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Has Singapore Lost Its Soul


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Base on a new book written by local writer : "Singapore Sui Dai"

 

 

 

Yahoo news: Singapore writer laments that Singapore has lost its soul

 

Singapore writer Felix Cheong wants to know where and why the country has lost its soul.

 

He said, “We have become this glamour city, full of chrome and glass, tall iconic buildings, but no soul.”

Cheong, author of short stories collection “Vanishing Point”, takes on this issue in his new book, along with hot-button topics like transport, education and economic growth.

 

Called “Singapore Siu Dai”, which translates to “less sugar” in Hokkien, it is a collection of 50 short stories that satirize life in Singapore.

 

Having previously written poetry collections and fiction novels, this is Cheong’s ninth book and his first foray into humorous fiction.

 

The 49-year-old writer feels strongly about the political themes he tackles in his book. Civil servants are satirized in the book,

depicted as characters who form the government’s elite but who do not see people as people.

 

He said, “We have been in this same status quo for far too long. After 50 years, I think it’s time something changes.”

 

He rejects what he describes as the “siege mentality” of the government, which often warns that “we are under siege all the time, we are a small country, we have no natural resources, and we need to grow by 2 percent, 5 percent.”

 

While Cheong appreciates that the country needs economic growth, he does not think it should be “at the expense of soft skills, of people skills, of EQ skills.”

 

Disappointed with the Singapore Conversation dialogue sessions held in 2013, which he felt had “a very top-down approach”, he decided to use his book to ease people into political conversations using ordinary situations they can relate to and laugh about.

 

 

read more, link: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/singapore-writer-laments-that-singapore-has-lost-its-soul-084309003.html

 

 

 

Go hawker centre, Ah Tiong doing the cooking and serving

 

Morning peak hour MRT train, plenty FT/FW

 

Shop assistants & counter staff - Philippinos

 

Telephone operators - Indian accents

 

NS songs - AWARE not happy

 

ERP - is to ease traffic congestion ????

 

COE - up, up & up

 

 

Ya................ where is the SOUL .. [:(]

 

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As according to the writter:

 

quote - " Published by Ethos Books, the book was launched in February and has received praise from humourist Neil Humphreys and creator of Singapore’s satirical news show “The Noose”, Prem Anand.

Still keen to tackle more issues concerning Singapore, Cheong has a sequel lined up. Due in September this year, it is tentatively titled “Singapore Siu Dai 2: The SG conversation, upsized”. "

 

 

Its already on the book stand.

 

OK, this evening I go Popular Book store to search ... -_-

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since when does a business have a soul!!

 

except for the top managements....

 

 

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Supersonic

It wasn't lost..... it was sold.

Agreed, our country has been sold by our garment! Just for them to achieve the objective they want.

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As according to the writter:

 

quote - " Published by Ethos Books, the book was launched in February and has received praise from humourist Neil Humphreys and creator of Singapore’s satirical news show “The Noose”, Prem Anand.

Still keen to tackle more issues concerning Singapore, Cheong has a sequel lined up. Due in September this year, it is tentatively titled “Singapore Siu Dai 2: The SG conversation, upsized”. "

 

 

Its already on the book stand.

 

OK, this evening I go Popular Book store to search ... -_-

 

Better grab it in case it gets pull off the shelf ! [rolleyes]

 

 

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After you get raped over & over again, day after day, month after month, year after year … You'll naturally resign to faith … … You don't enjoy it, so you Adapt … Because in order to survive, you have to … -_-

 

 

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Even the early batches of PRs i spoke to (who came to SG pre-2007) felt that SG really CMI with so many low grade FT

 

sounds ironic, but it goes to show even FTs can feel the difference in lower quality of life & over-crowdedness

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After you get raped over & over again, day after day, month after month, year after year … You'll naturally resign to faith … … You don't enjoy it, so you Adapt … Because in order to survive, you have to … -_-

 

 

 

So, thats where the 'soul' was lost ... [sly]

 

Now we are working like a robot without any 'soul' ... [:(]

I know ..... Radx collected all the 'souls' .... [cool]

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