Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Elaboration
! Honest,
capable
and
incorruptible
leadership
needed
to
make
right,
rather
than
popular
decisions
to
win
confidence
and
respect
of
the
people
! The
government
continuously
selects
and
grooms
potential
leaders,
not
by
chance
! Good
leadership
is
important
in
every
segment
of
society
!
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!
!
Example
Arts
scene
in
Singapore
made
progress
under
the
leadership
of
Mr.
Liu
Thai
Ker,
former
chairman
of
the
NAC.
Under
his
leadership,
local
talents
had
more
opportunities
to
participate
in
international
collaborations
and
co-
productions
Decisions
need
to
be
forward-looking
to
overcome
! NEWater:
for
self-sufficiency
in
potential
challenges.
water
supply
in
anticipation
of
Open
to
new
ideas
and
willing
to
take
risks
expiration
of
water
agreements
(2011,2061)
! Integrated
resorts
(2005)
to
create
employment
and
capture
tousist
market.
Helps
Singapores
economy
to
be
competitive
Principle
of
meritocracy,
a
system
that
rewards
hard
! Edusave
Scholarship
and
Merit
work
and
talent
Bursary
reward
the
top
10%
and
Gives
everyone
an
equal
opportunity
to
achieve
their
best
25%
of
students
in
schools
and
and
be
rewarded
for
their
performance
regardless
of
race,
Institutes
of
Technical
Education
religion
and
socio-economic
background.
! Share
surplus
from
Singapores
good
economic
growth
in
Grow
and
Share
package
in
2011
to
reward
Singaporeans
Principle
of
transparency
! People
were
consulted
on
the
issue
Having
a
say
in
decision-making
develops
a
greater
sense
of
having
a
casino
in
2004
of
belonging
(inclusive
society)
! As
a
result,
government
took
Policy
decisions
are
made
to
serve
the
needs
of
the
feedback
from
people
and
nation.
These
decisions
may
change
to
suit
the
needs
of
introduced
social
safeguards
to
the
people
and
nation
over
time.
minimize
problem
gambling.
Measures
to
curb
population
growth
Measure
Five-year
plans
from
1966-1981
Plan
First
five-year
plan
from
1966-1971
Second
five-year
plan
from
1971-
1976
Details
! Emphasised
the
need
for
smaller
families
! Encouraged
married
couples
to
stop
at
two
! Encouraged
use
of
contraception
and
legalising
abortion.
! No
paid
maternity
leave
to
be
given
to
third
and
subsequent
children
! No
priority
to
be
given
to
large
families
in
allocation
of
government
flats
! No
income
tax
relief
to
be
given
for
fourth
and
subsequent
children
! Delivery
charges
in
hospitals
to
be
increased
with
each
additional
child
! Aimed
to
maintain
replacement
rate
at
2.1
children
to
keep
population
figures
in
check
Outcome/Impact
! Sparked
off
debate
and
unhappiness
among
the
people.
! Less-educated
were
unhappy
as
they
felt
they
would
be
neglected
under
policy
! Scrapped
in
1985
!
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