Does Singaporean deserve a second chance?

As I am applying a job with People Association, one of the last section of the application requires disclosure of whether a person has broken the law, owe anyone money a lot or other serious offence. I am fortunate because I am a very obedient servant has not broken any serious law except traffic parking offence.

Sometimes I wonder about the people walking on the street, how many of them are perfect. As I understand, many companies and government association require a perfectionist to perfect the job and also a person with a very clean record. With these requirements, how many people with a poor record dare to apply for government sector? And even if they dare to apply, do they have the courage to come clean and be open to their employer?

If the government preaches about re employing the ex convicts, the question is do they practice what they preach? Will human resource manager put their career on the chopping board by taking in ex convicts? I know i will hesitate cos i have a family to feed.

Bill Gates of Microsoft once said he will not recruit any one who is perfect and has not make a mistake in life before. I am sure the USA will have the resilience to go through any crisis after I have seen Donald Trumph in his famous comeback; “The World is flat” author who rallied the Americans to go forward to meet the challenge in globalization and “ we want you to be rich” authors, who urged Americans to be more financially savvy.

The government has to believe and have faith in its own people who have erred on the wrong side of the road. It is only then we will have better social cohesion and a forgiving society. If not there will be always two sides, one the perfectionist who has the whole ice cream to themselves and the other a big majority who eye angrily and jealously at those eating the ice cream cos they were once on the wrong path. My heart goes to those people who are actively searching for drink cans in the rubbish bin near you.

Is everyone perfect? Just that they cover themselves better. As we forgive the people who err on the wrong side of the fence, and make them part of a stake holders. It is then we became a gracious society and a forgiving society. We then progress as one instead of having a big gap in the middle. Let us start first with ourselves and then our family and the community.