A walk around Bishan HDB flats on a lazy Sunday found most car parks brimming with cars. Are Singaporeans lying at home to make war with one another? Are Singaporean too homely compared to other countries like Australian? I found that my compatriots are too homely. In Australia, people will be out playing soccer, sitting by the park and chat.
I suspect our favourite past time is watching TV programme, air-con room napping and surfing internet. These are good ways to release stress or relax on a lazy Sunday after a long week of work in the workplace. However, these will not generate the creativity needed for business, great work in science, technology, arts and many other areas.
That may explain partly why Asia has over 2.5 Billion people which has more than half of the world population and yet only control less than 20 percent of the world wealth.
There are reasons why the US is today, the world largest economy and their population, though 3% of the world, their economy is 1/3 of the world’s economy and they control 50 percent of the world wealth.
We can emulate them in their activities in science, technology, business, engineering, and arts and the spirit of giving. I hope this article will spur more Singaporean will go out there and make an impact on others, no matter how small it is.
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