Bring back Koh Beng Seng

Where is Koh Beng Seng? For those who did not know him, he was a highly respected top civil servant, the Dy MD of MAS. When he was in charge, the top bankers were Singaporeans. He told the MNCs that they had to train local bankers to take over the running of the banks. He stated the terms and conditions for their right to operate their banks here. That policy, if I am not mistaken, was the brain child of Dr Goh Keng Swee.
 
What happens today happened during his absence. All his pro Singaporean policies approved by the then Govt somehow seemed to have been dumped into the thrash bin. And some silly buggers pretended not to know. Some suddenly worked up and saw the dearth of local bankers. Some pretended to be jumping high and low wanting to train locals to be top bankers. Some simply issued pink ICs to foreigners and say ‘Look, Singaporeans appointed to top jobs”.
 
Sleeping or was there a policy shift? Super talents being paid out of this world salary cannot be stupid right? They cannot fall asleep on their jobs right? They cannot be negligent and not do the due diligence right? They cannot plead ignorance as an excuse for such a serious failure in allowing the banking industry and other industries to be dominated by foreigners and wasting a whole generation of our local talents right?
 
Where is Koh Beng Seng? We need him back to right the wrongs over the last 20 years, to regain control of the banking and finance industry for our very own citizens. Or he is now unemployed or an underemployed PME waiting in line for Job Fair? Or has he been sent for training to be a waiter or security guard? Or maybe he is happily driving taxi? Just kidding. For a man of his talent he would be in demand anywhere.
 
Koh Beng Seng was one of the best in his time. I am sure he has many more good years to serve in a field he knows best, for the good of the country and people. Look at the pathetic state of affairs now without him to steer the ship, without knowing where the ship is going or sinking? The banking and finance industry is like a ship without a compass, without a captain, floating in the high seas.
 
Maybe I am just ignorant. There is a new compass, a new captain and he knows exactly where the ship is heading and what he is doing, but Sinkies did not know.