The scholar system instituted by LKY is one made redundant in 1905 in China:
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/CASAE/cnf2007/Proceedings-2007/AERC CASAE Xiong-2007.pdf
It is however still in use today for the furtherment of the Singaporean elite.
And perhaps, this system is kept in place by the very scholars who benefited from the system.
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/CASAE/cnf2007/Proceedings-2007/AERC CASAE Xiong-2007.pdf
It is however still in use today for the furtherment of the Singaporean elite.
And perhaps, this system is kept in place by the very scholars who benefited from the system.