Singapore General Election and Disciplining My Children
GE: Be careful when tinkering with system that has worked, says PM Lee
SINGAPORE : Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has urged Singaporeans to be
careful when tinkering with a system that has worked for the country for a
long time.
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He also admitted that his government has made mistakes, such as letting Mas
Selamat escape and the Orchard Road floods.
"We can have our best intentions, make our best efforts but from time to
time, mistakes will happen. We will make mistakes. We made a mistake when we
let Mas Selamat run away, we made a mistake when Orchard Road got flooded,
and there are other mistakes we have made from time to time and occasionally
we will make them again but I hope not too often.
"But when it happens, then we should acknowledge, apologise, take
responsibility, put things right. If we have to discipline somebody, we will
do that and we must learn from lessons and never make the same mistakes
again."
Mr Lee defended the government's move to allow Integrated Resorts with
casinos into Singapore. He said if the PAP had not seized opportunities, the
country would not have achieved growth.
He acknowledged the side effects of growth - more IRs meant a higher risk of
problem gambling, more foreign workers meant congestion.
On the hot button issues of housing and immigration, Mr Lee admitted it was
the result of a situation that could not have been predicted. He explained
the sharp economic recovery after the global recession had pushed demand for
homes resulting in a shortage of flats.
While high growth meant the need to bring in more foreign workers to support
investments coming to Singapore, this in turn led to problems of
overcrowding. Mr Lee said the government has addressed these issues by
bumping up the supply of new flats and expanding the rail network.
"We do not always get things completely right ... but overall, the PAP
government has been more right than wrong, otherwise we would not be here
today," he said.
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I am just a simple person. I don't know much about election or grand
theories or scare tactics or whatever promises. All I know is as a parent I
am very good at disciplining my children and I know very well disciplining
my children is for their own good and my own good.
I cannot help but noticed that it is only after I had in my hand the
cane to cane them, my children will then stand still and listen attentive to
me whereas earlier I had been shouting at the top of my voice many times to
beg them clean their room which they couldn't be bothered and act deaf
towards me.
Only when my children saw the cane in my hand, my children then quickly sprang up to clean their room and even made tea and
bring biscuits and chair for me to sit. My eldest child even massages my back
and my 2nd child sang my praise saying out younger I look and how nice a
person I was. My 3rd child assures me that I will be taken care when I am
old. Of course, all 3 of them said they have been good most of the time, but
sometimes they made some mistakes and promised to be good children from now
on etc.
I had thought I can forgive them and not cane them to discipline them. But
then I think back, if I had not with me the cane, will they be so good
towards me and do they deserve to be cane for their earlier nonchalant and
rude attitude? After all, my nice children did said before to me many times
"Please cane us if we are naughty, we deserve to be caned".
In the end, after deciding the merits of discipline and for better future
more disciplined behaviours, I gave them 9 strokes each to teach them a
lesson they will remember so that I as a parent will not be bullied the next
time. Remember I still love my children, discipline hurts but it brings them
down to reality and makes them a better person. Otherwise I am not a good
parent to spare the rod and spoil my children. |
