Building bridges…
Yesterday the Singapore PM and his Malaysian counter part, Najib announce that both government will start a study to evaluate the possibility of building a third bridge between Singapore and Johor.
Personally, I question the motives and the need to build such a structure between two countries, more so when we have very weak relationship bridge with Singapore. The focus should be strengthening and improving the social and emotional bridge between the people of the two nations.
2. Firstly, we must accept that people does not live forever. Unfortunately, Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) may just break the laws of nature. Either in the physical form or his ideological form, LKY will continue dominate the way things are done in Singapore and their perception of their neighbours.
3. This year alone I have made several work related trips to Singapore. Physically, I envy Singapore town planners and the way they do things. They do things based on facts and studies. Unfortunately the Singapore population is very dynamic. Currently more than 1/3rd of the island population are foreigners. I asked a friend who travelled regularly worldwide and he says that Singapore public transport is the best in the world.
