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Sunday, March 23, 2008

Singapore's Happiest Citizen contest 

Attention, citizens of Alpha Compl-- I mean, Singapore! Does your recorded Happiness Quotient meet the following qualification levels?
  1. Singapore citizens above 18 years of age

  2. Happy smiling disposition – others feel good to be around them

  3. Ability to be happy no matter what life presents them

  4. Has a strong sense of community and belonging – family and friends

  5. Stays consistently happy – not up one moment and down the next

  6. Contributes to society by bringing happiness to others

If you, Singaporean citizen, are in fact deliriously happy at all times (or at least all times monitored by Internal Security cameras), Global Leadership Academy, a consulting firm in Singapore, wants someone to nominate you for its search to find the authoritarian city-state's Happiest Person 2008.

GLA founder Philip Merry told Channel NewsAsia he was inspired to start the contest after a study found that citizens of Singapore and South Korea, two of Asia's most prosperous economies, rated their countries among the most stressful places to live. "Singaporeans fret about financial security and retirement," Merry said. "Many Singaporeans are concerned they do not have enough money to grow old gracefully, and that seems to make them unhappy."

Global Leadership is accepting nominations of Singapore citizens through the end of March for an award to be announced at its New Science of Happiness and Well-Being Conference on April 4th. Anyone can nominate a Singapore citizen by e-mailing -- not making this up -- happiest@simply-happy.com .

(Via Metroblogging Singapore.)

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