Bisy - Tài máng - 太忙

R U busy as well? ... 4 exams, 2 papers, apply for jobs/grad school, plan your Dec vacation and try to find happyness? exactly

but, while researching for the Monetary Policy assignment, have a look at this:

http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/pdf/Governance_Indicators_eng.pdf

The World bank's Governance charts.

As a Swiss, you're looking at the all deep-green colours which basically say your gov is ok (granted, there is always improvement potential, Kai Zen, e.g. for the Regulatory Quality, which is only at 93 (of 100)). No wonder I encounter frequently ppl abroad who keep telling me that, as a Swiss ("wow"), you live in paradise....
Since I live in Singapore, I was curious... and, aha, they are not bad either, when it comes to gov effectiveness etc.; BUT: in category "Voice&Accountability" the fellas score only 44 (of 100), which gives them a red pitch... ouuuuhhh.
Well, Singapore is undoubtedly an economic success story in the last 40 years. But who pushed this? The people? The individual? oh man, the gov of course. They seem to rely heavily on a top-down 100%-management of all political affairs which makes the de facto-one-party-polity almost a benevolent dictator (with emphasis on the first). However, as history - unfortunately - shows, there is no longterm good track record of any benevolent authoritarian polity.
I just hope, the Singaporeans will not be trapped and locked in - the challenges lay ahead and might demand more self-responsibility, ownership and bottom-up initiative than other stuff.

Btw: the folks who wanna construct a "harmonious society" perform much poorer (cf. China). Their accountability is just 7 of 100; the highest score is 60 for any indicator - let's just hope they won't get flushed down into a bloody civil war which might cost millions of lives, when ppl start to demand more equality, more say, more honesty and transparency....