Singapore Efficient? My foot...

It's interesting to see how Malaysians, especially Chinese like to worship Singapore like their God. Having lived in Singapore for more than 10 years, and was invited there to study by the Singapore's PSC, I have this to say.

1. Singapore's infrastructure is efficient
It's efficient if you're always located in the central business district. I was at Jurong Pier for an engineering commissioning job, and had waited for taxis for more than 2 hours. None of the "efficient" taxis were willing to go to Jurong Pier. And there is no efficient MRT there either.

2. There's No Flood in Singapore
Again, my foot. Those who make this kind of comment do not know what they're talking about. At the western part of and northern west part of Singapore, flood always happen and it's not always reported. Years back when Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) was just completed, (Singaporeans have a penchant for 3 letter short-form), flood happened so frequently that I've lost count.

3. Singapore's Education Follows Meritocracy
My foot, perhaps Singapore does follow meritocracy, but by Harry's method. Ask those girls who got flying colors in their A-level and how many actually make it to the medical faculty in NUS.

An officer from PSC made it very clear to the ASEAN Scholar during one of the seminar regarding tertiary education in NUS and NTU that we can forget about Medical and Law. As for female, the chance even for Singaporean female, is almost zero. And that's the comment from a self-proclaimed meritocracy country government officer!


I'll share more with you in my next posting... :)