Keeping Singapore clean and safe, and enabling community action (How Singapore became the cleanest and safest city! Definitely worth a read!)

mse.gov.sg ^ | 4 March 2024 | Baey Yam Keng

[Sequoyah101]

Absolutely true. Singapore is responsible government doing what government should do. They are both responsible and accountable. Just once for a change I wish someone in this country, let alone this gooberment would step up to the plate and say, "Yes, that is my job and I will take care of this and report back to you with results." Dream on, in what universe? Not this shell of a nation.

The only push backs are from miscreants, anarchists, libertarians and assorted misguided individuals who are very confused about living with others responsibly and respectfully.

[aquila48]

It’s the same... and they have added some incredible architecture. They have also developed a beautiful area called Marina Bay that has some incredible gardens and buildings.

If you get a chance, go back.

[Jamestown1630]

The ‘disaster’ we have here, wasn’t here a few decades ago. And we didn’t have caning then, either.

I think you are confusing some things here and assuming that only corporal punishment, instead of maintaining sensible laws and regulations, can solve the problems we have.

That’s the kind of screwy, reactionary ‘thinking’ that leads to things like the rise of Nazism and Communist revolutions.

Frankly, you scare me.

[Sequoyah101]

And if you let that small number of people persist in their bad behavior they encourage others to follow their example.

For ages I have noted and said that, The attitude of the staff [citizens] is a reflection of the attitude of their management [leadership]. Look what we have now. Look where it has come from.

[5th MEB]

I have absolutely no problem with Corporal Punishment.

GOD created PAIN RECEPTORS in the human nervous system to correct stupid, harmful, destructive behavior in people.

10 lashes in the public square would put an end to a lot of problems in this country!

[steve86]

It’s true I have not personally been there but my GF from the Philippines has. It’s true I would appreciate the cleanliness and tidiness but I don’t want government to have so much power over personal liberties. I won’t live in an HOA either. I want to be able to work on my car in the driveway and leave things lying around for a few days. Apparently hasn’t affected home values too much — up by 250% in 9 years.

[aquila48]

“That’s the kind of screwy, reactionary ‘thinking’ that leads to things like the rise of Nazism and Communist revolutions.”

OH, PLEASE, you’re such a drama queen! Use your head and common sense for a change, will you? (No probably not!)

[aquila48]

“10 lashes in the public square would put an end to a lot of problems in this country!”

Yep, little or no recidivism, save a ton of money, and reduce crime a ton!

[nwrep]

Well said, sir.

[aquila48]

No, no DEI! Strictly a merit based society. It’s an EI culture - there you have to Earn It (EI).

[PGR88]

I was working there at the time. He defaced a Honda.

My memory was that it was a couple Mercedes Benz this punk spray-painted.

I looked it up - see below. It was A LOT more than just 1-2 cars! No wonder everyone I knew was pissed off - the kid and his friends went on a rampage. What an idiot Clinton was to get involved. What an embarrassment.

Caning of Michael Fay

[Hiddigeigei]

"Yeah barbaric societies will do that sort of thing."
Until about 1930, the State of Maryland had a law on the books prescribing public flogging as the punishment for wife beating.

[coalminersson]

HS kids were using gum to muck up the doors on the local trains. Thy banned it.

[chajin]

Y'all are missing the point. Singapore is the ultimate Confucian city. I wish I had the time to go into all the details, but a "normal" Western republic, the kind America has tried to be when the leftists weren't ripping it to shreds, is based on Aristotle's Ethics and Politics for individual living and societal organization respectively. East Asian societies, when they have not been overcome by either fascism or communism, are based on Confucius' Analects and the Doctrine of the Mean. A Confucian society is a collection of interconnected hierarchies, where those who are superior take responsibility for those beneath them, those who are inferior accept the rules of those above them, and everyone in the group is loyal to the success of the group. There is no individual freedom, but the success of the society is predicated on the willingness of the members to follow their role and the duties the role requires. Singapore is the best example of this, but postwar Japan and South Korea come close, and Viet Nam is rediscovering its Confucian roots as the sway of communism becomes less and less--the one place where it isn't showing signs of returning is, ironically, China: it's turned from pure communist to authoritarian mercantilist, but that's a topic for another day.

[Freest Republican]

I love all tbe ignoramus’ replies.

Singapore is one of the wealthiest per capita homogenous nations on earth.

It’s incredibly capitalist and yet despite the wealth similar to the Arabs-Singapore contributes virtually nothing to the advancement of mankind.

There is nothing in our lives that hails from Singapore but we want to be Singapore.

Why would that be the case?

Coming in second behind Japan in vo0luntary mask compliance and steeped in tradition. Singapore is an authoritarian nation where imagination, creativity and subsequent innovation otherwise known as applied intelligence take a back seat to repressive government.

The wealthy do all the drugs that they can afford while the poor live in shanty shacks on the water.

I’ve been to Singapore!!!!

By that I mean the Singapore that they want me to see.

[coalminersson]

We landed in Singapore about 11:30 PM From SF with a two hour stop in Tokyo. The hotel wanted us to pay for the night we were booked the next night. We checked our bags and walked around. They gave us a room at 10 AM wth no extra day charge,

We were there 3 nights and days and never saw a cop except at the airport.

My wife’s friend from Manilla works there and writes for Tye Financial news of Asia. We saw everything, it’s not a big place and took a bus tour to Malaysia

I recommend people put this on their list.

[Old Yeller]

Awesome city. Awesomer airport.

[chajin]

I recommend people put this on their list.

Back in 2005 I visited the World's Fair in Japan, outside of Osaka. (as you can guess from my FReepname, I've been connected to Japan most of my life) The one thing I remember most about the Singapore pavilion was the room where you were to experience the climate, which made Panama (where I taught in '99) feel like the Yukon. I would love to experience the city but I'm not sure I could handle the perpetual sauna.

[Freest Republican]

“There is no individual freedom”

Bingo. They’re always missing the point.

and for it all of Asia combined creates 1/5th of the medical innovation of the US.

No individual freedom=no creativity, no imagination and no subsequent applied intelligence.

But hey we want to be Singapore!

The reality is the grass is always greener crowd don’t deserve their insane prosperous lifestyle afforded to them in this country.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

"6 To tackle ongoing and persistent issues, we adopt a multi-pronged approach. Legislation and enforcement are critical to help us tackle the "inconsiderate behaviour of a small number of people" who are not as socially responsible, and to shape social norms for the wider population." What do you think?

I think there's no way the cities that would benefit from these policies are going to vote for politicians that will pass and enforce them.