And I say to you under the moonlightYou look so beautiful tonightWell, its like 3am in the morning
and I'll have to push through inertia at 7am
Yeah, its my last paper TODAY
I do really hope I can make it through
Singapore tries to promote her Arts & culture
How effective is it?
Well figures show that Singapores' arts is the lowest in the region
and that its media, research shows its 3 times that of Arts
But do numbers really prove anything?
Singapore in its effort to boost its Art's campaign
lauch its first Arts programme known as Arts central in err 1990s
Due to its low viewership, Arts central has been shared with other
media companies like Kids central as well as Vasatham central.
This is one way
The newest and upcoming latest infrastructure
the ever so popular Integrated Resort aka IR is pounding its way
Its made up of Three specified areas
The Casino, The resort, The gallery
The gallery would be promoting sg Arts and Culture
This is another way
Another way is to boost Arts education in Singapore
PM Lee says recently that he is investing 250m into the teaching career
But out of this money, How much is going in to the Arts faculty?
I think SG should boost the professionalism of the arts teaching industry
Entrepreneurs in the Arts region should rise up with the monetary aid of the government
Arts in education form should be diversified.
You can't define Arts, it has many forms.
Arts students should be allowed to express their thoughts freely through poetic means,
as well as expressing their inner most thoughts through artistic value
On the average, there are about 8 classes in every JC that offers Arts.
Then why do stats show that Arts is on the declining rate
In a small country like SG, efficiency is the top priority
Human population is all we got
Out of all these, How many people are majoring in Arts
As in degress, honours and masters?
If you wanna calculate, well don't forget Singapore is made of ageing population
What's life in Singapore like?
Do middle-age man have enough time for his appreciation fo on the Arts?
Or all he thinks about is Work, boss, family, and clients?
Fact to fact, if he plans and priortise his time, He has time
The thing is that what do typical Singaporean do with his spare time?
Efforts made to touch that button for entertainment purposes?
or is it to be in a horizontal meditation?
The arts sector is not made up of degree holders
Its expertise depends on individuals like you and me
Just a small appreciation of The Arts, or just a trip down to the museum
would greatly boost Singapore Arts&Culture economy.
Like one would say, If I were to collect from every singaporean $1
I would end up being a millionaire.
What goes around comes around
Its the same for the Art culture in Singapore
How then to boost Singapore Arts and culture exports?
since stats declares that we are only ammateurs in the Arts realm
well, a thousand mile begins with a single footstep.
Tourism in Singapore is on the rise
make use of that.
The recent IMF meetings held in Suntec city as well as The esplanade
has caused major inconveniences for SBS as well as commuters like you & I
Why esplanade?
Simple, its the government's bid to boost its arts and enhance its Arts exports competitiveness
as well as to seek hopefully not yield to foreigners advice.
One major weakness for the Art's World economy
Arts cannot be defined.
Now, comes the million-dollar question
Since we pratice resource allocative efficiency
which means in lame man terms "making use of every acre of land we have"
why are Arts still recognise in the world today
Pop-culture domination has globalised the world
musical notes beating its rhythm into the thumping hearts of youths
ipods are seen almost everywhere you go
the simple truth.
1.Singapore has to major in every sector as humans are "their only hope"
2.Arts have a part to play in bringing us to where we are today
one more thing, music can be classified under the Arts.
my take to it is that Arts should be offered to students who are not so academically inclined
the govt should recognise the talents of these youths and export it.
These students are usually really talented in the Arts especially in the area of music
Oh well, econs tmr.
hope I do well.
