ST headline: "Floods unavoidable after Extraordinary Rainfall".
New Paper headline: "No amount of engineering can prevent flooding".
Both remarks were attributed to MM Lee. To most Singaporeans he is right of course.
Right? Wrong!
About time someone tells him that too.
I will also tell him to go visit Holland sometime soon - instead of China which he does so frequently for whatever reason.
You see, Holland is a country (10 feet) below sea level. Through ingenious engineering many centuries ago, the country is able to keep the sea at bay and stay afloat, literally speaking. They did this through their intricate network, nationwide, of dikes and canals.
If US can put a man on the moon half a century ago, I am absolutely puzzled by MM's comments. His line of thought seems to be: Anything that can be done, we have done ... Anything we cannot do, it must be the act of God!
Makes me wonder ... would he be making the same comments if he is one of the affected families living in Tessarina or Cluny Court?
Writer: Peter Chang
email: peterchanglc@gmail.com
1 comment:
Yes, the marvels of engineering can solve our problems. However, since the govt does not want to put in the amount to build a well-constructed dam nor willing to pay the tab for teh engineers, or prob they take most of the budget into their own pockets without any sincere concern to the flood victims!
Agree to the writer! 2 thimbs Up!
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