This is the fundamental reason for the economic downturn 20 years later. **The reason is just an excuse; without it, the economy would not have improved.**

The financial crisis that began in 2008 is coming to an end after 2025, and coupled with the core factor of technological progress, the economies of various countries have returned to prosperity in recent years.

However, this level of technological progress cannot solve the fundamental problem of the wealth gap.

This is the ultimate problem. From land annexation in ancient times to the wealth gap in modern times, it's all essentially the same thing.

"???" Lin Xianwen is the Director of the Singapore Smart Nation and Digital Government Affairs Department.

He is considered a core member of the Singapore civil service system and is also a member of the management team.

Singapore has approximately 150,000 civil servants, accounting for about 6% of the national workforce.

As for the Smart Nation and Digital Government Affairs Agency, it can be roughly understood as an agency that promotes the development of information technology and implements smart government management.

Smart government management means using information technology for management.

This organization was established around 2017.

Lin Xianwen's position could be considered to have given him considerable core power.

While media outlets and netizens around the world were discussing the dramatic changes in Singapore, he inexplicably received a leave notice from the government.

He was informed that he could go back and take a month-long leave, and his salary would be paid as usual.

This is good news for ordinary lower-level civil servants, but it may not be good news for Lam Hin-man, who has just taken office as Director of the Smart Nation and Digital Government Affairs Department.

His first thought was, "Did I offend Merlin?"

The problem is that Merlin has only just taken office, how could he possibly have heard of such a nobody as him?

Lin Xianwen thought about it again. He got his position by relying on Li Hongyi, who is Li Xianlong's son and the Minister of Science and Technology in Singapore.

He suspected that he was going to be purged because he had risen to power through the Li family.

A long holiday is a signal that a cleaning is about to begin.

With a heavy heart, he made several phone calls to colleagues and subordinates, both familiar and unfamiliar.

Some rose to power through the Li family, while others did so through other means.

Through phone calls with these people, he learned a shocking piece of news: all civil servants had been given a month-long leave.

In other words, all 150,000 civil servants in Singapore are on leave.

He then went to social forums in Singapore and found that everyone was discussing this.

Without government officials, what does Merlin want to do?

For a country like Singapore with frequent foreign trade, civil servants need to provide services to the ships that come and go.

If there's no one, who will do it?

They soon found out the answer.