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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>IP rights, rule of law our competitive edge: MM Lee
S'pore will resist commitments to firm cuts in emissions at Kyoto II

By CHEW XIANG
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(SINGAPORE) Singapore's protection of intellectual property and rule of law will - at least for the time being - keep it ahead of the Chinese dragon, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said last night.

<TABLE class=picBoxL cellSpacing=2 width=100 align=left><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR class=caption><TD>Mr Lee: It's very difficult to spot your niches. Whatever we do now, given time, the Chinese will do it better </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Speaking at a dialogue with university students held at the National University of Singapore, Mr Lee said China, India, and possibly Brazil and Russia, were creating a new world order and that it would not be easy for Singapore to survive.
In the wide-ranging, hour-long discussion, Mr Lee also noted that Singapore will resist pressure from Japan and Australia to commit to firm cuts in emissions during the coming climate change talks in Copenhagen.
'If we have to make such firm commitments to cut down ... then our growth will slow down, which I think is unfair to us,' Mr Lee said.
'They say that our emissions per capita is one of the highest in the world,' Mr Lee said. 'But that includes bunkering, aviation fuel, which is not all for Singapore Airlines, bunkering which is not all just for NOL or APL.
'We use as much gas as is available for our power stations but the Japanese and the Australians want to upgrade us into Category One where we have to make firm commitments (to cutting emissions).'
He said that most of the goods produced here were for export, not domestic consumption. 'We are going to resist that. The Australians want us brought to Category One so that we have to slow down economic growth and the Japanese think so too.
'We'll see. But we have prepared all our arguments and it's not possible to just treat us like an ordinary country.'
The Minister Mentor was also asked by a student on key economic sectors that Singapore should focus on in the next ten years.
'It's very difficult to spot your niches. Whatever we do now, given time, the Chinese will do it better, because they've got more talent,' Mr Lee said.
'So where do we retain our competitive edge? In my own analysis, it will take a long time to change the system from no protection of intellectual property rights to protection of intellectual property rights; from no rule of law ... to the rule of law. These areas they will not be able to compete with us,' Mr Lee said.
He added that was a key draw for research and development as well as the pharmaceutical industry. 'They go to China, no, because in six months you'll find what you've done on the market as a generic product, because they are smart, they reverse engineer it.'
Students at the dialogue session chaired by Ambassador-At-Large Tommy Koh also asked Mr Lee questions ranging on his desired legacy, to the creeping threat of wealth inequality.
Mr Lee noted that the government was trying hard to integrate its foreign population by getting them to spread out through the city, rather than cluster in areas, but admitted he would not be happy if in time to come most Singaporeans were only second generation citizens.

=> Isn't this what he wants? *PTUI*

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[radon39]

Saw a short clip of the session on CNA...again, he is dwelling on the past,

1. you are all lucky blbh blbh

2. Be thankful blah blah...


never hear the end of it

 

[littlefish]

The tide can't be stopped now. The best is to hope that China will treat Singapore as benevolently as it treats HK.

As LKY has said, our only resource is our people. Unfortunately, over the last few decades, PAP has failed to foster creativity and vibrancy within the population. They stuck dogmatically to the strategy adopted in the 60s for Singapore to be a source of cheap labour for the developed countries and stifled the economic scene with GLCs. We have failed to innovate and be a leader in the introduction of ideas (You can buy ideas with money but you can't buy the passion behind the ideas). PAP is now trying to do that by loosening immigration controls in the hope that this will bring some "buzz" to the country. However, this is not working because the fundamental principles of the country have not changed. They are finding themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place. They would like to have more foreigners in Singapore but this will risk raising the ire of the locals due to the uneven playing field created by them.

Perhaps it was a task too big to ask of PAP but then, the only thing that Singapore clearly leads the world in is the size of the salaries doled out to the ministers.

Putting faith in SEA is a lost cause as there is little common ground among the SEA countries. The only significant shared history would be colonisation by the European/American powers and WW2 (and even then, they are only similar on the surface).

My prediction is that within 20 years, the standard of living for the average urban resident in China's coastal cities will be equal, if not higher, to that in Singapore. That is, given a choice, the average person in the street will find it more attractive to live in China than in Singapore (providing that language is not an issue).

 

[wizard]

I must very grateful for LKY and PAP. Look at how singapore develope

I am very thankful.

With PAP the next 50 years will be Ok

Now he semi hand over to LHL.

If you vote for opposition then the future cannot be predictable.

So conclusion

PAP [ ]

Others [ X ]

GRC PAP [ ]

Others [ X ]

Without opposition wining min 45 % and voting power in parliment. There will be no real democracy. ( of course HE must die also )

 

[hairylee]

However, this is not working because the fundamental principles of the country have not changed. They are finding themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place.

This is the results of their so called "Hard Headed Policy" which LKY was "Blowing" to the world all these years. The results is a "hard" country that could not "Bounce" with the world.

 

[kingrant]

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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>IP rights, rule of law our competitive edge: MM Lee
S'pore will resist commitments to firm cuts in emissions at Kyoto II

By CHEW XIANG
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(SINGAPORE) Singapore's protection of intellectual property and rule of law will - at least for the time being - keep it ahead of the Chinese dragon, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said last night.

<TABLE class=picBoxL cellSpacing=2 width=100 align=left><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR class=caption><TD>Mr Lee: It's very difficult to spot your niches. Whatever we do now, given time, the Chinese will do it better </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Speaking at a dialogue with university students held at the National University of Singapore, Mr Lee said China, India, and possibly Brazil and Russia, were creating a new world order and that it would not be easy for Singapore to survive.
In the wide-ranging, hour-long discussion, Mr Lee also noted that Singapore will resist pressure from Japan and Australia to commit to firm cuts in emissions during the coming climate change talks in Copenhagen.
'If we have to make such firm commitments to cut down ... then our growth will slow down, which I think is unfair to us,' Mr Lee said.
'They say that our emissions per capita is one of the highest in the world,' Mr Lee said. 'But that includes bunkering, aviation fuel, which is not all for Singapore Airlines, bunkering which is not all just for NOL or APL.
'We use as much gas as is available for our power stations but the Japanese and the Australians want to upgrade us into Category One where we have to make firm commitments (to cutting emissions).'
He said that most of the goods produced here were for export, not domestic consumption. 'We are going to resist that. The Australians want us brought to Category One so that we have to slow down economic growth and the Japanese think so too.
'We'll see. But we have prepared all our arguments and it's not possible to just treat us like an ordinary country.'
The Minister Mentor was also asked by a student on key economic sectors that Singapore should focus on in the next ten years.
'It's very difficult to spot your niches. Whatever we do now, given time, the Chinese will do it better, because they've got more talent,' Mr Lee said.
'So where do we retain our competitive edge? In my own analysis, it will take a long time to change the system from no protection of intellectual property rights to protection of intellectual property rights; from no rule of law ... to the rule of law. These areas they will not be able to compete with us,' Mr Lee said.
He added that was a key draw for research and development as well as the pharmaceutical industry. 'They go to China, no, because in six months you'll find what you've done on the market as a generic product, because they are smart, they reverse engineer it.'
Students at the dialogue session chaired by Ambassador-At-Large Tommy Koh also asked Mr Lee questions ranging on his desired legacy, to the creeping threat of wealth inequality.
Mr Lee noted that the government was trying hard to integrate its foreign population by getting them to spread out through the city, rather than cluster in areas, but admitted he would not be happy if in time to come most Singaporeans were only second generation citizens.

=> Isn't this what he wants? *PTUI*

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At least what he said made more sense than our Labour Chief, Ah Suay. Ah Suay said "Cheaper better faster". He is stupid because China can already beat Singapore hands down on those 3 attributes. I do agree with Kuan Yew that IP protection and the rule of law ( and if I may also add a third, actually our command of English -if we speak and write it well) that will give us the edge over China, and these we should exploit with our own Singaporean talents, not China's, not PRCs. However, in consensus with bloggers here, I do agree that as far as the rule of law applies to other than commercial matters, esp criminal and civil on political dissidents, Kuan Yew is a Machiavellian rogue.