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Mass

Media

lThe

television

is

detrimental

to

our

abitity

to

think

criticalty.

2should

we

still

expect

objective

reporting from

today,s mass rnedia?

Society

_5-34

3Has

globalisation

made the

world

more

civilised?

4clobalisation

has cr€ated

two worlds,

not onc.

Comment.

5somc

high-profile

politicians

have

brought up

claims

that the

young

adults

in

indllstrialized

or

rapidly industrialized

countries

like

the

Unitcd

Statcs

and

Singapore are too self-absorbed. Do yott agree?

6The

family

has suffered at the expense

ofcareer

iD Singapor€an society.

Disc6s.

TCri(ically

examine the forces

threatcning

the

family

in Singapore.

8Critically

examine

the

forces

threatening the

family

in

Singaporc

todav.

9Parents

in

Singaporc today hnve generally

abdicated

thcir

responsibilities.

T(, ivhat extent do you agree

with

this statement?

lols

ar

agl]ing

population

necessarily a bad

thing?

llls

an ageing

population

necessarily a b:rd

thing?

12ln

this

modern

era, the aged

are

becoming

more

ir.relcvant

than

they

ale

useful. What

arc your

viervs?

lS

lhe

greatcst

obstacle to womcn achieving

eqtlality

is the wornen

thcrnselves. I)o

you agree?

l4our

lives are

determined by the

places

$e :rre

born

into.

How

true

is

this

belicP

IsPublic

figures

have

to

behave

wel!

at

all times.

Do you agree?

l6"Thc road

less

travellcd." (M.

Scott

Peck) is being

diffcrent

overratcd?

Valucs

35-43

lTHumlln lifc

is precious nnd

nrtlst

bc preservcd

at allcosts.

Discuss.

lSAsian

Values: Do

thcy

exist?

\

38capital

punishment

versus

the

life

sentence. Discuss.

3gEx-criminals ought to

be given a secoud chance. Discuss.

Sports

82-89

40Sport is

taking

fun seriously.

Do

you

agree?

4lsport

has

fallen short

ofits

true

ideals. Is

this true of today's

world?

42Is

it true that

competitiye

sport

is

all

about

fame

and

money?

43with

technology,

sport

is no

longer

the samc. Do

you

agree? Miscellaneous

44"H€al

the

world,

make

it

a

better

place."

Can we? 45"Science enslaves, the

arfs

liberates."

Discuss.

46Any

change

in

society begins

in

the

school.

Comment.

4THistory

is

dominated by wars.

Discuss.

48comment

on the st:lte

of

tr:rditional

rrts

in

your country.

49Genetic

Patcnting

S0Tragedy

and

Our

Response

90-104

Quotes

Vocabulary

105-109 110-113

\

The

television

is

detrimental

to

our ability

to

_{think critically.}

The srereotypical imase

of

the

_American

_family

_is

_often

that

of

_{an obese middle_} aged farher. his

wife

and

chitiren

on

thc

"",g"

of

b;;;.;;';u"."

,,li"L,*..

,ra';"g

",

].1.^Y:::,q"

white

earine

chips.

rhis

..*u,io.

u,o;;;"";;;;'.;;;;:.,.

nor

enlirety uncommon _{rn devetoped nar,ons}

_and

rew wonder

"h)

;;

i;i;;"";;;';

orren calted rhe

"idior-box".

_Of

_lare.

_it

_{has [reen accused}

of

discouraging

""a

"r.*

ir"","g

a

neSari\e

effect on rhe

vieweft'

abiliry

to rhink

criticaly.i;; #;",iil;,"r""!il,lir"",

n.*".,",,

First

_{of all. ir}

_{is neccs.an}

_to

_clearly

_defi

e whet

is

_{refercd lo}

_bv

_{one s}

_ability

_lo

tlLink

criLica'y.

_{tr rcfers ro rne}

_ar,;liry

_of

_rhc

_i"di",d";i-;

i;;i';i.Jri

_i1,10..,,"..

_{o, ,,,}

issue

_{and weigh borh}

_rheir

_meriLs

_{and.faltacies}

d;"#;;:;firion.

_To

_thintr

criticatly

is ro rhink independenrtu

_*a

ai.pu.ionui"ii,;i;;,f";il"*

unafl.ecred by

public

opinion.

_{Lrsrly, ir}

_is

_rhe

_abil;ty

_to

make a

rati&i;;:#;;lltson

_{*hur on","}

five

senses _{have observed, not one based on}

_p*t

"*p"ri"".".

oiffi;"*"

ln

this aspect, the television

_itselfis

_{to blame to an extent.}

Most

of

the timc, what

ore

sees on any _{tclevision channcl is}

_the.A-".i.un

_ui.*.

it

ill

_{i" i".u"u.."l",ng}

_{,rr" *toUnt}

e.onotnii .uf'er

porrer.

_ir

_hrr.

_nrrmfred

_trillrnns

i",o In.Jir',..nn.lorr"',o

_{p.n1",, ,,.}

;,,ji.;;#,J,::,j.;l,l::i

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dround ,,,e

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_:

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advalced satellite technology

_in

_the

_{world_}

_A

_lot

_of

_{news and}

even

entertainmenl _we rcceive _is not

witholt

an American sl

tt

"..

is o,rty

u,re'ui.*;;l;:#;:1*

one

wonders how one can

think

criticallv

when Of'ten.

the

infomtalion

_{we reccivc}

_is

_already

_in

_processed

fon]r.

When flmous

:i'::if':f1i:,j:i1fi:::

_::":J5;:'"r"

juagn'.,'i

o,'

,,,f

_{i,,u., iil'o.irr, ,",i";.",}

"n,

their idols

_{say even}

_if

_th.

_."l"b.itutl

Atd"nt

fans

o[

celebrities hang

o'

to every word

c.iri";i;;l;;s;b,L,r'i'ii,,"iiii,iil5l'ws

rirrrc

or

nothrrtg

rbout

a

_Prrticular

issuc.

Another

important _reason

_whv

_{rhe teler}

tsion is more prone to such accusation in

comparisoo

_ro

_orher

_{rnass nredi:r}

_{i< the}

_,.,.;

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to

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ir

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s

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i.

in""oi",*o

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nhotoBrilphs

to aj(l the

_Fro!c\s.

_{The radio}

_only

_providcs

sound, so

what

the cvent

itself

IooL: lrke

r.

upir

ro

intcrtrr,.rirriL,rr

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_{_q"i.",r}

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peuptc

uil

_inrertrcr

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_,i.,,

0",_",,,

opinions-

-Ielc\

_{tsion, hower}

cr _,

is

m

tull

colour

and stercophonic _{sound and one docs not}

needrorhinkJr

_:rll

_whilc

_reccr\ino

_rh.

intonrrrun ur".,a.i.,

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ol

li\c.cn.es

rle

fttlly

_{cilterc,l J.ri.rn,l}

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_{crl,ja||r. wlr) it}

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to

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However'

saying trrar rerevision.is.

_only

_detrimenral

_{to critical}

_thinking

_woutd, alJ:rin be

inational.

There are mind-srimulating

_p.og.o--".

_to

_i","".

".a'"a"y"a

Uy

"li

on

channels

_{such as Narional}

_Geographic,

'Diicovery

_ifr"*"i'ani

_ggc

fn.iri.t

Broadcasting

_{Corporation).}

_{Oftcn, highly}

_{.ont,nu"rriit}

_{,rr"*'_l'ol"o"o}

"p

_a

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c\jltu.,,e,t.

objccriv.ry

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,,,u...

I i

r\s[.s

Jrc dehaled tu tlle

evtcllt

rlrar irs

_fr.r.

_{and cuns}

_rr(

_c\posed

_Jn,l

_{the publrc can}

mrke rr.

o$.n

rdtrondt

judBnrenr

_{Jtrcr lhe}

_d(tire

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cnJrmets

\ucn

_rs

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anLi

f-lrarrnel \ewsAsr.r gu

_r\,

_gre.rt

_lengrh.

to irrteivieu

peoplc

who

havc sl.oog views _{regarcring an issue and they are}

-caretir

_nlot

_,o

le:we-out any other

perspeclivcs. The

_individual sitting

at

home

ian

thus form

tri"_

-o*,,'op,nron

on corrtenrior,\ rssucs Irkc clonrng L,r retrorisDtl

_for

_{exan4rle, t}

"r.a

on_fri"-o*n

five

senscs

JrrrrrnlnKln:

_{JOrlrl\.norlIib.r.kprolrlld.Lrplrrrrrernr..r puhltcofinion.}

Whether the television has a negJti\ c

Effc!t

o[

crillcJl

thrnking

ur

not dcpends on

what

viewcrs

want

to

watch.

.fhc

f:rct

ihrt

pr,.,gr"nun".

*f,,.1

Jn ',lr?

"n.o"u.og"

c.iticat

thinking

tend.to be nrorc

popular

rharr rhose

wiL.h.r",

_{.r,",". ,i", p."pi"}

_iiuo,,1,

_{ao no,}

want

ro

thirk

criticelly_

.I.hcrcforc,

_one

_has

_to

_bc

_careful

_{,"ir"n'Ji...-ing}

*t,.r

progralnnles to watch as a slaple

dict

and wha( to watch

lvhcll

onc wants to relax

The

,r.e quu aments oJ-the qltestioh

an:

ut

tr.rttroJ,u

h,tn,llcLl

n,ell

D(.velal)ment pt)ints

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Ushnish Dc 04s33

Should we

still

expect

objective

reporting from

today's

mass media?

The

mass media refers

to

institutions

concemed

with

the large-scale pmduction and

diffusion

of

communication. News,

which is

the product

of

organizational paocesses

and human

interaction,

is

shaped

by

the

mcthods used

in

the

news-gathering process.

News

is

thus

affected

by

the

infbmration

sources

_{available and the}

organizational requirements, resources and

policies of

pa

icular

institutions.

A

piece

of

news is ideally

free

from

bias,

opinio\

personal values, prejudices aod associated

with

scientihc

data

thai

is

generated

under

experimental conditions.

Unlike

the

past, corporations

and

goverrments

arc lrow

asserting greater

influence

on

the

nuss

media today.

Also,

the

profit-motivation

of

media

firms

as

well

as the professionalism

ofjoumalists

are growinu

factors contributing

to

the distortions

of

news

rcports. Thercfore,

we

should

not still

expect objective repofting in today's mass media

In

the

past, media companies were

mainly

small scaled and

too

insignificant

to acquiae

any power

of

illfluencc. The arliclcs that they

published

weie also

mostly balanccd and

well

researched.

Today,

ownership

of

the media

is largely

in

the hands

of

large

multinatiolal

corporatiolts-

Wc

arc faced

with

an incrcasing number

of

multimedia conglomerales such as

the

Ruper(

Murdoch's Media Empire

which

have

large

control

ovcr

the

various tbmrs

of

media.

The

proprictoas

of

dresc large

colporations often

play the

rolc

of

gatekecpers. aestrictiltg

thc

flow

of

infbmtation in

a

country.

Illey

often

use

their wide

ciaculations

to

promole

their

pel political

causes

or

dcligrate

people

t]rey disagree

with-

These are

maidy

done through the

hiring

and firinS

of

statT. For examplc, two award-winning Florida

TV

producers

working

for F'ox News have recently bccn fired after

thcy

rehrsed

to

broadcast

falsc

_{reports aboul Monsanto's controversial llenetically}

engineercd

growth

hom)one.

Therelbre,

mnny

joumalists

are

'cocrccd' or 'intinidated'

into Dot rEporting things thal

atlect

the

nolhcr

company and lelalecl intcrcsts. resLrlling in news repofts drat are

largely

onc-sicled and

lnisleilding.

Thc prolit

molivation

of

nledia

firms

also led

to

more alisasters beiug broadcast,

lhrl

appcal nlore

lo

the audicncc. Thus,

due

Io

corporate

influe[ces at]ecting

lhe

lrass

iledia,

wc

carno{ expect oiiectivc

reponing

fiom

il

today-Cornpared

1rl

in

the

pasl,

media

companics

today

arc

increasingly

irnder government pressure-

Vcry otien.

lhe govcrnntent sees the media as a

plattbrm

ot

wlich

it

can

put

forth its

propaganda

alld

changc what the pcople

think. This is cspccially

so

when a

ruling pa.ty in

drat

country

has a large sha.e

of

the broaclcast nlcdia timc_

In

thc recent

fhailand

elections, more television coverage was given (o the

prime Ministcr.

Mr_

Thaksin

Shinervatre than

to

the opposition

lcaders.

This

suggests that

Thailand's

mass

media

is not

oeutral

in

its broadcasring approach, espccially since

Mr.

Thaksin's fnmily

runs the

kingdon's

largest tclecornmunication corporation.

Allhough

the mass media is

given the

ficcdorn

to repod

what

i1 wanls and various laws are

hid

dob,n to avoid nledia

bias

in

many

countries,

objeclivc

reports

still

c

nnot

bc

cxpected

lronr

today's

mass

nlcdilr due to govemrnent

ill(ervcntiot.

Joulnalists used

to

coocLlr

thal

obicctivily

wts

the

htllnlrrk

of

crediblc

joumirlism- They

largely wrote

rniclcs

orr rvhich

thcy

wcre

tlloroughly

informed

Today,

t

I

I

t

I

t

T

t

t

I

t

I

F

t

t

I

t

I

however, joumalists

lepoft

news based on

how

they see the

world ln

the recent tsunamr

i,r"il"rrt, i.port"."

tiom

Sri

Lanka

are

known

to ex;ggerate the extent

of

damage

in their

.*"

"""*.y

to

toy

with

people's

emotions

in

an atGmpt

to

increase

the

propofiions

of

"ia

,rr"t

rii

po.,i

irr,o

s.i

Lanka

Thc danage

done

to

the

coast

of

other

itft'ected

Joun*i".

*u,

no,."ported. This

skewed piece

oiinformation

may mislead both the locals

-J

io..ign"rr.

Sin;e joumalists

report news as

they

see

it'

they would

freque[tly

and

u"ini.*io"n"ffy

slant

iheir

"ou"rug".

Oft""'

when

joumalists

try

to

be

objectivc

and

U"fm""J, ,ft"y

".a

rp

broadcasting their liberaL

slalt'

As

a

result'

we cannot

still

expect non biased reporting in today's mass

nredia-There l1as been

a

growing

intcrest among readers

worldlvide in.objective

news

"o-pu."Jio

in

*"

pu.t.

ihis

m"iy <tttue

profit-motivated

media cornpanies

to

broadcast

-orJ

otrj".,iu.

n"*i

in order

to

incrcase readelshiP However' the problem

of

liberal bias

*iff

"f*'"vt

..itt i.

media

corpotations Unbcknown

to

them'

somc

of

their own vie\ts

n

l.i

ia.as

*outa

rc

nintecl in the

aticles

they

write,

whether subtly or

not

Hence' we

still

can|ot

expect objective reporting in today's mass

media-Morc

ancl more newspapcrs

claim

that they

are indepcndent

ol

_-lhe Sovernmenl

"na

ntner

inttu"n.ing

factors

Some of thesc media compuries and

jollrnalisrs

evcn devise

iiJr-"*t t"*tiq*iof

verifying

thc faimess

of

the stories they

publish

The Oregonian'

"

US

fror"a

daily.

for

examples,

is

said

lo

enlPloy a system callcd 'prosecutioD

ediling

ir"-.r;-i.

_"a1tii"^,c

a

stoly.

Such news peoplc care about

ftcir

image

and therefore

Itrj."titity

l{owevcr,

il

today's globalizc woricl' a

tnedia

cunpaoy

will

not

he able to

..u,'aotuu"-E'ventuxlly'ilrvillhavelohavelinks,cilhe'withothcfmcdiacolnP.lnie\oI

utir", ,yp".

c,f con,panies. Howcver.

wllen this

happens

alld

the media

lomparly

acccpls any

kini

of

favor

fiom

any source. its stand on

objectivity

wilL cornc plumnreling

down-ifr'"."to... it

is

still

not

possiblc

tor

us

lo

expecl objective reporting

in

today's

mess

media.

Mark Twailr

oncc said.

"[f

you do not rcad

ftc

newspaPer' you arc

uninlormcd:

if

you

do

read

the

ncwspaper,

you

are

nrisinfomrecl'"

fhis

is

especially

lruc

{oday'

Lls

lrguccl

in

the

"bnu"

po.ng."pl,,. To(lx), lhe nasr

rredrrr

lects en,rnclerting

trend

of

r"ii..ri";,v

in

it.

c.,nt.ni.

iherclbre,

pe"plc

necd

to

be cduc'tterl

Icgrrding how

lo

ii"iiirv

trri, various tbrms

of

media

sul'iectivrty

we

rs

re'rdcrs

rlso

ncLd to develop a

critical

eye

when

reading

ttre

nc*'si'rpt'

rnrl

ehsurh

tnlolnrtlLln that l\' truthful

and

Lrnbiased since morc

opir;onltcd

iclcas are rnjectctl

intu

the nrass rnedia rurlay corupared

to

in

the pasl. Thcreforc. !\'e caflnol

still

expect

objcctivc

repotli

g from

thc mass media today.

Contcnt of

yttur

esstty is L:lcarly

ttnqlc

and x'eLI

otganizet!

A

tog(ttt etsal'

Hong

Ji

g

Har

fl

I

T

Has

globalisation

made the

world

more civilised?

In

our rnodem

world.

the

word

in

vogue

is

.globalisation,_

_After

_{the collapse}

_of

conmunism

and

the

end

of

the

cold war, globafiz;don,

_{where social, economic}

_ahd

political

barriers

no

longer

exists, emerged.

The

workl

is

a

society

instead

of

many smaller sepamte ones,

with

human _{interacdon possible anywhere. One}

_of

_{globalization,s} premises is that

it

can eradicate barbarism. violencc

_alld

_{wars, repJacing it_with refined a} society

with

a

univeAal

_{culture. However, many people,}

_including

_myielf,

_feel

_{that fhis}

desired effect

ofhaving

a _{less barbaric society has}

_notieen

_achievi.

"

One

of

the indications

of

a less barbaric

world

would

be a reduction

in

levels

of

violence and wars. Tlre

world

would shrre a common

_{political ideology in}

_{globalization,} wherecountries would

work

together to improvc rheu iivcs.

This woui-jbe

frade possiblc

through the

transmission

_of

ideas

and

ways

of

governance.

_The

_westem

_world,

_for

example' championed the capitarisl cause and triecl

to

influence

the rest

of

the

world

to

follow suit.

Anterica

was the forerunner

and

its

fbreign policies under

president _Bush emphasized

a

hands-on approach, wherc

the

Unticd

Siates

of

Arncrica

(U,S) personally

fook

it

upon

_{itself to}

propagare _{wcstern ideology_}

_They

_believed

_{that the}

_US

_way

_of

govenitnce

ought to be _{adopted by everyone and thaf this way was}

_{globalization}

_{in terms}

ofpolitical

culture. However, through rhe process

_of

globalization, t"tre US tract nn quatms

:l?ll

r:',"s

jb.*

on

rhc

rcccr.'rin8 narion.

They

backed rhe

Taiibans whcn rhey

werc trghttnB the Sovict invasron in rhe _{90s because they fcared communism spreading}

_furthel.

But

they bombcd thcm

in

the afremurh

_of

_{ttre 9/11}

_{incidenr They}

_{launciect thc traq}

_War

to

stem

thc

tide

of

anti

American scnltment.

_The

_Antericans,

_the

_chempioris

_of

globalization

_in

_tcmN

_of

_polirical

_ideology,

_o[ly

_allowed

_for

the American way

of

thinking.

other

ideas

woulrl

be quashed and

if

e.rtire countries

were ,,,,in"J

r".uu".

of

globalization through

wars ancl violencr-,

ir

was unavordxble.

_{The tjS-lcd}

globalization has

only

shown the inhcaent warring and

brrb.lriL

lurLrrc

ot

thc

Arn..i."n,

u"'u

r"rutt.

..

The

benefits

()1

globalization

_in

tenns

of

economic

_{effects would be that}

_the divergence

_bctween

the rich

and

pooa

coult

es would be

reduced.

.liading

and

rhc exchange

of

_{technology and ideas} would enable less_developed _{countries io catch up}

_with

developed ones-

Thc

developed countr-ics

felt

that this woulL.l _{bc an advanced stage}

_in

_the

progress towards _{racial equality since}

_it

_{was a case}

_of

_thc

_{rich helping}

_{the poor.}

_It

would

the ulrimare level

of

aftainment

in

tenns

_oi

_moral

values.

_Wid

_{gtiUuliJ^iion}

_tfllougt

trade,

the rich,

advanced countrics

could

_{civilize or}

_{enlighten the'poor,}

_backwad

_ones

and

bring

rhem ro

lhc

same level.

I{owever,

rhis

only

works

theoreiicaliy.

Globalisation

:tt

,lt"d:

gnly rc\uhcd In lhc ex|loit,rtion

of

cheap

labour

;n

count.i"s'tit"

China

and

lnolA.

LaDnur

Inten\tvc

Lrctoaicl werc situated

ilr

third

world

coufltties, whcre

workers

uere

trcared

inhuntrncly,

_{Lvrng rn squalor and bcing paid}

_{extremcly low}

_{wages. f.br} rnstance.

hum.n

right.

groups crarnrcd that

for

a

uS$r20 Nikc

shoe riiade

in

china,

the

worker

_{reccived less rhan UStlj l_}

_Chikl

_{labour was also reporledly}

pracrised

by Nike

shoc

manufacturing

ifldLrslrics

in

_{China as}

_well.

_Llencc,

_{giobalisation fhrougli tradc}

has

allowed

multi-lation{l

corpor-ations

to lakc

aclvantage

J

cheap

labout

off.e'rctt Uv rtrira_

world

couorr ics. Ycr,

whilc

they hide uncler the

ba[nir of

providing

jobs

t., rt,e

ott,.,*,s"

joblcss

_{poor and}

_bringing

_them

_to

_rhe

_sanre

_{civilizcd lcvel}

evc"rriually,

rhey

pay

rhe

v/orkers

peanuts

and give

them pathetic

livjog

conditions This is

because

it

is

not

desirable

for

them

to

b;ng

thc Poor

to

the same

level

of

riches since the

poor

would be

;;lh"g a

engage

in

siuch

labour then. Thus,

glotralisation

through trade

has

only

;;;.g-h,

-"";

the-

rioney-grubbitg and

hhumane side

of

the

so-called

more

civilized

nations and matle them appear no less barbaric as a result

Ilowever, in

temrs

of

global culture' we

have

definitely

procee'ded

in

a positive direction.

In

thelarts, a

worl6

iulture

has evolved dramatically since the past

fifty

years.

Many

nrod".nists have fused

the

best

qualities

of

the Eastern-and Westem crtlture and formecl a whole new breed

of

fusion

ari.

For instance,

Bright

sheng, an intemationally

ac.tuiorea

Cnin"..

compute.

expefl

in

America'

has successfully merged Chinese and

.i^.i*f .".i"

togcther.

The

successful

fusion

ol O

cnlal

and Westem

stvles

would have beel1

irnpossiile without globalisation

Furthermore'

it

is {ar easier to have access to

ini".nnLionut

u"t.

because

of

iire

fact

that they

are aware

of

intemational

audicnces

ln

i.g^p".

_"f""",

lhe

number

of

intemational perlonners

is very high'-whar with

the

Siniupo*

e*fti.t

e.stivat, Films

Festival and Arts Festival taking placc in the

pe'iod

of

n"friuo.y

to

ltluy. Internatiolal

acts can be

flown

in and rve can

diverslfi

our

cllture

and

t.ing

itio

g."ut". fl.ights. ln

this rcspect. globalisation hds

definitely

cxposed stonrore

cultJralchangcs

urd

rnacle us more retined and

civilized-"Gtobalisation"

is a word that

s|ells

much (hangc irnd its rcirch is oLrLy

limited

to

Ihe

size

of

our

globe- Despitc

our

ditfercrlces'

be

iI

rn temN

of

phy\i(xl

or

menlal

,ilrp".iry,

*.

arc-nonetheleis

equally

cauSht

up

in

globatisatiolr'-

lt

may

ofl't

hcnefils'

Liti

having a

vibra t

global

atls;ullurc,

or

ir

may spell tlisastcr

like

cult

ral.rcscnlmcnl'

,ej".tiun

n-f

"

gtot,oi

iJentity

to rnaintain

individralily

or the exploilntion

of

cheap lebour'

fl"" t*v *.

_-"fi",c

against such changes

may

llso

show

oul

barblrric

or

civilizcd

nature. We llave lo

bleaLthe

egg in oader

lo

nrake xn omelct'

bllt

il

is anolher nlater when

it

conres

to

whether

wc

woiLld

bc wilting

to

sacrifice

our

h[manity

for

corplele

glnl\Jtr'irrrnrr irl

ill

:llca-

ofurlr

lrulrrarr

_'o

ict1

Mttin

probltm:

You

tiid

nttt

tuswer

tl(

Llltcstion

"llas

"

htfu

conclusiott

Gootl

riisr:ussion

dt.spit(

lhe

lttng wirlt:tlness

arul perhaps

tfu:

stiSht (vo

t

slightb)

Lack

of e\)alua!i.)n. Cool!

c\anPIes

Lirrt

Yi

Niy

has

crdtted

two worlds, not

one.

Comment.

I

I

t

I

rl

I

I

I

I

t

I

I

t

I

globalisation was

_{coiied to rcflect}

_{the creation}

_of

_{a world}

_in

_which

are non existent Indeed,

the ideal aim

of

globalisation

_{is to}

unite

the

this

is

made

possible

_by

the

mpid

development

in

communication Nevertheless, sociologists and economi.rs

_aliLe

_arc

_unltzed

_{wirLr the tr,,ne} globa,isation

and

feel lhat

jt

ha. fallcn

\hofl

_of

_its

_rrue

_ideats.

_I

_here'a'..

people

who

feel

drat

globalisation

_{has separated}

_the

_world

_more

_than

_it

has

agree

with

this statement to some extent.

ir, One

of

the most evident effects

of

globalisation

_is

_{the creation}

_of

_a

.North_South

le'-

a term coined by economists to describe the huge _{economic disparity that exisrs}

een

ich

and poor nations. _{Globalisation is often see-n as a fagad"}

_mi

_rfr"

_,iJ

_,ri.rl

apitalise

on

the

poor alrd

m?Lke

themselves

richer.

_Most

_rich

_nations

_have

)nted

outsourcing

_{policies thaf}

_enable

_them

_to

_{tap the}

_."roua"",

_of

uuoth"a

for

thei

own development.

This

is evidenr evcn

in

South_East

Asia

itr"tf

*f,el"

t of_the

oilfields

are owned

by

Westem companies such as Exxon

Mobil.

Shell

and

sh P.troleurn. Former Indone,ian pre\ident

_Suklrno

_o

_\.

_dubbcJ

_{gf"fr"ti",io,,}

_.rr

the

'new form of

colonialism'.

lndeed,

in

the economic sense,

*"

;;"

;i;;;';;;

globalisarion _{has created a huge}

_disparity

_{between the}

_rich

anil poor

natio.s

insLeaa

of

reducing the

rich-poor

gap. Thus,

in

a sense, grobalisalion _{has createcr nor one, but two}

Politically,

_{lllobalisation}

_{has created}

_{a wo.ld}

_{whcrc the}

_more

_powedul

ations have

tltc

most say

in

worlcl

affairs. "fhis

_rgxin,

_ls

_eonrraly

_{ro thc}

_idea

_ihat

_{elc,balisation}

\-tould urrrc

llrc

uorld. Ho$

r.

_{thdr l,trssrble}

qlren

rlre rnorr

_{fowerlul n,rrion,',,r,.rt,e,.lr.;}

makrrg thc deLrsion?

Anlcrirr

rrgucd

lhat therc was a

ncedio

invade Iraq on thc basis

of

Saddam

Hussein's

weapors

_{progranlme. IJowcver, the}

_{Unitc.l N^tio,rlr'1U11}

Secu.ity

Council votcd

against

the invasion

of

Iraq, but

was

p,r*".t...

t,-r

_fa"u"nt'ilr.

,nuoaiun_

After thc

war,

it

soon

became

cvirient

thit

lraq,s

supposed

pnr."lr"ion-ui

_*""p,rn,

_ut

mass

destruction

_{(WMDS) was}

_a

_{hoax. The events'that}

_occurred

_{in ti,"}

_traq

Wa,

highlighted a clear

_{loirr -}

rhar the

unired

srares runs

rh,"

*n,tu

nna ,rntro,tv can srand irr

its

way. The situation

has

also

becn

Jescribcd

o,

".U.S.

u"r"u.r-ttr.

*olti,.ituution.

Thus,

it

_{can be seen that}

_{globalisation}

_{has not}

_yet

_fulillcd

_irs

ulr_,

oi"riiin,

ur"

*_fa,

but ha.s crcated a

_lrurf

between

natiors.

Moreov;r,

rr h.r, c,ruscd the less

pn*.i.t,,t

uuriun. to .slrftcr from an

irfcdority

complex and

comply

rvrrh thc ,lec,si,rns

ol

iti"

,no." p,r*"rtut

natlons.

_

-"

,

t|'r

is

not ro

siry

rhirr

glohtlisarion

is a

complete

tailure

though.

Socially,

.9"t1':ll)r,'"1t:i.

_tne mirde euhurol tusiun possible

in

many counrrics, whcre the lif.esryles

of

Last

rnd

We\r

.

e buth

rhrivrng

regardlcss

of

the paft

o[

lhc world

thal an

tndividual

rs

rfl.

t[

l\

commoD

_{ro find}

_n

_{'L'hin town' in the}

_Uniled

_{States ancl}

_a

.McDonalds,

in

Sirgapore.

_{lhe intlux of}

_forcigners

_{in individual counrrie.}

_{i, o".}

_{* irr.,"""i}

ru.,o..'

,rr", make

cultural fusion

possibrc. Indeed,

culturar fusion

has crealed

a

harmoi'rious

mrx

ol

cultures and has made _{peoplc aware}

_of

_{another pcrson,s cultnre.}

_lftf,ougt

_it

_.

_i".u"

_.rf

maintain

thcir

roots

even

when

exposed

to

tbrciSn

cultures.

In

the

area

of

music, globalisation has enabled musicians

to

take the best

of

both

worlds

and come

up

wiih

;omething

that shows traits

from

both worlds. New Age musician,

Kitaro'

is

f'morrs

for

such com-positions and the Malaysian band

'Too

Phat' is renowned

for

making

'hipiop'

music using

traditioral

tuncs. Thus,

in

this

area, globalisation has

united

the best

from

both worlds and created a new blend of culhrre that no country can

call

its own'

In

conclusion, globalisation may have failed

to

unite the

world

economically and

politically,

but

its

success

in

fusing cultures

is

not to be played down. Though

it

has not

iully

achievert iLs ideal aim

of

creating a

world

without

borders'

it

ha$ come a long way

from the

1940s

when the idea

of

Germany

holdirg

talks

with the

United

States was impossible. Ooc

of

the barriers that used to restrict

unity

language

_-

has been rernovcd

to

an exrent.

No

doubt,

globalisatioo is

still

not

very

successful-

But neve

heless, the future certainly looks

bright

as China rises as a supcrpower and balances the

powe'

once hcld

by

the

U;iGd

States.

Hopefully

in the futurc. we can one day

look

fbrward to a real

world

without borders.

The grcdt ma

il

_{is ),aur} clear arul ol.lered

thillkits

Polentidlly, Lhc grrdtest

_faiIing

would

hc

_four

(:ategorical

cl.tssirtcaioll

of

tle

effccts

ttl

global^ation

e

g

p!!j!k!A t

is not

toward one workl,

culturalh,,

it

is--Tan Yee

Kiat

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conPANY

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TALENTS AND GREATE5-T IDEAS.

some high-profire poriticians

_have

_{brought up}

_clairns

that

the

_{Joung adurts}

_in

industrialized

or

rapidty

industrialized

_count.ies

_tike

_rtr"

_{Uni;;'i,;il;;}

Silgapore

are too self-absorbed- _Do you agree?

Just two weeks before,

_five

_{hundred youth convened at the}

National

University

_of

singapore

in

early Jure

for

the amual

preuniversitf

_,;;;;;il;;;,

_Durins

the seminar,

Dr.

Vivian

Batakrishnan _{rlescribed Singaporean}

_yo"if,

_.,::r"ti

".,

frr"g.y

*a

seltrsh".

In

an

informal

poll

conducred-by

_ff,.

_S"r.Ar"

_{fi_!,}

_nn

_ii

"ilil

uarri"tpru.,

*

overwhelming

majorirv

begged ro

_{differ wirh ,r,. rnrni.*r,}

_,"r"i,[

_nii

_iiourr,

,tu,

,t

"

people

oI

_{their generation were becoming roo}

_self

_absorbed.

So_.

-nigir_p;fff.

p,rtiti.ut

figurcs have brought

up

_{claims that rhe young}

_a.tutrs

_in

_{rnaustriaiiiea}

_o.

,upiaty

indusrrialized counrrics

like

rhe

Unircd

stu""

_u"j

_sing;po;

_;;.;;i;:

_{r* ,"}

*o'-absorbed.

Altfiouglr

there

rna)

be some _{erceprions. in}

_ml

_opinioni

_{rhosec,l.t,m"}

arc

urli.t

to

only

a srnall cxtent.

As

education

_today

_{takes on}

_a

_{morc holistic}

_approach,

community work

atul

:::l-,^lj,l,,llr"^"reDr

lre

slowty being

inresrated

_{iJ," irr.'}

"""J'",itrrn.

*un

,rri,

iii!=:Tfli.iLi'f::Tfi'.'.':,'"'a::'"li'":i:::'J";ii'Jlll'"#l$"ily',fi:il:,;

themselvcs

_in

_chariry

_{work. be}

_it

_local.

_o.

_{uu"r."ur..i-1".i_*}

fii'.*"r"pr",

"ta"y

:j:":l-"::ll:

rrJr

alr

verv

ue

llii"rr.

_{rc(ci!ed bv theirrtudenr..}

in singapore organ,,.. _{I.lre:c srudenrs}

.,..,",,.

."i;;;;;i,

in"",,.,'n",,, r.,on.,.

g"

ro

lreprl

tu huild

proper schools or

visit

_{rural areas in}

_ihailand

_{ro ronstrucr}

"anita,.y

toicrslu.

,i.

."iia"nr._ ,trv"y

from

home, thesc

participants

_have

_{no lnalenal}

_{ctrmlon. yet}

they

carry out

the

tasks assigned

vi

_r

_nuch

_cnjoymenr

_{and enrhusirsm,}

_t""*i.g

-rrr"i.

"it.,a"

t*iuta

ur"t"

"

positive diftcrence

in

the

_{lives of}

rhe

uldcrprivrlegca

arr"ott

-,

"^"r,rii"

r.,

t,act

up

the

claim that youth irt dcveloped counlrics _do

_r""or*

_ir"-."irl.

_{i" ."rlr"i"r,ri}

_.,v".0

_.."*

from

an issue

of

us

sEV'ENTEEN

."g;,i;;"1.

l;:;;;;;:il:;..#:1Tir""il;.,_"

highlighted

a group

of

teenage

girls

whu underrook,

_{p".r,.r1r*"J., ,rri}

_{.nrgte hanacdly}

::::1illi':d..

r'',

"',",,e.,s

(onrnrrnirv

invotremcnr

p,"t..,

LJ_,

r.""r".i,r,i

*,,,,"ar"ao

sorrlcrllrns

_tot

_th(

_lcss

_lbrtufi3tc.

_{Ftorn tlte}

ahovr c\.rmph.s. rr is rhu. er idcnt Ihar

yoLlll

rn

developcd countdes are

hot

selfish aod

:etf

absorbcd

bc.;;;;;

_;;;;

_{th" n..,ts}

_uf

others

bcforc

_{thek own,}

_contrary

_{to uh3t}

_rhe

_{tcmr .,sel[-,rbsorbei..i.Jpii"..}

_.f.nu.,

,t"

claim

is tnre to

o

y a snrall exteni.

-^,,

_^"-1i"t,l:r

ieason

why rh(

young adults

in

devcloped coontries are said

ro

be nor scrr-aosorDcd

_lt

_{hecxuse dLcv}

_ale

_tblc

_to

take hardships

in

their stride and adapt to

lhcir

situation instcad

of

merely

whining

_ir

the hopc thal the situarion

will

bet{er itserf,

or

that someone

_will

_{coil)e and}

_better

_{thc siruation}

_for

them.

The

_{frti",.ir-" .frurl.i".ir,i.}

_ot

"

::1"j.1,;ii^".,^:l:ll:"'brd

yourh. f, far cry

tionr

thar in devetopert

co"*.t",

i.ouy. r"

,r,"

wdKe

_ol

rne _{terrunst Septentber I}

_I

_{auacks on the US}

_Twin

Towers. the US

ecolomv

was

brll)

shaten.

\4rl)

_{innu(.crt lrve:}

_wcr.

_{l,rst arrd rnarrl}

sulo

brcr.lwrnrrclr

".,i:;:;'i,;;.

stack.

As

nillions

moumed rhe deaths

hcro..

rr,"

Us,

i*t","

_oir""ii,

".,j..'in"

"."",o

:T*U"","0

rrllrecl ro_gcrher. formrng supporr groups lhar helped ride each olhcr over the oeilln

_ul

_luvcli

_nnes.

_It

_is

_:uch

'self-absorbed'

for

instead

of

grievirig

silently'

they take hardships

in

their stride and go a step further to help those in the same boat as they.

Closer to home,

just

a

few

years ago, the Singapore economy was not doing very

well

and cornpanies carried out rnajor retrenchment exercises'

leavilg

many Singaporean parents unemployed. Some, although sti1l employed,

took

major

wage cuts such that a

itranpe

in

tifesrvie

was warranted. When interviewed

or polled by

the

local

media as to

noru

ih"y *out

i

.op.

with

the reduced income

flow

in

the household' most parents cited

measure; such as

."ducing

their

teenagers' pocket

money

and

cutting down

on buying

iu*ury

it

_-r,

purchasing

only

what was

absolutely

necessarJ'

In

respoDse

to

their

p-",it.'

I."ta"rr.lt-"nts or

wage cuts, a

small

number

of

Singaporean

youth took fo

the

;fieets

in

search

of

work

in

an

attempt

to

supplement

the

household's

income

l-ess significantty, however,

in

response

to

the

poll

on their parents'.most

ofthe

youth polled

reieated

ttrat

they

would

accept

pocket

money

leductions

and

other financial

changes unquestioningly because they understa[d the

situatio[ their

parents are

in

When

fufther

lu"'.tion"a

_^i

io

hn*

th"y

would aid the cuffent

economic

situation' most

youth cited sacriftccs

like

spending less and

goilg

out and eating

oul

Less often to ease the burden ol1

their clders. As such.

ii

can bc seen

tiom

thc above mentioned that the youth in developed countries are able

to

take hardships

in

their

stride and adapt

to

the situation

-

deltnitely

not a mark

of

a

self-absorbed generation. Thus,

the

slatemenl

that youth

in

developed countries are too self absorbed is true

only

to a small extcnt'

On the

flipside

however,

there are

instaoces

when

thc

youth

of

developed countries can be

sclf

absorbecl

lt

is lhese limes that catch the ettention

of

inclividuals

ilr

the govemrnent, who then speak abotlt

il'

tamishing the image

of

the whole gcnelction' Oneiexamplc

in

rvhich

this

nature

of

being self-absorbed carr surface is whe-n the young

are lacing

sliff

competition-

[n this

situation.

it

is

"evcry

man

for himsell''

and many

would gJ

all

out

;i{l

litlle

regard

of

others.

just so lhey would

enicrgc

vrcnnious'

Althou;h

it

is

convenicnt

to seJthis

as a characleristic

of

the

generation as a whoLe'

it

woulcl Le bcfter

if

onc examines

lhc

situation into

which

the yoLlng are plxced-

ln

today's

fast{aced world,

cspecially

irt

dcvelopcd

countries'

thc

young

must keep uP

with

the

competition should they want

to

keep afloat. Thus,

it

lhen

becomes rccessary

to

bc selfish and

self

absorbed.

ln

conclusion. the youth

ill

dcveloPcd coufltrics are

self

absorbed

to only

a small

cxtenl.

They

have proven

to

be

lble

to

take

hardships

in

their stride' idapt

to

their

situation.

and

thcy

clo

put

the

needs

of

the mderprivileged befbrc

the

needs

of

thcmselves.

They

do, however bccome

sclf

absorbed whcn faced

with

stifT

comlctirlon'

in

which case it

iecones

a necessily.

Thc

clai

tha{ lhey are too

sclf

absorbed probably stems frorn the fact that

it

is easier

to

rcmember the bad points

of

the generation instead

of

the good,

but

as has been proven, the characteristics displayed

by

the youth

of

today

","

o

i",

ary

frorn the

"self]absorbcd"

generation

painted

by

many menhers

of

thc gcneration bcforc ours.

7)ood essayl

l(ell

baLanced, r:artJu[[y t ttnsidercd wirh u

good

ttst ttf cxutnples Nur

Raihana

04522

The

family

has

suffered

at the expense

_{ofcareer in}

_Singaporean

society. Discuss.

As

Sirgapore

progresscs.

_oeopj:

_are

_becomitg

ntorc

_{alld nlote}

_edu.ated.

_As

a

;H1'*:\H:::;:t":;":xfi'";:'

rend

ro

wanr

tu rocu'

more

_on

_{rhe,,'i.,.e,s.}

_rhu'.

dererio,

a,ed

ir

r

J"""

ii'

0",_iur,'i.,fl

"ll".1,

:rff

:;,"oJL#:lll

nlln

_Hl;ril:l

ard

te5s rime spenl

$irh

lhe

fa;itv

olhers

_mighr

""""

.rr.."1,1.,

,. iru.'",i,t.lr.n

in rtr. tust place. Hence,

ir

would be

fair

to say that

f".ify

_f^o"r.i"r.

_,i,o.i"nJ

""*,ng

,t.

famity ro be less

ctosel)

_{knir. as a resutr}

_olenrptra.is

_{on;;.;;;;;;..'"'}

''

,"

_"

Traditionally,

_{men were}

_the

_bjead

_winners

_of

the family and

women

usually srayed

ar

home

and

spenr

_{rheir time tooking}

_,t

"l'

rrr"j'ii;ral"?"lu"olil

n"*.n"a

chores.

_{Bur xs more}

_{peopic are educated,}

,n-",;

;";;;

"."',.,,r#:#',tj..

n"r"r,*,

\

here both

_larentri

_{are not}

_workins

_ar

As a

resu

_;,;.;;.

_{;;;.1;_:}

;;J

_:,

ffi

_lJ,xl"iffi

_lTii

;:il

i

j

Li'l:H:ilT1;:;

responsibilities at

work,

they

now

havr

".i.r,,""

"n.,,gr,

;;;;"",*t;;'fi;",T.T"fi

in::"ll].fir-:i::ili;.:1.r,"-i::i

neglcctcd

Filmil)

rellrions

suffer. xitd _{to worcen the situe{ion,}

_ill

_somc

cases. the

chiklren

pjck

_{ut) bcd}

_hrbirs

_{sucb as}

_snrokrns

In.a

recenr

.i

rr'".,ij."r"i,-,i

"

lshown rhat

childlcn whu

atc

_djnllcr:I

_homc

_*]th

_rlre

_t;rrnill

_ucre

Ic.\

jrLcl)

_to

_rllRjr!,.

_{1 \rLclr}

acri\'ic\

sucn

_n.

rang

_fiplt,

i.d

_LiruB

_ahu\c

_{ff,",.,i,-.';;;:'j,;;,,t;;; i;;i}

mteraction is higrrry important

_{in nlainrar.ing}

_cruse

_bo'ds

"irn

.,,.r.

a*,.'u,"nn".i,

*

.aieir:

_could

_grcallv

_ti.duce

_limrly

t;m, .

,""0

.#'li

:'.ijii;',:;'fi'l

_{;i,1.',::j::rv'}

paretlts ,esoft ro

hiring

crorncstic hcrpcrs ro

.o'sist

of

dual

;r;.;'";.;rl;:;:;leDon

rs.cornnlon

in

singapore' as

Inosl fimilies

rl,cir

_.trt,tr.ll

"

,i,";"r;;,.'ii";:l'rrrs

ol'Ln

r|'n

push

rh"

_{r'\pnn',hil'r\}

_.r

_biir*,iI

_rp

:rbou

rrrrrrng,n",,',i,,,""i'i".i",.',,1ffi::llli,;;:.:ilir,il',,i."ij'li;,,i,liiilll

j:lg.hl

I:.t

_:j,."ii"."

rhu.

prctrnu ,,p

rrdcsirilbte

_r"rt,,..

_r"

_,,tj,,t,",.

_lln,,,

_{l_,,0.}

_*o,,,0

De

ucal

r.

_Il)c

_chrl,lrcn

_{se( therr}

_rrrid.

rrorc

tlr.rn thcrr

pJrcl,..

_{ii,r_.}

_{i, ,rr,,|e,,,.,,rf.,fo,}

they mighr bc cioser _{to thc maids rhan parents. Hence,}

tbr

thc sake

oiirr"i,:.r,.*,

_por"u,,

ffil

_,

[iJ;1"1i:lrrrv

nt

rookrns

'ti"'

'ur*",'',"''r'".

a,,""]"'iiii,'il.iin",.

o*,,",

,. ,,

tt.1l,

lenpic

in SinpJporc. _rlre

_r.lrrl

_tenrily

_{currsisr.,,t.fJr.nt,.,l|d,l,rl.lr.o}

lr

r.

rlr.

_rrc

_talit)

_oI:ocict\

_thJt

_jr

_furnil)

\\uIld

"",

,*.o",1f",.

*,,no,,,

,,,,,0,,.".

Ho$c,c1

_x,i.4.,.1,

_{hcc,me.morqc,Jrrcar-.,"",.""r"*.",,i;:'l;;'",::jl:"..,.,".,_}

on thcir

careers

_tirst

_{and havc}

_{children at a}

_later

age,

or

nor

have

.nro_"

_,".rii.'

iirlli

placing

_{so much}

_elfolt

_into

_building

up their

uilreers, sonte couples

_mighl

_{nor want}

_to 'pend

o,,.rrirdr...

hur ,nrrcad

.p"nj,t,"i,

_r,n,a..,n.,i

_;";;;.';

_{;il,,1,lli]:\}

r, r

srL,,ry

conductc,l _rn

_Silgaporc

_il

_lead

_uurrrerr

\rh!, uent tbf

.f_,,,r,. ,,.."

,1,,^,,.,r

jrs:ilyltJr

rr,i,

rr,e)

.rid

,,or

ui,,r

bab,eL

ro

hro.r.

_rr,.,,

.,;;;,,,;;_

_i;;

_l',l,

"lii

_lii",.

,,

.

",",,,

suffcrs

_in

_that

_couples

_are

_less

_willing

to slarl

families_

Thercforc.

at

the

cxpe[sc

ot

career. fewer

lamilies

_{are formerl}

On the other hand, an emphasis on career does have

its

advantages-

With

greater income, the

tamily

can lead a comfortable

life. This

would

definitely

boost

family

ties as

,fr"

f"-ify

wouli

be

able

to

participate

in

activities

and spend

time with

each other

*i

fr"ut ftu"l"g

to

wony abouitaking

on more

jobs to

buy the

next

meal

Many

broken

fu-ili"a

."aoliu,

p-enis

resort to deiperate measures' such as cdme, to make ends meet'

'I'her"fore, a

stable and adequate income

would

be beneficial

to

the

family

With

good

tl-"

_-*ug.fn"nt,

family

members

would

still

be able

to

keep strong bonds

with

each

oih.r.

p".."nG

should

leam how

to

balance both

lamily

and

work

appropriately

to

keep the

family

going.

Family

ties are extremely

inportant in

keeping a

family

as one' To do so' one has

to.p"nd

ti*"

tog.th"r with

one's

family.

However, as pcople,spend

mole

time on

their

."..!.r,

.u"f.t

ftiify

time is cornpromisld. By

just

Providing

for

the

family.and

leaving

ifr"

t".rpontiUifity

oi

t

eping the

iamily

goi-ng to orhers woutd

only

worsen the situation-Therefore,

to

say

that

thc family

has suffercd

at

thc

rxpcnsc

of

uareel

u

sngapolean

society is generally

justified.

Daphne

Ho

04s26

@RD€R: T(D PUT

THI

NATI@N IN

IN

ORDER; T@

PUT

TH€

FAMILY PERS@NAL

LIF€; \(/E

MUST

FIRST

-

C@N

FUcrus

Fanr

L'r Quer

e s:

To

PUT

THE

v@RLD

RtcHT

lN

@RDER,

\r/E

musr

tlRsr

PUT

THE

NATIoN

IN (ERDER.

_VE

MUST FIRST

PUT THE

FAINILY

IN

@RDER,

\I/E

MU5T

FIRST CULTIVATE (DUR

S€T

@UR H€ARTS R]GHT.

Y@uR

FAmtLy

aND

Y(EUR L@vE

nusr

BE CULTIVATED

LlKg

a

GARDEN'

TInE,

EFF@RT,

AND

TmAGINATI@N

musr

BE

suEn@NED

c@NSTANTLY

To

KEEP

ANY

&ELATI(DNSHIP FL@URISHING

AND

CR(EVING.