This is another drawback, in my opinion.
Previously, government staff might give you a smile after you finished your business, but now they just turn off their phones after you're done.
This might just be the sentimentality of an old person like me.
He was almost eighty years old at the time, yet he still had a clear mind and his own thoughts, which was no easy feat.
His meaning also included testing the waters, seeing if people really support having artificial intelligence take over government services.
This presents an opportunity; once his interview is released, the investigative organization behind him can begin collecting opinions on it.
If a significant number of people express concern and aversion to artificial intelligence, it might present an opportunity to overthrow the current management model.
His idea is just that—an idea. For the vast majority of people, the benefits they receive are much better.
At least now they're sending money directly, without any restrictions on how the money is deposited into your account.
Furthermore, the official notice stated that the savings from government human resources optimization were distributed as welfare benefits to everyone.
And what does service attitude matter? Apart from lonely elderly people, no one cares about the smiles of service staff.
Compared to tangible benefits and efficiency improvements, these are too abstract ideas.
Furthermore, everyone has a dark side. You civil servants used to have good benefits, stable jobs, and clear career advancement paths.
They were so envious before, but now that you're unemployed, those who aren't part of the existing system are secretly thrilled.
It should be noted that the income and benefits of all civil servants in Singapore are comparable to those of civil servants in Suzhou Industrial Park.
This does not refer to identical salaries, but rather to roughly equal income levels within the local job market.
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"Singapore will build a science city on the land it recently acquired from Johor."
The overall plan for this city has been released. The Science City will be a purely academic research city, and it will be the first research institution in the history of the planet to exist in the form of a city.
Singapore is currently inviting qualified builders worldwide to participate in a public tender process to determine the city planning scheme and the specific construction contractor.
In an era of global capital contraction, Singapore's ambitious construction plans are a tempting prospect for construction and design firms worldwide.
It's a cake that, once eaten, is enough to satisfy the company's development for the next five to ten years.
Chinese companies are the most eager, as ASEAN is traditionally within the sphere of influence of China.
When Chinese companies go to Southeast Asia to do business, their biggest fear is that they won't be able to take their profits with them and that the profits will be swallowed up by various excuses.
When doing business with the local government, there's a concern that they might not pay according to the contract, or if they do, they might only pay 30-40% and then keep delaying payment for the rest.
This is a common problem faced by the vast majority of Chinese construction companies going overseas.
It exists not only in Southeast Asia, but also in Africa, South America, Eastern Europe and other places.
However, you don't need to worry about this when working for Lion City, especially Merlin's reputation; the name Merlin alone is enough.
China is even willing to provide Singapore with a low-interest loan from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which will then be used for urban development.
As long as a Chinese company can secure this order, China is willing to provide an interest-free loan, or the Export-Import Bank of China can provide the interest-free loan directly.
What China values has never been money, but rather the jobs created, the influence generated along the way, and the GDP growth it drives.
It's important to know that if interest-free loans are given to Singapore, Singapore will definitely repay them, which is definitely a profitable situation for China.
Some countries borrowed money from China, and the low-interest loans were turned into interest-free loans, the interest-free loans were turned into subsidized loans, and finally the loans were waived, with the principal not even being asked to return.
"Singapore is still the most powerful and wealthy country. Its science city, covering 1,500 square kilometers, claims to recruit talent from all over the world."
In this era, this is an absolutely grand undertaking.
"I'm still curious, where does the funding for these purely research institutions come from?"
It would be very difficult for Singapore to support such a large research institution on its own.
If you don't offer attractive conditions, it will be difficult to attract enough top talent.
"I wonder if it will be completed in five years? I'm currently a first-year PhD student, and I hope to go directly to Singapore as a researcher after I graduate with my PhD."
"It is no exaggeration to say that Singapore is changing rapidly. When I was studying at NTU, the immigration threshold for Singapore was RMB 80 million."
It seems that the threshold has now been raised to 150 million RMB.
Despite this high barrier to entry, my friends have been immigrating there one after another.
"It used to be China Resources Vanguard, now it's China Resources Lion City."
But that's alright, at least Singapore is a country where Chinese are the majority ethnic group.
Compared to the Li family, there has been no longer any deliberate attempt to de-Sinicize the area under Merlin's management.
"Yes, when Lao Li was in power, he launched various de-Sinicization campaigns in order to reduce China's influence."
For example, making English the official language of Singapore, vigorously promoting English, and requiring that road signs and other signs be written entirely in English.
After the media outlets controlled by Chinese shareholders were merged through coercive measures, they became media outlets officially controlled by the Singaporean government.
While Merlin hasn't taken any policy-based action, there has never been any official de-Sinicization effort.
When Lee was in power, Singapore didn't want to sit on the fence; it simply wanted to side with America.
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