Yahoo! News Singapore, 23 Aug 2012
Kiasu, competitive and self-centred – all qualities of the typical Singaporean.
According to a new survey, those qualities are also how residents themselves perceive Singapore society.
Conducted by consultancy firms aAdvantage and Britain-based Barrett Values Centre, the survey asked 2000 local residents across age, gender, housing type about their views on the current and desired society and workplace.
MP for Tampines GRC Baey Yam Keng, who was at the briefing, said, “The top few behaviours and values reflects the state of society today.......Full story