lotus sutra wrote:New Paper this Sunday interviewed a few China girls.
What they found MOST SHOCKING isn't the wonderfully rich lifestyle singaporeans lead or the MRT nor are they impressed
by the big cars Singaporeans drive.
What they found MOST SHOCKING is this in the exact words:
"We are shocked to see old folks clearing
dishes at food courts. Back home, most of
the old folks would be enjoying their retirement"..
You know it didn't occur to me how irregular this was although I spent considerable amount of time overseas.
It is so common in Singapore it fell into the background of my senses and I thought nothing of it. But the words of this girl did strike me in an "emperor's new clothes" sort of way,
I suddenly realised, in all my travels to many countries, there is NO other country where so many old folks are struggling to make a living.
Something has failed in Singapore. ...
Actually there are many countries, where people of all ages ars suffering, not only Singapore. I have seen also in Taiwan in the 5 years I spent there, many people struggling, collecting recycle waste products, to make a few cents.
I guess there are many thousand, that have no families to rely on, or are outcast from the families, I quite often make a remark to my Mrs, to not forget them, it is no fun at all selling tissue paper for 50 cents for 12 or 14 hrs a day. But they have their dignity, which is better than begging, in my eyes, so i will always help out if i can.
Countries with know social welfare will always have these problems, it's a fact of life. I would also like to point out, that mainland china in fact have a bigger social problem, than many mainland Chinese even know about.
Only the people within the Cities are registered and cared for, those outside of the Cities are a forgotten race, in the sense, that they have no freedom of movement. Literally hundreds per day are sent back from Beijing to the outskirts, after arriving to look for the golden egg, which doesn't exsist.
Villagers are exploited for the agricultral crops, and probably have to survive on a 1000 yuan a year. in comparison to the vast profits people are making in the cities. So the distribution of wealth is far from fair.
So the few Chinese girls that are shocked over what they see here in Singapore have obviously been protected/ which of course they are protected from what is going on in mainland China.
