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[eErotica69]

i tot it eRrotica69? am i mistaken?

That one is imitator!!

 

[scroobal]

Bro, thanks for the insightful post. It reminded me of the times in the early years when there was robust debate on entrepreneurship with Sam leading the charge.

I recall when I was young and proud of the education system. Used to get upset with naysayers about the lack of creativity and entrepreneurship and patiently waited to prove them wrong. Frankly I am not sure how this country can be fixed. From a transformational mode we have moved to a maintenance mode to a fire fighting mode where the economy is concerned. We have knowingly moved into a Monaco framework where proceeds of crime and vice is a major revenue earner albeit indirectly.

The only prayer is that all Singaporeans have a fair share of the pie.

Scro, I do not think the model is wrong or simply right. There is a price to pay to establish a law and order society. There are both sides to the picture. If you establish the eminence of law and order, you permit transparency and promotes business tremendously. The promotion of business is an important first of Singapore's economy. There is the social good as crime rates go down. Singapore has this good advantage of transparency of law in this global economic arena.


Entrepreneurship is not so simple to develop as coming from folks with just creativity and independent thought.

 

[scroobal]

This is in regard to the comment that Sam made about his stake in a company and its eventual demise.

I learnt sometime ago, to close a business once the structural signs are evident. Do not get sentimental or emotional. It helps everyone including the staff. This is something that we struggle with and I am aware it is due to local politics. Till today we have the sub-contractor mentality. Get contract from grassroots organisations like PA, community centres etc, get a few foreign workers and paint the same railing within 2 years.

At the high end, it is no different. GLCs do the same. These guys are not bound by the same tender and bidding process.

In the end the country stagnates. Why does it take 6 men to trim a tree?

 

[independentdirect]

Why do you think we have a subcontractor mentality? Because every one is brought up with the idea as the govt as the biggest employer, the sole provider of essential goods and services, the caretaker of society, and sole creator of everything ranging from jobs to necessities to leisure to culture to the arts.

When govt monopolizes the economy, everyone takes on the mindset of an employee not an entrepreneur.

 

[eErotica96]

You are his Thai partner?

who are you? why are you imitating me?

 

[eErotica96]

Why does it take 6 men to trim a tree?

one looking out for falling branches
one looking out for traffic
one making phone call home to talk to wife
one taking break
one having hangover
one trimming the tree

 

[Kohliantye]

Bro, you MIAed for awhile. Busy?

Thanks bro for realising that I wasn't around.

I was away for nearly a month to escape the hustle and bustle.

Need a break bro.