What a way to do a survey!

I read the review in today's Straits Times about the NMRC 's (National Medical Research Council) plans to survey patients' and potential subjects' attitudes towards participating in clinical trials. This is the second bit of information that has come out about this survey. I remember reading something in the papers a couple of days ago as well. No doubt it will be a useful and time survey. But it just struck me as odd that just before the survey is conducted, the NMRC should flood the public domain with reasons for conducting the survey, and information that will clearly affect prevailing attitudes. I guess it doesn't matter to them as long as the survey is conducted. No one can say they didn't try!

Cynically one can say that it's very much a Singaporean approach towards these things....like telling people, " Now guys, look here....we are going to survey your attitudes about this thing ...but first let me tell you what your attitudes ought to be!"

It's quite funny.