture in the existing system to evolve a bit."

Mr Chan was also asked for his thoughts on the perception that scholarship holders in the public service tend to rise further and faster than regular employees and mid-career hires.

"I think there's more than a fair chance that people are promoted based on their performance," he added. "But, of course, whether we invested in a person before or not, we all hope that they succeed."

He added that not all scholarship holders rise to the top, and that there are "great expectations" of those who have been given great opportunities.

"I'm quite confident that the public service has a certain diversity of backgrounds and there's a continuous meritocracy," Mr Chan said. "And that's one of the reasons we constantly evolve our selection and development system."

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[Loofydralb]

Extrapolating what keechiu klown said, more importantly, we need more opposition in govt.

 

[JohnTan]

Extrapolating what keechiu klown said, more importantly, we need more opposition in govt.

Oppies are a distraction. We need the PAP to focus more on running the country well, instead of getting distracted by oppies taking cheap shots at hardworking ministers.

 

[Loofydralb]

Oppies are a distraction. We need the PAP to focus more on running the country well, instead of getting distracted by oppies taking cheap shots at hardworking ministers.

Absolute power corrupts.

 

[JohnTan]

Absolute power corrupts.

Then you should reconsider your support for concentrating political power and influence in the hands of religious clergy.

 

[Sir_Fcuk]

Then you should reconsider your support for concentrating political power and influence in the hands of religious clergy.

that's why you need someone to slap the driver's lanjiao

 

[pvtpublic]

PAP has lost its shine and appeal. the fact that it's scrapping the barrel with the likes of Ivan Lim is proof of this.

Loong already knows this. it's the beginning of the end for the PAP.

Oppies are a distraction. We need the PAP to focus more on running the country well, instead of getting distracted by oppies taking cheap shots at hardworking ministers.

 

[JohnTan]

PAP has lost its shine and appeal. the fact that it's scrapping the barrel with the likes of Ivan Lim is proof of this.

Loong already knows this. it's the beginning of the end for the PAP.

We've not forgotten how oppies have smeared Ivan. A little bird told me that investigations are still ongoing and this defamatory attack on Ivan will not go unpunished.

 

[bobby]

If public service is really so good...then the gahmen should have no problems recruiting.

The concept of flies to shit or bees to honey is a very thin line.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

We've not forgotten how oppies have smeared Ivan. A little bird told me that investigations are still ongoing and this defamatory attack on Ivan will not go unpunished.

How about tan liang hong? Chee Soon Juan? Jbj? They werent defamed by dead fart? N did not dead fart say use kunckle dusters? That not illegal?

 

[Loofydralb]

Then you should reconsider your support for concentrating political power and influence in the hands of religious clergy.

There is no such thing as a clergy system in Islam.
What happens in a Islamic state is that scholars of Islam will advise the leaders of Islamic rulings, and those leaders may or may not need the advise as he may have other factors to consider.
So your statement is false.

 

[pvtpublic]

We've not forgotten how oppies have smeared Ivan. A little bird told me that investigations are still ongoing and this defamatory attack on Ivan will not go unpunished.

is Ivan still GM of kepple SY? I wonder if he has changed for the better

 

[tanwahtiu]

Indeed. Good idea from military scholars who has run an army w diverse board trade skills and well groomed manpower trained for animosity and handle of major crisis in their training.

Unlike US where 100 lawyers: 4 engineers politic rubbish, are flooded w aged nonsense lawyers in WH and CH creating more problems for the commoners and country. Without inundated domestic riots, insurgent crimes or crisis there will not be enough commoners commit enough crimes to fill up the courtroom bookings for court cases for lawyers for many moons to come.

Singapore with well groomed military personals in the Parliament House can flexs their muscles to where there are crisis to response to.

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SINGAPORE - The public service will increasingly look to recruit talent from the private and people sectors, and send more officers on external attachments, as part of efforts to become more agile and diverse.

These are areas which the public service needs to "double down or accelerate" work done during the Covid-19 pandemic, said Minister-in-charge of the Public Service Chan Chun Sing in an interview.

The end goal is to have "greater porosity" between the public sector and the outside world, he added. "It's not a binary thing, where you are either in or out of the public service," Mr Chan said.

Mr Chan, who is also Trade and Industry Minister, made these points in an interview last Thursday on what the public service has learnt from the Covid-19 crisis and its key priorities in the months to come.

At present, the public sector is grappling with three forces, Mr Chan said.

One, the level of uncertainty in geopolitics, economics and society has increased with the onset of the pandemic.

Two, external competition has also intensified, meaning that Singapore has to re-examine its relevance to the world.

Three, the population is becoming more diverse not just in the traditional categories of race or religion, but also in terms of aspirations and perspectives.

In response, the public service has to shore up resilience by staying agile, anticipate opportunities to keep ahead of the competition, and mobilise diversity when developing solutions, Mr Chan said.

He gave the example of how, in the early months of the pandemic, government agencies had to be quick on their feet to adapt to changing circumstances and keep things going, even as social distancing measures were tightened.

The Manpower Ministry and Enterprise Singapore had to reorganise themselves to answer thousands of phone calls from businesses who had questions on what they could and could not do under the new rules, Mr Chan said.

"You never know what the next crisis might be, but this agility to reconfigure for resilience of the system is critical," he added.

As the country geared up for a new normal, it also had to adopt a "start-up mindset" and look at how to seize opportunities before others did.

"We need to constantly think of new ideas to entrench our relevance, to not be bypassed," he said, adding that the crisis reaffirmed Singapore's position of always trying to think at least two steps ahead.

On the topic of diversity in the public service, Mr Chan noted that there is a range of talents and skill sets in society. "The question is how do we bring them together into teams to work?"

He gave the example of how he encouraged the exchange of people between the public sector and the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), where he was secretary-general from 2015 to 2018.

NTUC told him the candidate it had received was not skilled enough at operations and mobilisation, while the government agency felt its newest officer was not adept at policy making.

"I said: 'Actually, I think that's the point'," Mr Chan said. Any new hire from outside the public service must adapt to a new culture, he added.

"But the very fact that we want to bring in a new person is because we want some of the culture in the existing system to evolve a bit."

Mr Chan was also asked for his thoughts on the perception that scholarship holders in the public service tend to rise further and faster than regular employees and mid-career hires.

"I think there's more than a fair chance that people are promoted based on their performance," he added. "But, of course, whether we invested in a person before or not, we all hope that they succeed."

He added that not all scholarship holders rise to the top, and that there are "great expectations" of those who have been given great opportunities.

"I'm quite confident that the public service has a certain diversity of backgrounds and there's a continuous meritocracy," Mr Chan said. "And that's one of the reasons we constantly evolve our selection and development system."

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...ook-at-hiring-more-talent-from-private-sector

 

[JohnTan]

There is no such thing as a clergy system in Islam.
What happens in a Islamic state is that scholars of Islam will advise the leaders of Islamic rulings, and those leaders may or may not need the advise as he may have other factors to consider.
So your statement is false.

My statement is correct while you are either dumb or a liar. Maybe you are an apostate of islam, given your thorough lack of understanding islam.

The moslem clerics is islam's religious clergy whether you like it or not. The moslem clergy, your scholars of islam, do not merely serve as the leader's religious advisers.

In Iran, the Shia moslem religious clergy, the council of ayatollahs, are the ruling class. The political leader of Iran is an islamic scholar.

In mudland, the PAS political party is led by islamic religious scholars. They contest in elections, run state government if they win.

In Indonesia, the vice president is an islamic scholar. He is also head of one of the largest political party, which in turn, gives votes to the "secular" politician.

In aceh, the whole point of the decades long guerilla warfare was to run the country according to the whims and fancies of the religious clergy.

In afghanistan, the whole point of the taliban insurgency again is to let the islamic religious clergy run the country.

From medieval to modern times, your moslem religious clergy have dabbled in politicians, always encouraging jihad, looting and imperialism against non-moslems simply because of differences in religion. When was the last time your moslem religious clergy persuaded a moslem sultan to not raid or invade non-moslems?

 

[Loofydralb]

My statement is correct while you are either dumb or a liar. Maybe you are an apostate of islam, given your thorough lack of understanding islam.

The moslem clerics is islam's religious clergy whether you like it or not. The moslem clergy, your scholars of islam, do not merely serve as the leader's religious advisers.

In Iran, the Shia moslem religious clergy, the council of ayatollahs, are the ruling class. The political leader of Iran is an islamic scholar.

In mudland, the PAS political party is led by islamic religious scholars. They contest in elections, run state government if they win.

In Indonesia, the vice president is an islamic scholar. He is also head of one of the largest political party, which in turn, gives votes to the "secular" politician.

In aceh, the whole point of the decades long guerilla warfare was to run the country according to the whims and fancies of the religious clergy.

In afghanistan, the whole point of the taliban insurgency again is to let the islamic religious clergy run the country.

From medieval to modern times, your moslem religious clergy have dabbled in politicians, always encouraging jihad, looting and imperialism against non-moslems simply because of differences in religion. When was the last time your moslem religious clergy persuaded a moslem sultan to not raid or invade non-moslems?

All the countries you cited are not Islamic countries. They have their own Constitution not following Quran and Sunnah.
You keep mixing up leaders who are Muslims as leaders leading a muslim state.

 

[JohnTan]

All the countries you cited are not Islamic countries. They have their own Constitution not following Quran and Sunnah.
You keep mixing up leaders who are Muslims as leaders leading a muslim state.

You are clearly ashamed of the failure of your religion, to the point of denying that they are not islamic. I did not mix up anything.

I assure you that those examples I quoted are islamic countries or societies. Nearly all the moslems there will agree that their societies are islamic and their schoalrs guided by islam. Try telling them in their faces that they are not islamic.

The religious scholars in those place made their governing policies based on what the quran and the hadith taught them. They clearly need two religious books, since the quran, supposedly from allah, is an insufficient incomplete book.

 

[Loofydralb]

You are clearly ashamed of the failure of your religion, to the point of denying that they are not islamic. I did not mix up anything.

I assure you that those examples I quoted are islamic countries or societies. Nearly all the moslems there will agree that their societies are islamic and their schoalrs guided by islam. Try telling them in their faces that they are not islamic.

The religious scholars in those place made their governing policies based on what the quran and the hadith taught them. They clearly need two religious books, since the quran, supposedly from allah, is an insufficient incomplete book.

Quran never commanded to have democratic elections.