Sociological Imagination And Research M
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Question 1a
Blogger Roy Ngerng created a ripple when he wrote on his blog that Singapore government used retirement fund of citizens to invest in their investment firms to earn money for themselves. The aftermaths of his words reverberated among the public and the Ministers. Some were positive but many were negative, wanting immediate fix by the public while the Ministers struggled to address many unanswered questions to contain the intensity of the issue. At the end of the whole saga, blogger Roy Ngerng lost his job and was sued by Prime Minister for defamation (The online Citizen, 2014) - a typical ending when powerful forces were challenged by an unarmed common man. In the midst of it, CPF policies were blamed for the woes of many Singaporeans, especially the lower income group while the rich were perhaps not as badly affected by these policies. Singaporeans depend on the CPF money to pay for their HDB houses, hospital bills and retirement fund. But many Singaporeans obviously feel that they never get to withdraw their own savings or rather the policies set by the government limit them from doing so.
From sociological imagination (Mills, C.W., 1959), one can easily see that Roy Ngerng’s blog has unearthed public’s unhappiness over how their CPF money is being handled. The supporters of Roy Ngerng are not hot-blooded netizens, vying to strike out at the government at the first given chance but rather most of them were in 30s to 40s and senior citizens (The Online Citizen, 2014). They were concerned about their future and frustrated over their savings being locked away by government when they have personal obligations and wishes to fulfill using that money. Even Members of Parliament were helpless when citizens approached them to release their Minimum Sum fund. The government is tight-fisted on letting citizens use their own savings and controversially keeps on increasing the minimum sum at every
Question 1a
Blogger Roy Ngerng created a ripple when he wrote on his blog that Singapore government used retirement fund of citizens to invest in their investment firms to earn money for themselves. The aftermaths of his words reverberated among the public and the Ministers. Some were positive but many were negative, wanting immediate fix by the public while the Ministers struggled to address many unanswered questions to contain the intensity of the issue. At the end of the whole saga, blogger Roy Ngerng lost his job and was sued by Prime Minister for defamation (The online Citizen, 2014) - a typical ending when powerful forces were challenged by an unarmed common man. In the midst of it, CPF policies were blamed for the woes of many Singaporeans, especially the lower income group while the rich were perhaps not as badly affected by these policies. Singaporeans depend on the CPF money to pay for their HDB houses, hospital bills and retirement fund. But many Singaporeans obviously feel that they never get to withdraw their own savings or rather the policies set by the government limit them from doing so.
From sociological imagination (Mills, C.W., 1959), one can easily see that Roy Ngerng’s blog has unearthed public’s unhappiness over how their CPF money is being handled. The supporters of Roy Ngerng are not hot-blooded netizens, vying to strike out at the government at the first given chance but rather most of them were in 30s to 40s and senior citizens (The Online Citizen, 2014). They were concerned about their future and frustrated over their savings being locked away by government when they have personal obligations and wishes to fulfill using that money. Even Members of Parliament were helpless when citizens approached them to release their Minimum Sum fund. The government is tight-fisted on letting citizens use their own savings and controversially keeps on increasing the minimum sum at every