Interesting Quote From The New A*STAR Chairman...

Taken from a CNA report ("Lack of S'porean researchers limits S'pore's push to be R&D hub: A*STAR", CNA, 14/4/2007)

"Within Singapore right now, people feel that maybe pursuing research and development is too high an opportunity cost because the training and preparation period is a very long one, and in the meanwhile you can earn a lot in the private sector. But those are just material reasons. It's quite important to develop enough intrinsic motivation to say that 'I get so much pleasure from doing all this work, I want to do it regardless'." -- LG (NS) Lim Chuan Poh, new chairman of A*STAR