What am I doing in Singapore?

What the heck am I doing in Singapore? Other than making some money, which is just enough to feed and cloth me, Singapore doesn't offer much does it? I like scientific research, technological progress, but the way things are going in Singapore, well, let's just say that the narrow-mindedness of the powers that be makes that a mere pipedream.

How many promising projects have you experienced, seen or heard getting axed becouse your boss says its too expensive, not our culture, will distrupt social order, will not make money to justify the cost or just plain becouse? Many isn't it? I recently encounter this in my company.

You see, I am part of a safety committee that reviews and updates the plant safety standard operational manual for my company. While at it, we have the additional task of writing a completly new procedure for confined space rescue operations. We did them and more. But the management see it fit to cut the scope of our work to fit their need; which is to enter a bloody stupid competition to win a freaking prize!!! I was like "What the heck?! We're doing this for a prize? Not to save lives?" Believe you me when I say a whole lot of people in the committee felt that way. Misplaced priorities. As such, they cancelled all the safety improvements we've suggested, including the one where we actually have to buy the equipments we need to do the job properly. The reason: Cost and lack of project to do next year!

Draw your own conclusions, but this thing is whack!