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Date:         Wed, 23 Dec 1992 12:43:26 EST
From:         mulliner@OUVAXA.UCLS.OHIOU.EDU
Subject:      SG: NEWS, #15, 19-21 Dec 92 (fwd)

                   Ohio University Electronic Communication


   Date:  23-Dec-1992 12:42pm EST

     To:  Southeast ASia Listers               ( _MX%"SEASIA-L@MSU.EDU" )

   From:  Kent Mulliner                              Dept:  Library
          MULLINER                                 Tel No:  614-593-2707

Subject:  SG: NEWS, #15, 19-21 Dec 92 (fwd)


 Forwarded from Singapore International foundation - gopher,
        with permission.

Singapore Daze
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A twice weekly bulletin featuring local news snippets from
Singapore publications. Issue #15: 19-21 Dec 1992

1.   >PAP wins By-election<
2.   >Entrepreneurs (again!)<
3.   >14 New Schools to be built in 11 new towns<
4.   >Buzzwords of 1992<

1.   >73% win for PM Goh<

(Sun Times 20 Dec) "The PAP took 72.9% of the 67 126 valid votes,
a percentage Mr Goh described as a "resounding endorsement" of
his policies and his leadership. Of the other three contenders,
The SDP took the largest share, managing 24.5%. NSP took 1.4% and
SJP 1.1%.

Addressing PAP supporters at the Counting Centre in Tao Non
School in English, Malay, Hokkien and Mandarin early Sunday
morning, PM Goh said "I said that I have confidence in the
judgement of Marine Parade residents. I asked for your solid
support, you gave me your resounding endorsement. The PAP
campaign which saw SM Lee, DPM Ong and other heavyweight
ministers take to its rally stage was directed mainly at SDP.
Their message to voters: do not cut down the PM's stature with
a lower level of support.

Before the counting started, Mr Ashleigh Seow told reporters that
he would be happy if his team took 12 to 15% of the 77% which the
PAP obtained in last years General Election...

BG Yeo: Singaporeans should beware of following the practice of
some western countries where politicians were required to be good
showmen. Good leadership often required abilities which did not
coincide with being able to put up dramatic performances on
stage. Speaking at the press conference after the results were
announced, he said that he was glad that the Marine Parade GRC
had not fallen for the sound and fury of the opposition campaign.
During the nine day campaign, the opposition had put on lively
rallies which were full of drama and theatrics, he noted. As the
co-ordinator of the PAP's campaign, he had felt pressure to do
more stage management. But he was worried that in a television
age, Singapore might be moving in the direction of the west,
where voters expected politicians to be good showmen. This would
not be good  for the country.

2.   >Sim Wong Hoo of Creative technology on Entrepreneurs<

BT 19 Dec, on why Singaporeans are more subdued compared to the
Hong Kong and Taiwanese business men. "I think everyone has to
be blamed, starting from the top going right down to the
family...and of course the government, because it wants security,
also builds societies that way, a lot of things being planned
for, thought out for you. Therefore people lack the risk taking
attitude. Give them a set of guidelines, they will take and run
with it. If you say "hey, you are on your own", they are lost.
And nobody thinks that its something we should break away from...
We have to question every rule we have and ask ourselves, is it
really required? Are our people mature enough to take on this,
to be slightly infected by the so called 'decadent Western
culture?' Preserving Asian values, what does this mean? Wife
beating and that kind of thing, Confucianism? There is good and
bad in every culture, so in moving forward we should take the
good of every culture, and that's it.

And if it is that bad, should we isolate our people from it? or
should we expose our people to it so that we can develop the
strength to fight it? It is very important. You isolate them,
they go out and cannot adopt to the whole new world out there.
So I think that kind of paternalism, trying to keep them wrapped
up does not help...The main issue should be how to create that
kind of environment. Give people more freedom of thought, provoke
them, make them think more, from Primary school. Let there be
more newspapers, more TV stations lesser controls..."

3.   >New Schools<

ST 19 Dec 14 new schools will be built over the next three years
to cater to he needs of new residents who have moved there. These
new school, located in areas like AMK, Bukit Bartok, Choa Chu
Kang, Tampines and Yishun are part of the Governments's $900
million plan to build, rebuild, upgrade secondary schools over
the next three to five years. The building plan is in line with
the MOE's plans to provide every child with 10 years of basic
education from 1994.

From next year, the number of students entering secondary schools
will go up from 40000 to 60000

5.   >Buzz words of 1992<

(compiled by SIFlash) Road Bullies, globalise, regionalise,
internationalise, censorship, Western decadence, Amy Yip, Asian
values, Morality surveys, You are what you eat!, lymphoma,
upgrading, consultative, Zoe Tay, schools ranking, indie bands,
GDP estimates, single mothers, middle income, COE.




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