人人都是〝才〞

Everyone Counts

新加坡以短短一代人的时间，飞速地从第三世界跳进第一世界，是付上了很大的代价换回来的。
如果说人力资源是新加坡的惟一资源，过去50年，新加坡却有很多人才并没有得到珍惜。在工业化时代，通过考试发挥淘汰"废品"的作用，不少年轻人是被单语课程、EM3、普通（工艺）课程，分流制度的"一刀切"丢弃的。
我们从两个"出走"后"衣锦还乡"的人上人，确定我们今天重新评估"人才"的标准，是太有必要了。

In a matter of a single generation, Singapore has developed rapidly from a third-world to a first-world country. This development has come at a heavy price, however.
Even though it is always said that human capital is Singapore's most valuable resource, many talented individuals have been overlooked in the past 50 years and a large number of them have been rendered worthless by Singapore's examination system. These are people who have failed in the one-solution-fits-all streaming system that gave rise to the monolingual curriculum, EM3 stream, and the Normal (Technical) course.