meritocracy posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006
The PAP not only recruits its future leaders from the civil service or the army; it also scouts doctors, lawyers and business people -- as long as they're successful.
During deputy prime minister Wong's presentation of one such bunch of achievers, they were asked whether the PAP's attempts to clone its successful leadership did not carry a risk of falling out of touch with a rapidly changing world.
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http://in.today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-05-05T160816Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-247865-1.xml
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Despite the system's meritocracy, top schools are filled with children of the Chinese middle class who can afford to pay the extra tuition, he said.
The PAP not only recruits its future leaders from the civil service or the army; it also scouts doctors, lawyers and business people -- as long as they're successful.
During deputy prime minister Wong's presentation of one such bunch of achievers, they were asked whether the PAP's attempts to clone its successful leadership did not carry a risk of falling out of touch with a rapidly changing world.
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http://in.today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-05-05T160816Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-247865-1.xml
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