Straight from the heart
"... [We] wondered why able young Singaporeans were leaving the country after studying overseas, while Nigerian counterparts were passionate to return to their country to implement social change. Several persons promptly proposed that the way to bring Singaporeans home lay in making Singapore a more attractive and competitive place...
"To my mind, the point was sorely missed, for Nigerians were going home with ideals for social justice and for the love of their country, however unattractive it was. Surely then, the anecdotal evidence showed something about the state of our hearts rather than that of our country."
-- "Critical thinking straight from the heart," Tan Seow Hon, The Straits Times (Italics mine)
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posted by Laughingcow at 9:50 pm
2 Comments:
I think it helps to feel that you can make a difference, that there aren't elements which try to impede change and ideas and the way things are done by them..
You know what I mean..
I think that's one of the reasons, yes. :) How is it that things like these are blindingly obvious to every other person, but doesn't make its way through to the powers-that-be?
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