Is this asking too much?

[MaximumZ]

Please be thankful and grateful 🥹

I am thankful and grateful. But I also boil my water.

 

[Unic0rn]

I am thankful and grateful. But I also boil my water.

I use my $2500 water filter dispenser machine so no need to boil

 

[MaximumZ]

I use my $2500 water filter dispenser machine so no need to boil

You are very rich, I'm poor so I boil.

 

[Unic0rn]

You are very rich, I'm poor so I boil.

Can use for 3 years (6 sets of filter change), is quite worth it. Less than $1k a year for daily drinking water.

 

[MaximumZ]

Can use for 3 years (6 sets of filter change), is quite worth it. Less than $1k a year for daily drinking water.

When I get a job, that will be the first thing I save up money to buy.

 

[Unic0rn]

When I get a job, that will be the first thing I save up money to buy.

Can use skillsfuture to upskill and do a mid career switch

 

[MaximumZ]

Can use skillsfuture to upskill and do a mid career switch

Skillsfuture not enough, need reform education system.

 

[Unic0rn]

Skillsfuture not enough, need reform education system.

Just go be phv driver!

 

[MaximumZ]

Just go be phv driver!

My health not very good, training now so I can go do grab food delivery. Maybe ride the four wheel kind.

 

[MaximumZ]

I feel I might be asking too much, but I cannot help but wonder if we can reach SG100 or not.

 

[MaximumZ]

These are the least essential ministry that I will cut.

Ministry of Science and Technology.
Science and tech is important, but the resources should be directed to mindef. Why? They should be the ones developing technology that is dual use to benefit civilian and our military.

Ministry of Agricultural and Food.
We have not enough land and our water is supply limited. We are reliable on import. I rather the resources goes to our business arms to invest or capture farms in 3rd world countries.

Ministry of Culture, community and Youth.
We live in an authoritarian state, we have no national identity. There's no need enforcing or cultivating social cohesion. Our social cohesion is based on the live and let live value. Singaporeans are obedient and law abiding citizens.

Ministry of communications and information.
A ministry of censorhip and the Propaganda hand of our government. It is bleeding tax payers money via SPH. The trust of mainstream media no longer exist in the digital world. Only on X/Twitter, you can get independent news.

Ministry of Sustainability and Environment.
Green propaganda hand of our government. For Greenwashing purposes and Green investment. SG is importing 95% of natural gas, the word natural doesn't mean anything, it just means gas from fossil fuel. The irony never ends.

Ministry of social and family development.
Their policies have and result in decline birth rates. Woke and nonessential. Counterproductive. Now that SG women can't handle taking care of children, they want to implement policies to rope in men to take leave and care for babies.

Ministry of Finance.
Cannot be cut off, yet. However, their over regulations on cryptocurrency probably cost many tech savvy Singaporean their generation wealth. Trim the fat.


Overalll government , should cut off those people who are not efficient, replace them and become smaller.

you can agree or disagree, don't need to attack. Please dont be offended. I'm just an uneducated man.

 

[wutawa]

Uneducated can write such a long passage is buay pai

I am ashamed to be educated.

 

[MaximumZ]

I am ashamed to be educated.

I'm ashamed to be uneducated. We ashamed together.

 

[NintendoSwitch]

I feel I might be asking too much, but I cannot help but wonder if we can reach SG100 or not.

Will reach SG100, juz the non elites all replaced liao. Like Ship of Theseus, everything change except captain.

 

[MaximumZ]

Will reach SG100, juz the non elites all replaced liao. Like Ship of Theseus, everything change except captain.

If that is the case, then no longer Singapore. Change to something else?

 

[NintendoSwitch]

If that is the case, then no longer Singapore. Change to something else?

Shh

 

[MaximumZ]

Shh

If China try to take over, I will revolt.

 

[Unic0rn]

Will reach SG100, juz the non elites all replaced liao. Like Ship of Theseus, everything change except captain.

In a few decades will be only the core elite remaining? How about the 2.5 million normal singaporeans?

 

[MaximumZ]

In a few decades will be only the core elite remaining? How about the 2.5 million normal singaporeans?

Why only elite can survive? Wah lao don't liddat reh.

 

[Song Bro]

It's a dangerous task to challenge world order, even if it is the right thing to do.

It's dangerous to follow the world order too, if you dun know where it leads to.
Its a conundrum for the PAP. As such they chose the passive stance and allow situations to dictate their actions most of the time. But that form of pragmatic approach is as ironic as their party's logo.

I do not know enough. It is easy to say, cut all the redundancy! All these transfer of wealth, where are they transferred to? I don't know. Even if they may sound redundant, are they going to the right places? Again, I don't know.

As long as they are transparent, public knows where the funds are being transferred that's good enough. Those fats can be trimmed into uprising industries like AI or Infrastructure, sciences. I dun believe we lose out other countries based on local talent. Those dared to dream big, should be given the opportunity and resources to pursue their dreams. And I dun mean those skills future, ID 4.0 stuffs. Real funds allocated in research and development. And those talents funneled into DSTA. What have we get?

As for the ministries, I think an overhaul is much better than cut. Some can cross discipline. Note whilst doing so the main tasks is still focus on their title. Others are simply synergistic:

Ministry of Science and Technology.
"Science and tech is important, .... benefit civilian and our military."
- A Revamp is needed. Is there an official initiative that allows cross discipline partnership? i.e with Communications & Information - Hacking technology & Defence (Commercial) <> E.W. (Electronic Warfare, Military). People should be given a choice of this type of career path. This should be an iron rice bowl cos we cannot allow FTs to enter into this realm.

Ministry of Agricultural and Food.
"We have not enough land and our water is supply limited....farms in 3rd world countries."
- True to a certain extent. Yet collaboration with Sustainability & Culture & Science can create a sustainability environment for crops growing in HDB. Moving towards self sustainability relieves a portion of stress when geopolitics becomes unstable. For example, "barter" amongst neighbours should be encouraged a form of community living. This might bring about a closer knit society. That said, how to achieve this can be through separate irrigation system by Science and tech being woven into HDB design. Its also simple to test if ppl like to live in this sort of environment. Have a couple of standalone flats to spearhead the initiative. Then we can see if ppl like to eat fresh produce. (Current local farms failed as people just plant what they like and there is no "share" element)

Ministry of Culture, community and Youth.
"We live in an authoritarian state, ..... law abiding citizens. "
- Disagree, but this ministry needs more work. We need identity. Just need to polish it. We only have people. We lose our identity we have nothing left. Everything leave to law. There is no warm in this country and it is moving towards this direction. Seeing the amount of kaobei of no social conscience already tells you our country is in desperate need for change. I suggest bring back "Moral Education" to "educate" ppl to be considerate and helpful from young. It will more than a generation to make this work but it is definitely worth the wait. We leave everything to the western media, we rise and fall with them.

Ministry of communications and information.
"A ministry of censorhip and the Propaganda hand of our government. .....you can get independent news."
- Dissolve this and merge with Homeland Security and Mindef into a hub of information analytics. Design a platform to allows search functions to work like Ground News. People should have a option to see different perspective to make their own judgements. Regardless left or right.

Ministry of Sustainability and Environment.
"Green propaganda hand..... The irony never ends."
- Agree. More collaboration should be done with Science and Tech to achieve the objective than to solely rely on citizens to contribute. Green objectives like underground highways with filtration systems for carbon emissions. Charge as you drive road infrastructure - like dynamo charging bicycle lights sort of idea. If this can be achieved. We can sell the idea overseas. Advantage of Singapore is its small size. We can effectively test on a small town and monitor the results. This ministry should shoot for the benchmark for the world since we have been a garden city.

Ministry of social and family development.
"Their policies have ..... leave and care for babies."
- Can still remain. But like "Moral Education", a new curriculum might be needed or could merge to educate preparation for family life. Although Home Econs sort of serve this purpose, I am not sure if they got teach responsibility of husband and wife. "Masters in Housekeeping & Family Management" anyone - brings to the next point:
Payment for full time housewives based on market rate. Woman find it hard to juggle. Why is there a need to? Those that raise the young why are they being penalised? This ministry needs to work on the transition from Basic education > motherhood > < Workplace. With a portion of woman opting out of workforce, there is lesser competition. Not an easy task by any means. Since the name, I propose scrap the WC and implement shared assets division on family unit dissolution. I dont see any discussion on this. This is a fairer deal to both parties and would encourage some incels / vocels to reach for marriage.

Ministry of Finance.
"Cannot be cut off, yet. ... Trim the fat."
- Not sure but Finance is more than just preventing ppl from getting wealthier.
They also allocate budgets and resources for projects.
Agree in the trimming. Maybe cross departments monitor might increase efficiency.