2013 wish for Singapore

2013 is upon on us and given all the happenings in the previous year, my wish for Singapore is for better governance, more transparency and wiser strategies to bring its citizens through an ever increasingly volatile future. I just read this news article and I agree much with the points brought up and hope the leaders take heed.

I left a couple of comments there which I will just place here for reference:

"We didn't really choose to be global but we are definitely told that economic growth would bring happiness. However, we are now sacrificing happiness for economic growth which is much irony. We now do choose to survive but we should do it with more intelligent strategies."

 This one is written with a bit of angst but it is how I felt nonetheless:

"The economists and scholars the govt hired are simply plain lazy to do anything, that's why they keep suggesting the same thing over and over again. It's time they get their butts off their chairs and think of new strategies. Economists around the world wreck their brains to better their peers and gain recognition while ours are simply here to enjoy their high pay. Maybe it's time we pay them the most basic pay and any bonus will have to be based on their performances."