http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/committee-on-the-future-economy-outlines-7-strategies-to-take-singapore-forward?&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=addtoany

While we ought to give credit to our predecessors for bringing Singapore to where it is today, let’s not forget that the challenges we face today are just as arduous, if not more. We face very different set of challenges. So perhaps let’s stop trying to compare our predecessors & our leaders of today.

Quoting PM Lee from 2015 – Singapore has ‘maxed out on easy ways to driving economic growth and the only way forward is to increase productivity’.

Israel & Singapore share many similarities.
Israel invests heavily in education & startups as well. But look at the number of Israeli companies listed in NASDAQ and us. Look at the number of patents Israel file each year. They’re among the top. So is Taiwan.
What did we do wrong? Has our emphasis and mindset shifted yet? Or are we still teaching our future generations to study hard and be an A-grader, find a good job and settle for life.
Saying is one, doing is another. The example has to come from the very top first.
The creative scene (Arts & Entertainment) in Singapore speaks a lot for itself.