A specific socio-politico-economico-ally dictated education-to-work arrangement prevails in any given society, at any given point in time, of which its pervasiveness, that is its acceptance by the general public, more or less, is determined by the continuous tension between state power and public obedience. This socio-economic arrangement, however, even as observed in a comparison between […]
More“In a country, too, where, though the rich, or the owners of large capitals, enjoy a good deal of security, the poor, or the owners of small capitals, enjoy scarce any, but are liable, under the pretence of justice, to be pillaged and plundered at any time by the inferior mandarins, the quantity of stock […]
More“In a country which had acquired that full complement of riches which the nature of its soil and climate, and its situation with respect to other countries, allowed it to acquire, which could, therefore, advance no further, and which was not going backwards, both the wages of labour and the profits of stock would probably […]
MoreFrom the ashes of the Great war rose an administration, supplanting military business, no less regimented itself, of schools and work places in which work ethics, taught and reinforced respectively, spread like The Great Plague. Its success is evidenced by mutterance, by not only a few, but by the present ageing generation and after, “I […]
MoreNever mind that I can’t speak nor understand the Teochew dialect. Business is similarly a language that Teochews speak and I’m pretty good at it.
MoreFirst posted 25th January 2013 I have a distaste for being Singaporean and instead, have an affection towards Swatow and being a Teochew. No, I don’t feel a thing for China either. Update on 3rd July 2019 from here on My angsty phase is over. Indeed, Teochew is still my mother tongue no matter how […]
MoreI dedicate this post to Soh Ee. I walked past the television in my living room some time last week and came across a program on Channel News Asia which my sister was watching. I paused to listen a little as I could recognise some Thai words being used, despite my sister telling me that […]
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