Sunday, August 10, 2008

Labour

You may consider I am completely outdated.

We should not work when there is a typhoon, the working hour should be limited, and there should be post-call day-off ... all are simple labour laws that we should follow.

Yes, those are labour laws. That's why by following the laws you become a labour, not professional.

Nonetheless, the ones who make the biggest thrust in pushing for these "benefits" gain so much popularity that they are almost taken as the Che Guevara of the local medical community.

Would it be possible that pushing for these "benefits" is merely betraying our professional stand in an attempt to achieve certain personal political agenda ? For the backbencher ?

Oh, maybe not. He may just be simple and naive.

But the harm is done. No one could tell a clever crook from a naive idealist - and I have a low opinion on either.

3 comments:

TW said...

I think the seed of this is due to the SLOW PROGRESSION of the professional ladder.
If you cannot get out of the hardship in limited time, the only thing you can ask for is to limit the hardship, then it all became a culture and spread and now become the new standard. Moreover the young generations generally belief that life is not all about work now(which is quite true).
Come on old chap, you need to accept the new standard and 與時並盡呀.

TW said...

sorry, slip of tougue, should be 與時並進,haha.

JW said...

TW, I have just realised that your "accent" is also reflected on your writing!