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The findings of the Singapore National Values Assessment of 2018 were published on Monday, July 30 during an in camera roundtable organized by the Institute of Political Studies (IPS)
]. jointly conducted by aAdvantage Consulting Group and Barrett Values Center for the third time in a row, was also performed previously in 2012 and 2015.
<p class = "canvas-atom web-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0 ) – -sm Mt (0.8em) – sm "type =" text "content =" Six of the seven nega values of the current society in the survey of 2018 – " kiasu ", " competitiveness "," materialistic "," blame "," kiasi "and" egocentrism "- also appeared in the 2015 survey while" complaining "was a new added value to the last survey. "data-reactid =" 51 "> Six of the seven negative values of today's society in the survey of 2018 -" kiasu "," competitiveness "," materialistic "," blame " , " kiasi " and "egocentrism" – also appeared in the 2015 survey while "complaining" was a new added value to the last survey.
On these negative values, Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser of the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore (NUS), said during the discussion, "Are these the things that prevent Singaporeans to be what they see or perceive best? "
" We have great aspirations but society can hold us back "he added. Overall, Professor Tan gave a "C" to the section on how Singaporeans perceive the current society.
Vincent Ho, Director of aAdvantage Consulting Group spoke of the value of "complaining" to the discussion. "Complaining could be a good thing … if people complain and because of them, openly discuss what went wrong and (their) different perspectives, then there could be positive results" , said Ho
. the survey on the desired society, respondents listed the 10 core values as "affordable housing", "care for the elderly", "compassionate", "care for the disadvantaged", "effective health care", " respect for the environment "," reliable public services "," educational opportunities "," concern for future generations "and" respect ".
On personal values, respondents mentioned "family", "health", "care", "friendship", "responsibility", "Honesty", "happiness", "compassion", "balance" (home / work "), and" humor / fun "as the first 10 values that best describe themselves.
Prof Tan gave an" A- "for each section on the desired society and personal values
L & # The survey interviewed 2,000 Singaporeans over the age of 16 between March and May, using a stratified sample of quotas representing Singapore Respondents were asked most of the time – face-to-face – three questions in which they chose 10 on a list of about 80 to 120 words that best describe themselves
(SCREENCAP: aAdvantage & BVC)
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