Why must Singapore not be complacent in her achievements(Joan)

Singapore is one country that trumpets our achievements to the world. We are not afraid to tell everyone we have done well. Even so, we should not be complacent over our achievements, we may have a fast growing economy and a lot of achievements. It's not only Singapore that have achievements, China is way ahead of Singapore in terms of economical progress by shipping and the container-shipping market. We can be proud and show everyone but not be complacent. If everybody in Singapore becomes complacent, what will happen to Singapore? Everybody will not work as they are over satisfied with what we have done and thinks we are good enough. Singapore's economy will collapse. Also, the economy in the world is fast pacing and ever changing, we have to constantly catch up and work towards the common vision of a better and more prosperous Singapore. Thus, we do not have time to be complacent over our achievements. This is further emphasized by the bilateral ties between China and Singapore is a two-way street as we are both learning from each other and how to improve our own country. Therefore, Singapore can be proud but not complacent over her achievements in this 50 and coming 51 years of independence.

Why Singapore must not be complacent in her achievements. (Ji Yin)

Singapore has definitely made many achievements over the years. Yes, I think Singaporeans should be proud of our achievements, there is nothing wrong in being happy or pleased with oneself. However, not necessarily complacent. In my opinion, complacency hides our weaknesses. How are we supposed to go forward without knowing our weaknesses and how to improve them? There is no such thing as perfection, there is always room for improvements. In the articles, it shows that Singapore still has a lot to work on despite her achievements, and being complacent is in no means helpful for improvement. This is something like the story of the tortoise and the hare. The hare got complacent during the race and decided to take a nap. In the meantime, the tortoise overtakes the hare and won the race.We live in an ever changing society and to maintain where we are, we have to continue striving. Being complacent makes us stop working hard. What happens if Singapore stops working hard? We will soon be overtaken by other countries. After we've come so far in these 50 years everything goes down the drain. So, does Singapore want to be the hare, or the tortoise?

Why Singapore must not be complacent in her achievements (Yiting)

Complacent - showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements
Indeed, as a small and young nation, Singapore has obtained numerous achievements through the hard works and efforts by mostly our pioneer generation. However, we must not be complacent, or rather, haolian (a common Hokkien term used in Singapore, suggesting arrogance). Yes, complacence and arrogance hold two different meanings but I feel that any complacency may eventually lead to  arrogance. Despite our outstanding titles, we should still continue to strive for improvement and work hard to build our nation. I believe that even the sky isn't the limit and there is always room to make things better. Even if Singapore ranks #1 in every single positive aspect, there is still no reason for complacency as the difference between us and other nations show that there is still much more to learn from others as what we see as flaws in others may actually be a good learning point for us. "Look beyond the surface". I've forgotten where I've heard this quote from but it holds a strong meaning. We should always look beyond the surface as even what we see with our own eyes may not be the truth. So despite our achievements, we should always still strive to be better then how we were before, and learn from others, be it from their flaws or achievements. Complacency will prevent us from striving for improvement as we will be overly proud of ourselves, thinking that we are already the best and unbeatable, causing us to just live life as it is now, not making any positive adjustments to better the lives of our nation. Thus, I feel that in order to further improve ourselves, we must not be complacent in our nation's achievements.

Why Singapore must not be complacent in her achievements? (Shalyn)

Singapore has progressed and grown a lot over the years. We have many achievements, be it the economy we have now or even our social status. Even though we have obtained so many achievements over the past 50 years, we must never be complacent. In fact, we as a nation, need to work harder to overcome even more challenges as we progress through the years.

If Singapore becomes complacent, we will start to think that because of the many achievements and things we have accomplished, there is no need to work hard anymore as we are still able to accomplish great things with minimal effort. This attitude that we have when we are complacent will affect us because other countries will be able to see that flaw of ours and will do their best to be even better than us.

It is just like how students should not be complacent because they scored really well in a test or topped the class. If they become complacent, they will not make any effort to improve and will start to take the tests lightly. In actual reality, when they have received their next test results, they will realise the drop in their marks or grades and will start to buck up again. This shows that for Singapore to maintain our 'level' or to continue to get many achievements, all of us have to work hard together and grow as one country. Complacency? No, forget it.