The Complete Works of Kuo Pao Kun, VIII: Interview 郭宝崑全集，第八卷：访谈

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The economy has been achieving excellence progress since Singapore independence. Kuo Pao Kun feels that culture building is relatively neglected compare with emphasis of economy in Singapore. Although starting from 1990s, the government invested heavily in culture, but its coverage is still too shallow. He said that we cannot neglect literature, history, philosophy, religion and mythology education should we want to improve the progression of our culture. “While the Government put in a lot of money supporting orchestra, theater groups, dance companies, we could not have something in-depth should we lack of foundation. Most pressing work to be done is to rethink and to build the base for our culture. There are great gap in our knowledge structure. There is no awareness of the importance of cultural building which we need to invest in generations of effort.

(In Chinese, titles and names translated from Chinese)“Sowing Seed Of Drama In The Wilderness” written by Xiao Jiahui , "The Complete Works of Kuo Pao Kun, VIII: Interview " chief edited by Quah Sy Ren and edited by Chen Ming-luan, Practice Performing Arts Centre and World Scientific co-published in March 2011, Page 26


新加坡自独立以来，经济取得卓越成就。相对于经济，郭宝崑认为新加坡的文化建设被忽略太久。尽管1990年代起，政府在文化上大力投资，但涉及层面仍然嫌浅。他说，若要在文化建设上做根本的补救，就不能轻视文学、历史、哲学、宗教与神话教育。“政府虽拿很多钱支援乐团、剧团、舞团，但欠缺底蕴，再支援十年也出不了有深度的东西。大力建设文学，思考文化建设是当务之急，但我们的知识结构里有很大的缺口，意识上没有认识到文化建设的重要，这需要经历几代人的工作。”

--萧佳慧著〈在荒原上播戏剧的种子〉，柯思仁总编辑、陈鸣鸾主编《郭宝崑全集，第八卷：访谈》，实践表演艺术中心与八方文化创作室联合出版，2011年3月，第26页