Board & Squeeze for Progress

MM Lee Kuan Yew said: "Let me explain what happens when we make progress. HDB prices go up, private home (prices) go up, all asset prices go up. Everybody finds he owns something more valuable in the house, his shares are worth more and he can live a good life," said Mr Lee. "Of course we have to put up with more crowded trains, more crowded buses, (but) it cannot be helped. [Link]

CEO of SMRT Corporation Saw Phaik Hwa said: “People can board the train – it is whether they choose to” which caused an irate customer to write to her [Link]

If I were her PR Manager, I'd advise her to use the following video [Link] to put her squeezed victims (champion grumblers) to silence.

Is this the price to pay for progress?

Are you ready to be squeezed like sardines to enjoy the good life?

If this is progress, please give me back my old kampung hut built on flood-proof stilts.

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard, a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day.

Home, home on the Range;
Where the deer and the antelope play;
Where seldom is heard, a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day. [Link]


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