More babies...a call of desperation..(Government policies)

The government of Singapore has been actively promoting and encouraging their people to have more babies. That is to say that the population of Singapore is not growing at an expected rate, most probably slow and also the fact that the population of Singapore is aging. In fact, 1 out of every 12 Singaporeans are aged 65 or above (http://www.mcys.gov.sg/successful_ageing/index.html). There is a dire need to find a remedy to counter this worrisome trend. If it is not done as promptly as possible, Singapore may find itself lacking in terms of not only human manpower, but more detrimentally, human resource and talent. Humans are every country's natural resource. For a country as small as Singapore, that is even more so.

The government has implemented incentivising policies to encourage people to have more babies through the use of work leaves, monetary grants and what not? However the rate of growth is not as fast as required and the population is not increasing at a speed and velocity which would be essential for the future of the country.

From my perspective, it is a little bit difficult to do so with the dawn of Globalisation. The world economies are becoming less and less segregated and they are becoming more and more integrated. Jobs from the MDCs are being exported to LDCs for a fraction of the price. Competition is becoming more intense, whether in the corporate world or the business world. However, globalisation brings with it major benefits in the form of opportunities. With the full fledged power of the Information Age, people are becoming more and more sophisticated and look for more flamboyant lifestyles to suit their ever growing want for a higher level of affluence.

The call for more babies will be 'obstacle-ised' by this advent of globalisation. People would more rather pursue career opportunities than settle down at night to make love. In a conservative Asian state like Singapore, this is very much so. However, if the government were to address this problem, another essential arm of their armada of encouragements would be to promote sex. Promote the joy of having sex, promote books on sex, encourage newly wedded couples to go for sexual sensation courses, programmes or what not?

The point is, couples need to have more sex, but from the way i see it (not that i have visually experienced their inadequacy), they do not. Moreover, conservative people do not know the intricacies of sex, of which i will not go into here, of which can be summarised as the finer details of the process. The government has to promote sex. Simple as that. It cannot be said with more importance. They have to go all out to promote safe, passionate, morally motivated sex. However they would have to be careful as to not stray into the part of sex which some term as 'fucking'. That word connotates a casualness and citizens in the land might be put off by its immorality. The government has to incentivise this area in addition to their whole armory of incentives to boost the population growth of Singapore to finally be able to get Singaporeans to 'have more babies'.

Luck Cluck (Success)

Luck. What imagery does this word bring to your head? Well, definitely for most of you what comes to mind is a sort of a bright star which can be seen at a distance. This is what the perception of most people is of luck. But luck is only useful if you try and avoid it.

People who are looked at as successful by other people are also looked upon as having luck or they got to where they were by caso. The thing about luck is successful people view luck as being 'labour under correct knowledge'. Now, that has a few implications. It can mean you know what you are doing and have a clear goal and direction of where you are going. It can also refer to the technicalities involved and having them with you in the pursuit of your success. But the basic thing is that successful people do not allow luck to decide what they achieve or who they become. They will not say, "Well, maybe this'll work, maybe it won't, so let's try it and find out". These are the words of people who look at luck as the prerequisite for anything- sports, business, school, love or marriage success. The problem with depending on luck for success is that luck will rarely get you anything you want.

Luck is an evil and bastardly thing and it works exactly like a double edged sword. It can work for you or it can work against you, usually in greater degrees. If you count on luck to get where you want to go, you will go nowhere. You will fail. You will not succeed. The only people who succeed through luck are those people who have a plan and that plan meets an opportunity. My business partner told me of this and of course I agreed. It is when you have a plan prepared and ready, like a bag-packing for a great hike, that you will be lucky. And when you do succeed, you will say," Oh well, i was lucky".

Suing your boss... (Government policies)

I think the new laws in the US for suing bosses for creating an 'abusive work environment' is stupid and ridiculous and a product of having a pure democratic country. Donald Trump is also totally against this idea and i agree with him when he says that if your company doesnt treat you with the respect that you deserve, then you should quit! Obviously, we make the choices and design our lives to what we want it to be. People will develop a crutch mentality if they are left to do what they want by the government. The worst problems come when governments are not pragmatic and give these people what they want. The rationale should be clear and logical and not something as childish as this.

There will be a lot of controversy in the future because of this, and a whole mess at the court will be inevitable.