I came across 1M65 Mr Loo’s latest videos of his visit to Shenzhen and Hong Kong where he came away with the proclamation that retail business in Singapore will soon be in bad shape with the opening of the RTS to Johor Bahru. In addition, worst part of all of this is that he has strangely mentioned that the people in China and Hong Kong are all more competitive and hardworking than Singaporeans but struggling in their daily lives and thereafter, he made a point that the only sole reason that Singapore economy and its people are still in better shape is due to our strong Singapore Government leadership.
So is he saying that other governments are not as good as the Singapore government when sometimes it is not something that can be compared apple to apple especially for a gigantic and complicated country like China? Also, is it a right assertion to say that Singaporeans are not as competitive and hardworking than folks in other countries? Maybe Mr Loo has been mixing with the wrong crowd. I have known many Singaporeans who are working lots of overtime and even during the weekend on their jobs. I have also seen many Singaporeans hungrily scouting for new business opportunities and pipelines for their organization and are very highly driven. There will always be different types of people in every society of highly driven vs those that only desire a “simpler” life in China, Hong Kong and also Singapore.
Surely, there is no need to discredit his own fellow Singaporeans just to score brownie points with regard to the SG government? Instead, is it not the competitive advantage from Tripartism (collaboration between local workers, businessmen and the SG government), which has been – and continues to be – one of the cornerstones of Singapore’s economic, social and political development and success thus far?
Maybe should just ignore him... He is just coming up with all these clickbait titles and controversial videos to gain eyeballs, discussions and clicks... Because at this point, he is just a businessman. Haters and supporters, he doesn't care...as long as there's clicks, he is loving it...
ReplyDeleteI won't say he changed...maybe he just shown his true self...now...
Ignoring him is probably the best "refute" towards all his arguments and perspectives at this point 😆😁
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Hi Bro BF, good to hear from you. Trust you are all good at your side! Yup, I hear you on Mr Loo. Haha, I just can’t stand some of his extreme political views. :)
DeleteIt would seem that labour productivity would be a useful comparison and internet/AI seems to say that Singapore still has higher labour productivity than HK though there are plenty of caveats (eg: foreign workforce resident in SG is also part of the calculation). Work smarter is better than work harder?
ReplyDeleteAlso good to know that Singapore is the top country in Asia for work life balance: https://remote.com/resources/research/global-life-work-balance-index
Hi Sir, yes….fully agree with you….working smarter is definitely better than just working hard. Sometimes, it becomes toxic that people are working late just for the sake of showmanship to their boss….not exactly healthy and productive in terms of actual deliverables.
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