RECENTLY PM Lee say in his speech that the government can't afford to stop changing policies to suit changing demands and advise people try to adapt them at the same time. He added if we stop changing, we will not improve anymore. What a thoughtful words is it? Singapore is one of few successful Asia countries and they are still alert to change their policy in order to maintain their success. No wonder, Singapore keep going forward since independence because she has enjoyed having a smart leaders to date. They won't hesitate to import if a system is considered good. I think it make this tiny state a developed nation despite lack of natural resources.
On the other hand, my country seems remain unchanged since independence in 1948. Some analyst will say even worse compare to those earlier days. If their suggestion is yes, are we going back ward? Probably yes because we don't want to accept a good change in all area. When we got independence from British, our country is considered a rich country among regional countries. We had a well known Rangoon University and our people proud for it. Our Mingalardon International Airport was rewarded as a Queen of Asia Airport. Then what happened to us over 6 decades?
Almost everything is same as before including our ruling party. Our people are taught to be polite by religious and we are not a problematic people. We have relatively big country with over 60 million population. We have vast natural resources. Our country's geographical location is excellent since we have thousands mile coastal line and sitting between world's biggest countries, India and China. We can survive ourselves as we can produce the basic needs of daily life. But in order to make our country able to shoulder with others, we will have to accept the law of change.
Time have proof that the same system was not working and it even drove our people to poverty rather than prosperous. People become poorer and less educated and live in unhealthy condition. Expensive health care system put our people at bays. The different between the rich and poor become huge gap day after day. The original residents are increasingly becoming labourer and FRC hold 2nd citizen became bosses. What a sorrowful story to learn that. I could hardly find a Myanmar citizen owned shop in the downtown Yangon and Mandalay. Where gone our people then? Probably they became a low wages earn workers.
These days, young educated people dream to go oversea for job including me. Their aim of studying has changed for a long period and it doesn't seems to revert in sooner time. Because the government failed to create enough jobs for its people and people tried to settle these problems by going oversea. In fact it is high risk to go oversea through agents and nobody will take responsibility if it goes wrong. Those who going oversea for jobs are mostly poor and borrow money to pay agent fees and the like. They have no choice but to do this way in the prospect of escaping from the poverty.
I'm very sad to read some news the accuse migrant workers as a betrayer. Why they are thinking like that? I don't understand really. It's not because we don't love our country, it is just looking for a better life. It happen to this society since human has surfaced to this planet. We can't die because of starve by living inside. Who will take care of us for long time? It's really embarrassing to be a jobless after graduating. Being graduate, we don't want to depend on our family. They have shouldered our burden of tuition fees during our study time. So we try to seek a job to look after back our family. Unfortunately it's hard to find a job domestically and if can find a job then it'ld be enough for a person only. It drive us seeking alternative way, i.e. going abroad and find a good paid job.
Some might say it's brain drain. But it is better to be a brain in the drain by not working for my family and country. Working oversea and paying income tax is quite meaningful compare to jobless status. The money we find oversea are finally going back to mother land. Then who will benefit? Our country itself, isn't it? Being a migrant worker myself, I don't shy to work in oversea because it's honest and our hard earn money are compliance with our religious teaching and principles. We can support our family and even improve their daily life to a better life. It's our proud of risking in working oversea and all incoming suffers due to variety of abuses. You will never know our difficulties unless you have been working in oversea.
We, migrant workers, hope for big change and willing to see foreign investments flowing to our country so that we can estimate our returning home. We are not feeling that we are secured in working here. It doesn't matter whoever rule our country as long as he/she can make a change. We'll happily come back one day together with technology we learned from oversea job and money we saved hardly. That day would be very fine and blessing day for us and of course our country as well.
Wish that day come soonest possible.
On the other hand, my country seems remain unchanged since independence in 1948. Some analyst will say even worse compare to those earlier days. If their suggestion is yes, are we going back ward? Probably yes because we don't want to accept a good change in all area. When we got independence from British, our country is considered a rich country among regional countries. We had a well known Rangoon University and our people proud for it. Our Mingalardon International Airport was rewarded as a Queen of Asia Airport. Then what happened to us over 6 decades?
Almost everything is same as before including our ruling party. Our people are taught to be polite by religious and we are not a problematic people. We have relatively big country with over 60 million population. We have vast natural resources. Our country's geographical location is excellent since we have thousands mile coastal line and sitting between world's biggest countries, India and China. We can survive ourselves as we can produce the basic needs of daily life. But in order to make our country able to shoulder with others, we will have to accept the law of change.
Time have proof that the same system was not working and it even drove our people to poverty rather than prosperous. People become poorer and less educated and live in unhealthy condition. Expensive health care system put our people at bays. The different between the rich and poor become huge gap day after day. The original residents are increasingly becoming labourer and FRC hold 2nd citizen became bosses. What a sorrowful story to learn that. I could hardly find a Myanmar citizen owned shop in the downtown Yangon and Mandalay. Where gone our people then? Probably they became a low wages earn workers.
These days, young educated people dream to go oversea for job including me. Their aim of studying has changed for a long period and it doesn't seems to revert in sooner time. Because the government failed to create enough jobs for its people and people tried to settle these problems by going oversea. In fact it is high risk to go oversea through agents and nobody will take responsibility if it goes wrong. Those who going oversea for jobs are mostly poor and borrow money to pay agent fees and the like. They have no choice but to do this way in the prospect of escaping from the poverty.
I'm very sad to read some news the accuse migrant workers as a betrayer. Why they are thinking like that? I don't understand really. It's not because we don't love our country, it is just looking for a better life. It happen to this society since human has surfaced to this planet. We can't die because of starve by living inside. Who will take care of us for long time? It's really embarrassing to be a jobless after graduating. Being graduate, we don't want to depend on our family. They have shouldered our burden of tuition fees during our study time. So we try to seek a job to look after back our family. Unfortunately it's hard to find a job domestically and if can find a job then it'ld be enough for a person only. It drive us seeking alternative way, i.e. going abroad and find a good paid job.
Some might say it's brain drain. But it is better to be a brain in the drain by not working for my family and country. Working oversea and paying income tax is quite meaningful compare to jobless status. The money we find oversea are finally going back to mother land. Then who will benefit? Our country itself, isn't it? Being a migrant worker myself, I don't shy to work in oversea because it's honest and our hard earn money are compliance with our religious teaching and principles. We can support our family and even improve their daily life to a better life. It's our proud of risking in working oversea and all incoming suffers due to variety of abuses. You will never know our difficulties unless you have been working in oversea.
We, migrant workers, hope for big change and willing to see foreign investments flowing to our country so that we can estimate our returning home. We are not feeling that we are secured in working here. It doesn't matter whoever rule our country as long as he/she can make a change. We'll happily come back one day together with technology we learned from oversea job and money we saved hardly. That day would be very fine and blessing day for us and of course our country as well.
Wish that day come soonest possible.
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