Old thinking versus new thinking

When the founding fathers took over Singapore, there were very few local
talents. In those early days, there was a saying that the talents in a
block of 5rm HDB flats would be enough to make a govt. That was all the
talents we have.
 
But fear not, the founding leaders were not going to let this lack of
talents derailed the building of a new nation. We will train our own
talents. In every