Monthly Archives: January, 2012
I Not Stupid (小孩不笨)
Finnish System, As Told By A Senior Finnish Educator I had a chance meeting in London with a Finnish gentleman who is in charge of Finland’s Mathematics curriculum. I had read about Finland’s education system. I had referred to it in one of my blog posts. A Singaporean living in Finland read my post and …
Political sacrifice – Fishing for the unwilling
Personal sacrifice for politics is something we hear a lot of these days since the committee report on ministerial pay came up. The word was used many times in the parliament debate. Dictionary.com gave several definitions of the word. Most relevant is “the surrender or destruction of something prized or desirable for the sake of …
My parliamentary speech on Ministerial Pay Review (17 Jan 2012)
Mr Speaker Sir, my party colleagues have touched on many aspects of the proposal. I wish to highlight the part that I have the biggest concern with. It is the way a minister’s pay is pegged to the top 1,000 Singaporean earners. The salary review committee was given the terms of reference by the Prime …
