[tgs]

Temasek Review Emeritus address him in his first name, as "Jee Say...."


Business flexibility with a social conscience

Last Friday, I met one of the rising stars in Oxford, Professor Ngaire Woods, Dean of the newly established Blavatnik School of Government. I first met her four years ago when she was Director of the Global Economic Governance programme at Oxford. Then the global financial collapse engaged every one’s mind.


This time, I decided to pick her brain on 2 hot issues in Singapore, social safety net and economic competitiveness. She did not see one being achieved at the expense of the other. On the contrary, an extensive social safety net with unemployment benefits, free education and healthcare, allows companies to make flexible and sensible business decisions such as job cuts and retrenchment without having to worry about their adverse social effects on employees and their families. The Nordic countries have shown that they are able to achieve high rankings in world competitiveness despite their high taxes and generous welfare benefits for the common people.These thoughts are reassuring and give us added confidence in pushing for a robust social safety net for ordinary Singaporeans while maintaining our economic competitiveness at the same time – a win-win for Singapore individuals and businesses.


Political campaign work



Earlier in the morning, my nephew Derek came over to my hotel in London for breakfast. I was impressed with his working experience at Saatchi & Saatchi, the global advertising agency network which shot to fame after conducting a very effective campaign (“Labour isn’t working”) that swept the Conservative Party into power in 1979 and put Margaret Thatcher into 10 Downing Street as the first lady Prime Minister of a major Western power. Derek is fascinated by work in image building and values promotion and hoped to go over to the US to gain experience in political campaign work where building the right image and promoting the correct values of the candidate and party are key ingredients of a successful campaign. Well if he does so, he will have lots of ideas to offer his uncle in the run up to 2016. How about a campaign slogan “PAP isn’t working”?


Tan Jee Say

* Jee Say was a Presidential candidate in the 2011 Presidential Election. The article first appeared on his facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TanJeeSay.

[tgs]

For readers with no time to read the tiresome article, here's a very quick rundown:

(a) I know a rising star at Oxford.
(b) My nephew works at a major advertising network.
(c) My nephew's advertising network was key in putting the Conservative party and Margaret Thatcher into power in 1979.

[Big A]

For readers with no time to read the tiresome article, here's a very quick rundown:

(a) I know a rising star at Oxford.
(b) My nephew works at a major advertising network.
(c) My nephew's advertising network was key in putting the Conservative party and Margaret Thatcher into power in 1979.

TJS is doing a good job putting spurs on PAP's thick hide. Time for pap to come down from their ivory tower and to wake up to the real problems Singaporeans are facing

[LottiFurmann]

Thanks for the quick summary. I was rushing to meet my uncle for breakfast at Hotel 81 and this short, sharp thingy is justmthe right thing.

I am looking towards his 2016 campaign. With a proven Saatchi & Saatchi background in this space, he should be able to blitz anyone. This guy is after my own heart as he too likes to drop names.

To the other opposition parties, i would urge the same urgency in recruiting a slick campaign agent. May I suggest Burberry or Hermes. The latter is a real crowd puller among the PRC new Singaporeans.

By the way, i will let everyone know the outcome of my discussion with a recently retired but well regarded Home Economics teacher staying at Cambridge Road. She had called about the NTUC food stalls that are going to pop up all over the island.

For readers with no time to read the tiresome article, here's a very quick rundown:

(a) I know a rising star at Oxford.
(b) My nephew works at a major advertising network.
(c) My nephew's advertising network was key in putting the Conservative party and Margaret Thatcher into power in 1979.

[Big A]

Temasek Review Emeritus address him in his first name, as "Jee Say...."


Business flexibility with a social conscience

Last Friday, I met one of the rising stars in Oxford, Professor Ngaire Woods, Dean of the newly established Blavatnik School of Government. I first met her four years ago when she was Director of the Global Economic Governance programme at Oxford. Then the global financial collapse engaged every one’s mind.


This time, I decided to pick her brain on 2 hot issues in Singapore, social safety net and economic competitiveness. She did not see one being achieved at the expense of the other. On the contrary, an extensive social safety net with unemployment benefits, free education and healthcare, allows companies to make flexible and sensible business decisions such as job cuts and retrenchment without having to worry about their adverse social effects on employees and their families. The Nordic countries have shown that they are able to achieve high rankings in world competitiveness despite their high taxes and generous welfare benefits for the common people.These thoughts are reassuring and give us added confidence in pushing for a robust social safety net for ordinary Singaporeans while maintaining our economic competitiveness at the same time – a win-win for Singapore individuals and businesses.


Political campaign work



Earlier in the morning, my nephew Derek came over to my hotel in London for breakfast. I was impressed with his working experience at Saatchi & Saatchi, the global advertising agency network which shot to fame after conducting a very effective campaign (“Labour isn’t working”) that swept the Conservative Party into power in 1979 and put Margaret Thatcher into 10 Downing Street as the first lady Prime Minister of a major Western power. Derek is fascinated by work in image building and values promotion and hoped to go over to the US to gain experience in political campaign work where building the right image and promoting the correct values of the candidate and party are key ingredients of a successful campaign. Well if he does so, he will have lots of ideas to offer his uncle in the run up to 2016. How about a campaign slogan “PAP isn’t working”?


Tan Jee Say

* Jee Say was a Presidential candidate in the 2011 Presidential Election. The article first appeared on his facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TanJeeSay.

Professor Ngaire Woods knows far more about countries' governance that you do you fake opposition person. Shut up.

[S.T.D.]

“Labour isn’t working”) that swept the Conservative Party into power in 1979 and put Margaret Thatcher into 10 Downing Street as the first lady Prime Minister of a major Western power. Basically, TJS is a Tory. And Look what the Tories are doing to the UK.

[Beerinkol]

I'm still confused by how the article is titled.

Where does flexibility and conscience come in? Businesses have been making job cuts without worrying about consequences. They can do so because cheap labour is readily available as the government has opened the floodgates as wide as the Marina Barrage. Not many business worry about how their unemployed staff are going to cope paying the mortgage.

Would really help if this dude spent less time talking about himself and more time making his point more coherent.

[LottiFurmann]

That single sentence is quite telling.

I'm still confused by how the article is titled.

Where does flexibility and conscience come in? Businesses have been making job cuts without worrying about consequences. They can do so because cheap labour is readily available as the government has opened the floodgates as wide as the Marina Barrage.

Would really help if this dude spent less time talking about himself and more time making his point more coherent.

[radikal]

I'm still confused by how the article is titled.

Where does flexibility and conscience come in? Businesses have been making job cuts without worrying about consequences. They can do so because cheap labour is readily available as the government has opened the floodgates as wide as the Marina Barrage. Not many business worry about how their unemployed staff are going to cope paying the mortgage.

Would really help if this dude spent less time talking about himself and more time making his point more coherent.

It's not about it at all. Ngaire Woods is being used to further TJS's agenda which is disgusting. Prof. Woods deals with IPE matters not icky nonsense by a single degree opportunist (From PAP to SDP to Pres Wannabe).

[brraverishhh]

Wonder whether TJS was ever a student of John Hicks at Oxford. Aware that Prof Lim C Y was once his student.

[9mm_fan]

Wonder whether TJS was ever a student of John Hicks at Oxford. Aware that Prof Lim C Y was once his student.

who ares. He's using people to says his agenda works

[Slonopotam845]

Quote "On the contrary, an extensive social safety net with unemployment benefits, free education and healthcare, allows companies to make flexible and sensible business decisions such as job cuts and retrenchment without having to worry about their adverse social effects on employees and their families."

I am not an economist nor an owner of a business nor am I a professor in a university.
Does an company who retrenches employees really worry about this ?

[Lillie_Steins]

Quote "On the contrary, an extensive social safety net with unemployment benefits, free education and healthcare, allows companies to make flexible and sensible business decisions such as job cuts and retrenchment without having to worry about their adverse social effects on employees and their families."

I am not an economist nor an owner of a business nor am I a professor in a university.
Does an company who retrenches employees really worry about this ?

He wants to make Singapore like Nordic countries? We are already one. Read the World Bank's Some Small countries do it better

[TorryJens]

Quote "On the contrary, an extensive social safety net with unemployment benefits, free education and healthcare, allows companies to make flexible and sensible business decisions such as job cuts and retrenchment without having to worry about their adverse social effects on employees and their families."

I am not an economist nor an owner of a business nor am I a professor in a university.
Does an company who retrenches employees really worry about this ?

That was my point exactly. Do you see any company these days worrying about how their ex-employees are going to pay the mortgage or feed the kids when they drop them in exchange for cheaper foreigners?

Where is the real issue here? Apparently according to TJS we should look toward Saatchi & Saatchi