12/02/2013

Not good enough for Singapore, good enough for HK

NUS Professor Michael Hor Yew Meng has been appointed the law dean of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), but not good enough for NUS. Actually hor, he was good enough until a more brilliant and able foreigner came along in the name of Simon Chesterman
 

‘HKU vice-chancellor Professor Tsui Lap-chee described Prof Hor as an “inspiring and passionate teacher”. Prof Hor was selected after two rounds of a worldwide search by HKU.’ This means that Prof Hor was competing with the best in the world and found to be the best candidate.
 

In 2009 Professor Michael Hor and Professor John Phillips from King’s College London were the two shortlisted candidate to take over from Professor Tan Cheng Han. Then came a Ginny comes lately, and sorry hor, this Ginny leapfrogged over the two candidates to be the law dean of NUS.
 

Singapore has this disease of not able to find good talents among Sinkies, or somehow Sinkies are not good enough and angmohs or foreigners are always better even from the Third World, like an impressional dumb kid that has yet to grow up. Anything foreigner is good. See a foreigner goes gaga.
 

So hor, Michael Hor has to become a foreign talent in HongKong. They said the prophet is never appreciated in his home town. My bet is that the next PM will be a foreigner as well. They will not be able to find a Sinkie good enough for the job.

34 comments:

oldhorse42 said...

Well HKU behaves just like NUS. They recruited foreigner to the post of Law Dean.

Anonymous said...

Singapore is doing a blood transfusion. Eventually all the academic staff in the universities will be foreigners. Eventually all the top jobs will also be filled by foreigners.
Eventually the country will be taken over by foreigners.

jjgg said...

Mr rb..you need a scolding..some employers look for X factor n others look for Y factor..how can compare..the power is with the employer...u don't like it?...go HK la ...)))

Anonymous said...

RB, no lar, political appointments and ns jobs are protected for sinkies only lar, no competition mah. One paid the highest and one the lowest hor

Anonymous said...

Our way:
December 2, 2013 at 8:48 am (Quote)

vomit them out: Singapore has not achieved what Israel has been able to achieve because the quality of the minds and the ability of the PAP midgets are simply inferior to those of the Israelis.

All they are good at is mastering the textbooks that others have written for them and vomit them out in the exams. In reality, that is all they have been able to showcase, their exam scores. Could anyone name us anything else they have been able to produce or excel in?

Response:
Here it’s rot learning that cultivates that attitude of compliance and a discipline to question less.

You memorize and you transfer that on paper during exams. You score high marks if you are blessed with a good memory. It’s more a contest on memorization. And you go on acquiring more papers and that should land you a “good” job, Singapore style. The more qualifications you have the more brains you must have, so they thought.

At work in the real world you stick out as mediocre. Because you cannot think, you cannot change anything or introduce anything new, you are a passive player, you do the routine stuff. Directives are carried out diligently until something seriously go wrong. They kept you because the one on top and those around you are probably just like you. That’s why we have to open our doors to foreign talents to create that spark to trigger change to make progress.

In advance countries they place more value on experience and skills and rated accordingly. The more you open up about your job the more chance you will move upwards. Here they rather keep quiet so as not to be seen to override the boss. Here in the first round in the interview room they ask for your papers first. Here they think a PHD is better than a Master degree who is better than a Bachelor degree holder. If you have nothing than you are out, not worth considering.

Young Bill Gates would not have made much headway here. Creativity and thinking out of the box and the dare to be different in trying things does not happen here. Over the years, Kiasuism and Kiasiism are the resultant local grown characteristics that we’re well known for.
Rating:

Anonymous said...

success ..... not necessary to be based solely on academic achievement

just like a dog ... whether eating bones or premium ice cream depend on the owner

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

What we have is a bunch of boys and girls that have no confidence in themselves and in Sinkies. So everyday they are looking out of the windows for something that looks good to walk pass, and quickly grab even if it is billboards or fiction.

Anonymous said...

"My bet is that the next PM will be a foreigner as well. "
RB

I agree. At the rate and the way the PAP, Sinkie opposition and Sinkies are going, it will only be a matter of time, and a matter of course.

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

jjgg, appointments to national bodies and institutions should go to Sinkies first when all things are equal. In many cases, the merits of foreigners are merely novelty and the gaga factor.

Anonymous said...

@December 02, 2013 9:37 am


probably he/she will claimed to be decendant of the Aryan race

knnccb .... singapore is indeed a blessed cuntry

Anonymous said...

" Singapore has this disease of not able to find good talents among Sinkies, ... "

Not Singapore lah!
Maybe it's the PAP government lah!
If we voted in a Pro Alien Government.
Then it's to be expected to be flooded with aliens.

I hope the aliens will serve as pall bearers at you-know-who's funeral.

Veritas said...

You never see HK despising local because HK for a long time is controlled by Chinese, even during British colonial time. During the time when UK lorded HK, there are multiple poles of power, and while UK would like to give as much elite jobs to white man as possible, there is a bottom line to this.

Nevertheless, White man did manage still to extract a lot of wealth from HK by giving posh jobs to their tribe. The Cathay Pacific pilot was an extremely well paid jobs and mostly given to white man.

We can see similar pattern after China took over. HK was flooded with PRC, and white man found increasing difficulties in finding good jobs especially within civil services.

You cannot explain this by "talent" and hiring the best alone. In fact, there is a racial and political consideration in all hirings especially for top jobs.

The last thing China want is white man get admired in HK. So HK is getting de-anglicized. During the 60s when PAP just took over, there is an de-angliciziation in SG as well.

A lot of hiring in society has to do with politics and demographics engineering in macro level.

Similarly when PAP enshrine white man and Indians in the job market, it is not merely talent seeking or finding the best fit. It has to do with social and demographics engineering.

You can bet that the trend will continue and continue until USA falls and China take over as Singaporean colonial masters. Immediately these FT Indians and FT white man will be replaced by FT Chinese.

Anonymous said...

PM Lee already said he is on our side.
Why you worry?
If Simon Chesterman is chosen.
It must mean he meets the high PAP standards.
Simon Chesterman will also be on our side.
It's all good.
Keep voting PAP in GE 2016.

Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️ said...

I fully support the CHOICE and FREEDOM of highly skilled people, to accept the "best offer" they can for their talents and specifically acquired abilities and resources.

This echoes what I've been saying previously: If you cannot get the job you want in Singapore, look for it ELSEWHERE.

You have the skills. You have the qualifications. All you need to do is cut yourself some FREEDOM

Anonymous said...

"Chesterman is married to Patricia Tan, the daughter of Singapore's seventh and current President, Tony Tan."

He meets the high PAP standards.
He may even be considered a Sinkie, or at least a half Sinkie.

Anonymous said...

More PAP - Chicken jokes

Why the chicken DIDN'T cross the road?
Answer:
It was a Singaporean chicken. It was too scared to cross the road.

Anonymous said...

"Chesterman is married to Patricia Tan, the daughter of Singapore's seventh and current President, Tony Tan."

This is definitely Married-tocracy.
The Singaporean version of meritocracy.

Anonymous said...

More PAP - Chicken jokes

Why the chicken DIDN'T cross the road?
Answer: The chicken was waiting for the green chicken light.

They are chicken of jaywalking fines.

hahaha

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

If Chesterman converts to Sinkie, he could be a potential to be the first white PM or white President. Such a great talent should not be put to waste. PAP should quickly recruit him for 2016.

Anonymous said...

I think based on Chinese tradition, he is half a son as a son in law so therefore he is half sinkie lar

Anonymous said...

Shud scold Rb for implying that the current prime minister in sin is so good that no other sinkie can replace him.

Gintai_昇泰 said...

RB,
Priority shld be given to a dark or black one first. The white one got to wait another 50 yrs lah! Cannot jump queue.

Anonymous said...

Hello there,
Son in law must be Sinkie meh? Who says so? What about our comical woody? He also white color son in law lah. Daughter living there with him in UK! Langgar!

Anonymous said...

The screwing must be good and the pussy must be very happy or else how he managed to clinch that post? Sinkie lost out in that speciality. Don't be a sore loser lah. Lol!

Anonymous said...

//....some employers look for X factor n others look for Y factor..how can compare..the power is with the employer...u don't like it?...go HK la ...)))//

And then, there are some employers who only look for XY chromosome factor. He's the father of his grandchildren. So that is a considering factor.

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

When the Sinkies are all lembeh lembeh, looks like Chesterman is the only one standing and good enough. He is also an exceptional talent that we need to boost the quality of our declining stock.

I think our American boss would be very comfortable talking to a white PM.

Anonymous said...

ang moh got tua kee.
how big is yours?

Anonymous said...

The sarong pyjamas girls also looking for X factors in the angmohs.

b said...

If you see how many asians want to migrate to western countries, ruled by angmo, you really think they are the better leaders. If the world is still colonized, we would all have free movements. Nationalistic, freedom, independence are all along a bullshit. We should never have fought for independence and then we do not need to try so hard to leave this country. We would have the same system as europe. We would have free movement to EU, Oz, Nz etc. It would have been a better place.

b said...

We all have different gifts. When leadership is concerned, the angmo is still way better than any asians, arabs, africans, amercians rule. That is the reason why highly educated people from these countries want to migrate to angmo countries. Non angmo really sucks at leadership because they do not know what is sharing. They are just horders and cannot even share 10%.

Anonymous said...

When the People hate their political leaders. Or to be politically correct; when political leaders lost all their credibility, respectability and integrity, all their offsprings of many generations will get affected. For those that incurred extreme hates, they will be despised in writtened records for a long time.
臭名万世. Meaning, hated for very long time after death.

Anonymous said...

" Meaning, hated for very long time after death. "

But they still get millions in salaries ...

Anonymous said...

RB

your perception is sharp, without a doubt Chester fellow will be yhe next PM, if....ang mo tau keeee...
Kopi to you with sugar.

Kaki

b said...

Does it matter what skin your PM is? or does it matter more who is the better PM?