Letter in Respond to "IN THE ERA OF WAR FOR TALENT"

The issue of bond breaking recently has been politicised in attempt to scare the rest using the 11 as sacrifices. In any bond it is the responsibility of the bond-giver as well as the bond-taker not as mentioned in the papers a one-sided affair. It has been raised as a matter of politicing not in itself a moral issue. Can a bond breaker be character-assasinated when there is a stated contract?

If moral issue is the point then why not stated in the contract. The revelant question is will one break bond when the bond giver is Microsoft? Could it be that the bond-giver is not discharging its duties to the bond-takers.

When compared to someone who before contemplate divorce is a stupid thing to do. As in most cases those who contemplate divorce often got the upperhand and got what they want out of the marriage often with the help of the law and at the expense of the defendant. A divorce involves children, properties etc... often comes with emotional trauma which no cost can ascribe to it. The law has been far far outdated in this area while other fields have moved ahead.

Today we are still considering the woman being the default sufferers not forgetting that Singapore has surged ahead of other countries in giving woman more than equality. Some scholars might be better off than other as some have the connection and hence know his career path, whom he will be working under or some may even choose who their boss is. I am afraid those who intend to break bond might have lost their first love for the bond-giver not that they are of evil or undesirable characters or do not love Singapore.

Mind you not to serve a bond under the government does not necessarily mean one does not love his country. That will be called having a narrow mind-set.

Have anyone ever ask

"why is it that the government is giving scholarship and not private companies or individual?"

"why is the government monopolise the talent pool? and can pick and choose and discard those termed "dishonourable..etc..."?"

"is not it a waste of our human resource if this scholar might not work out for working in the govt might work out fine in another organisation? is not it also contributing to the singapore economy in one way or another as BG Lee once said about job-hooper or company leavers" The words he says are "it is better to accept one as he will gain varied experience in going around one company to the next"

Analogy which the world fishery bodies is against.

Govt getting all the talents and then pick and choose

"a trawler cast a very very wide net and haul in a huge catch then the fisherman pick and choose according to his favourite and then let the rest goes to waster on the sun deck"

It is also immoral to do so! right!

To conclude do not let the issue of bond-breaker be politicised at the expense of the 11 as politician will use the innocent rest to ostracise the poor 11. Just like hanging someone cruelly on the Cross to scare away the rest. It was the same tactic used by the Japanese soldier where innocent child was hung on their badnet to freigthen the rest into submission. Are we still civilised?

Ong

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