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Old November 27th, 2006 #14
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Personally, while disliking the Chinese as any coloreds, I was always impressed by their ability to successfully implement Aryan concepts that work, no matter how controvercial they could be in Aryan lands. I am especially by the Republic of Singapore - a Chinese populated island that has succeeded to develop at enourmously fast rate both economically and socially, while keeping the source of their prosperity- the republican political system and free enterprise economic system - un touched by democratic modernities. Below are just a few examples of Singaporean wisdom:

The Republic of Singapore once again demonstrated the wisdom of its leadership by initiating a project, offering a free wireless internet access everywhere in a city state. Singapore's government said it plans to cover the island with public wireless Internet access by next year and offer nearly 10,000 subsidized computers to low-income students to offer digital opportunities to all its citizens. The Republican government will increase the number of public wireless "hot spots" from 900 to 5,000 by next year as part of the plan, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told an audience late Tuesday evening while launching the Wireless@SG initiative marking 25 years of a drive to boost information technology in Singapore. Lee said about 10,000 needy households with school-going children will qualify for subsidized computers, and efforts will be made to help the elderly and disabled use the Internet. The Straits Times newspaper reported that families that earn less than 2,000 Singapore dollars ($125) a month can purchase a computer for S$285 ($179)

The plan will offer free 512 kilobits per second wireless access for at least two years initiallythrough telecom operators SingTel, iCell and QMax at public wireless hot spots across the city, said a press release from the government's Infocomm Development Authority, which is running Wireless@SG. SingTel will offer the service free for three years; the others for two years. "The three operators will bump up the number of Wireless@SG 'hotzones' in high-traffic, public areas ... to make wireless broadband a ubiquitous access mode by September 2007," the statement said. The hot spots will be concentrated at town centers, business districts and shopping belts. The development authority will pay up to 30 million Singapore dollars ($18.9 million) of the expected S$100 million ($63 million) cost for the wireless networks. Finland immediately followed Singapore initiative.

Another excellent idea of Singaporean republicans is the new way to put more people to work: skill certification. More job and learning opportunities would now be open to those who did not finish secondary school, as employers and training institutions warm up to the Employability Skills System (ESS), a skills training and certification scheme by the Workforce Development Agency (WDA). Over 20 companies and training institutions, such as Home-Fix the DIY store, the Tourism Management Institute of Singapore and the Institute of Technical Education, will now recognise certification from the ESS. What this means is, to apply for a job or a course at these firms or training institutions, the applicant can submit his or her ESS certification even without N- or O-level qualifications — a widely-used basic entry criteria into employment and training programmes in Singapore.
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To date, 14,500 people have been assessed and trained in literacy, numeracy and generic workplace skills — such as communication and problem solving — under the ESS since Sept 2004. Of this figure, 45 per cent are aged 40 years and above, while 57 per cent have O-levels and below qualifications. There are about 500,000 workers without N- and O-level qualifications currently, while thousands of youths are estimated to drop out of Secondary Four every year, and ESS can open up opportunities for them. Many amongst them have potential and can be good workers. But it is not very practical to ask all of these adult workers to go back to school or to retake their N- and O-level examinations. Unfortunately, such schemes, while relatively simple to organize, do not exist in most U. S. states.