Talent

From what Supian and Hartung have said, I do agree with their views in saying that talent in Singapore is too narrowly defined and she only produces a small group of people with certain types of talent. This can be clearly seen from the fact that Singapore develops itself greatly only in one specific area- Its economic status. The Singapore government does so, as it feels that the development of the economic status of the country must be its main focus. However, in doing so, it is actually narrowing its scope of producing talented people in a variety of areas of speciality.

One example as to why I feel that Singapore tend to produce only certain types of talent, can be seen in the Beijing Olympics 2008 which is going on now at the moment. From the opening ceremony to the actual games, Singapore has sent in less than a 100 Singaporeans to participate in the games. Of which, how many of them are actual Singaporeans? Meaning, they were born and bred in Singapore rather than brought in to Singapore as a foreign talent. This number is probably less than 10. Is there a specific reason for this? It’s obvious that Singapore wishes to develop in the area of sports. However, till this day it has wasted its time in not showing enough concern in the area of sports that Singapore has to turn to bringing in foreign talent to improve its sports status. This is one of the prices Singapore has to pay for producing only certain types of talent.

Therefore, from my evaluation of the current situation in Singapore, it can be justified that Singapore does focus on producing certain types of talent only. Therefore, if Singapore does continue to move on in such a state, it will bound to suffer in the future where other countries are doing their best to be in the top of the list in every area of specialty.