it will take more than IQ to succeed in turbulence and disruptions...
2025 starts comically with P Trump wanting to gain control of the Panama Canal, Canada and Greenland. he is serious though
Soon, he included Gaza and with overtures to(wards) Ukraine
In Singapore, the new PM, Lawrence Wong, presented the budget; transferring $6.4bil as rollover reserves, GST collections were up 23.8% to $20.6bil [will probably have a surplus of $1.5bil even without the increased of 1%-2%]. There were multiple sources of revenues as SG is run like an INC. Worse (or better), increased costs of living were marginally offsetted with vouchers, rebates and 'handouts', sprinkled with more infra-projects and potential import of foreigners... voucher dependency will/may lead to a clutch-mentality. An independent Singapore means Singaporeans are Able & Capable to fend for themselves and build their dreams and aspirations
Singapore started being involved in industries that were labor-intensive, to manufacturing, to high tech and high finance, but today boosting GDP today meant importing more foreigners[labor] and attracting supra-HNW billionaires to add to the population. Alas! true blue Singaporeans are traded like digits
Malaysia has attracted loads of PRC investments with it's newfound membership with BRICS. The special economic zone linking Johor/SG promised to bring billions of investments and businesses to JB, especially with the high speed trains links
Indonesia is fast replacing India in the "I" in BRICS
The high speed rail line that flow out of Yunnan/Kunming to Laos, through Thailand, traveling into Malaysia and Singapore will be a great multiplier
Europe, if their apron string with US is cut, will enjoy greater independence, growth and opportunities. After Eastern Europe joined Western Europe, economic opportunities rise and hopes blossomed; it's a shadow of her past now
While China is restrained and restricted by US and her allies, SEAsia will bloom and as more use SEAsia as the springboard to the global markets, 危机 opportunities spring at every nooks and corners. Singapore can be a niche player by acting as the 'Financial Capital' for SEAsia and 'oiling' the regional countries and economics
I have shared that "potentially there will be crisis of sorts by 1Q/March and again in 3Q/September, plausibly caused by financial degeneration and reorientation, warmongering and skirmishes and political horsetradings, not forgetting natural disasters
Be ready, be well armed with skills and knowledge that are relevant to the new era [needs]. Don't be despair, depressed nor anxious. Everything turn around in due course
Don't blame nor seek others assistance for your problems ~ others only provide suggestions
Break away from dogmatism and blind loyalty; your are on your own ...most times
