|
When
informed about the launch of this site, the question
from friends invariably was "The dot.com world
is coming down fast. Why start another site?"
The answer: It's not a business idea. The purpose
is to fill a need, to explain the news and a web-site
is the way to go. Besides, in a technological
revolution, the stock market has nothing to do
with real life.
And that reality is a fast-moving, complex world
where changes are coming so thick and fast that
many people are finding it hard to keep up.
LittleSpeck.com is, of course, not a newspaper,
but it will perform an important function of one
- explaining the broad trends in Singapore and
the region, especially Indonesia and Malaysia.
In recent years so much has changed that there
is hardly anyone - businessman, worker, student,
parent - whose life is not affected by it, and
it is only the beginning.
This is the age of Pokemon and broadband wonders,
educational evolution and digital sex, where old
values are being torn down, and new ones, many
of them alien to the people, are promoted.
Influx of foreign talent, funky lifestyles, creative
education, risk-taking are stirring up worries
- and excitement. Yes, with the anxiety, comes
a feeling that the future will be promising.
The younger generation of Internet-savvy, tech-skilled,
youths are exuberant about the new borderless
world that has revalued their talent. Life, for
them, is definitely funkier.
In short, a new spirit is hanging over this little
speck of a country. How can we catch it and nail
it to the wall so that every one can see it and
understand it?
The objectives of LittleSpeck.Com, which is
free, are:
- Firstly, to contribute to make viewers better
informed about the new era, so that they can cope
with the changes. Only by being well informed
- about Singapore and the region - can people
exercise the right options for themselves and
their children.
- Secondly, to draw upon some past experiences
- despite the new economy - to help us face the
uncertainties of the new world.
No nation can afford to leap into the new world,
without keeping some of the old one. Every web-site,
like every newspaper, has its own characteristic
and identity.
LittleSpeck.com has neither an anti-government
nor anti-opposition goal and if it criticises,
as it has to, at times, it is because it is committed
to Singapore,. It also wants to promote friendship
with its neighbours. So please join in to make
it work.
Seah Chiang Nee
|
