dealing with outflow of talent in singapore.

Loh raised a serious issue that has been around Singapore, which is the outflow of talent in Singapore. there are many reasons to this problem, to summarise it would be
1) to escape the stressful environment
2) they feel like their views are not being heard in singapore
3) they left the country to further their studies, thus would rather stay overseas
4) there are better job opportunites overseas
there can be other reasons, but those above are just a few of the main reasons

Loh also raised a 3-fold solution.
1) the authorities have to stop using the term “foreign talent”.
“It implies that all foreigners are talents, and the locals are not,”
2)“forget about nationalism and what it means to be a Singaporean”. He added: “Focus on the family — people stay with their families, they miss their families, and not the country state; a pro-family centered policy or work environment would help.”
3)And lastly, preserve buildings that Singaporeans grew up with. Said Dr Leong: “These are the places where our collective memories of childhood, courtships
and friendships were embedded.”

i agree with the first solution. it is quite irritating how the authorties place so much emphasise on these foreign talents. this makes the employess think that those foreigners are a notch higher than the locals, thus in a way stereotyping them, giving them more chances. being a singaporean, i would of course be unhappy.

the second solution seems a little weird though. If we dont actually have the love for the country, or the loyalty for the country, why would we even bother to stay. furthermore, with improving technologies, Skype, internet, we can easily contact out families and friends when we are overseas.

the third solution doesnt seem so good too. Singapore is known as a country which is always progressing. by preserving these buildings it would hinder our progress. these memories can be kept in photo albums, writing diaries and etc. just by preserving these buildings, would not prevent te outflow of talent.

i feel a more practical solution would be to provide adequate jobs for locals, and putting less emphasis on foreign TALENTS. also, would be to let the citizens be more heard. and of course to slow down our pace of life, since many of our talents are leaving because of singapore's stressful environment.