Times are changing. Even as the non-graduates are now being combined together with graduates scheme, the data for officers reaching MX9 will change as well. That being said, it is a misconception that people who join the civil service are those without ambition and drive.
Providing medicine but at what cost? How much do they sell them? It is of no value if your medicine can cure illness, but only to those who can afford them. And that is the reality of almost all big pharma companies. If you truly want to talk about those research, I believe basic research are the ones who attempt to solve those simple problems, that truly benefit the world. But of course, basic research usually resides in IHLs and research institutes funded by government or
VWO, and are not that fixated on B2B. In pharma, it is all about the value to translate to an actual product no?
Btw QC/QA and the likes are niche areas, and usually people who are into those tend to specialize in them for years. I doubt it is your everyday event that a person can be rotated around lab and onto management/corporate track. Makes absolutely no sense as these are roles that are specialised, and once you've trained them, you hardly want to take them off elsewhere.
You can say that the government seems to be working more for
PAP, but that is only because
PAP is the ruling party. In truth, the system is such that regardless of the ruling party, Singapore will continue to function as per normal. The system truly is for the benefit of Singapore. But as with politics, it is inevitable that certain mileage be squeezed for political brownies.