Long live PAP! Minister to the rescue

[Froggy]

HEAR ALL ABOUT IT!

MILLION DOLLAR MINISTER OF STATE TO THE RESCUE!



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The Tanjong Pagar GRC MP was defending a resident in her ward whose attire Miss Singapore Universe 2013 finalist Jesslyn Tan had mocked in a recent Facebook post.

Mr Koh Hee Huat, 55, was asleep in the MRT and wearing a T-shirt with a hole in it.

Ms Tan, 25, posted a photograph of him on Wednesday with the caption: "Holey moley. Sibei trendy worzxxz."

Sibei is a Hokkien word meaning "very".

Ms Indranee said many people had criticised the post, and Ms Tan had since removed it and apologised for being insensitive, "albeit online and not to Mr Koh directly".

But the MP said she wanted to address the issue from the man's perspective, "so people can understand the impact the episode has had on him".

Her post attracted more than 20,000 "likes", and was shared nearly 4,000 times.

Ms Indranee described the helper at Ye Shanghai Teochew Muay stall at Bukit Merah View as a hardworking man and a familiar face to her and cabbies on the night shift.

He is on his feet from evening until 3am, taking orders and dishing out the food into small plates, she said.
"He makes an honest living to support his mother and his family. His wife works at the same stall. He has a daughter waiting to enter polytechnic," Ms Indranee added.

She said Mr Koh was bewildered why he was singled out.

"His T-shirts have holes because he wears them for work. The stall has metal fixtures, which snag on the T-shirts, causing them to tear. It's just part and parcel of his work environment, in the same way that people who wear overalls may get grease stains, or outdoor workers get dust on their uniforms," she wrote.

Mr Koh also felt a deep loss of face and hurt, as many customers asked him about the comment, and he initially thought of quitting his job because of it, she added.

But his boss encouraged him to keep working, as did she and her grassroots leader.

Ms Indranee urged visitors to the area to encourage him.


"If anyone merits a boost, it is this quiet, hardworking, unassuming man. He may not be sibei trendy but he is definitely 'sibei ho.'" (Hokkien for very good)

Noting the adage "the pen is mightier than the sword" still holds true in the Internet age, she said: "A sword cuts deep but words can cut deeper. We need to have a care in what we say about others."

 

[zhihau]

my oh my... the pen is mightier than a sword...

 

[laksaboy]

Holey moley. Sibei tua liap worzxxz.

 

[rushifa666]

Who sez you need to be at geylang to see a prostitute?

 

[zhihau]

Sibei tua liap worzxxz.

bro,
thought you coined the term induanee previously? think should be jintuanee :p:p:p

 

[Leongsam]

This is further proof that we need ministers of high calibre.

Without the minister's encouragement, the poor fellow would have ended up a mental case. She has single handedly preserved his sanity.

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

hooray!!!!! must support him sia go eat at his stall.

 

[potter]

Dun wear shirt with holes, bad 风水..:o

 

[tanwahtiu]

the girl shd refute this MP for taking a shot for political gain. It may further caused her to lose her opportunity for the contest.

I see nothing wrong with her comment. Furthermore she is exchanging or talking to her friedn. Her friends are brain-washed PAP mentality full of negativity in life. Go get fucked if you have such friends around.


She may have the creative fashion talent, the next Armani fashion designer. A hole in the T-shirt could be fashion, the next in thing. Angmoh made torn out jeans and make a fortune out of it? There are jeans cut into half and worn by singers and performers. It is not old jeans but new factory jean.


No wonder talented Singaporeans have fled and make good in another country.

This sort of respond is typical PAP style, taking a shot at opposition. No future in Singapore for the talents.








What make it worse was the negativity of the responder to take a shot at her feel lousy.

my oh my... the pen is mightier than a sword...

 

[tanwahtiu]

She see a hole in a t-shirt as opportunity a fashion, the next in thing. anything wrong making this assumption.

What has it to do with high caliber MP? Do you see a group of men wearing white shirt and white pant as a clean political party that they want you to think they are?

This is further proof that we need ministers of high calibre.

Without the minister's encouragement, the poor fellow would have ended up a mental case. She has single handedly preserved his sanity.

 

[steffychun]

Will she be promoted to senior minister because of this?

 

[GoldenPeriod]

In Singapore, your self worth is solely measured in $$$$ terms. No $$$, girls simply look down upon you as total scum.

 

[wendychan]

In Singapore, your self worth is solely measured in $$$$ terms. No $$$, girls simply look down upon you as total scum.

hear hear..... i know the feeling....... not the girls but, but the other bit

 

[virus]

hear hear..... i know the feeling....... not the girls but, but the other bit

i dont mind encouraging him but hw much he willing to pay? if everyone goes to his stall to encourage him then the other stalls close shop then how?

 

[virus]

This is further proof that we need ministers of high calibre.

Without the minister's encouragement, the poor fellow would have ended up a mental case. She has single handedly preserved his sanity.

how is horse after cannon called high calibre?

she didnt even stand out for him at the first hour. ok maybe she exercising maximum restraint.

 

[Froggy]

Senior Minister liao Whao.

 

[eatshitndie]

will have to try the teochew muay. :p

 

[xingguy]

Best Time To Milk Political Mileage Is When The Storm Is Over

Really, "man in that pic is my resident, Mr Koh Hee Huat, and I have known him for many years."
Then why didn't she come out in his defence when Jesslyn Tan started her shitty nonsense.

Walk her talk and get Jesslyn Tan disqualified.

There is another old man in her GRC whom she partner with is not doing anything and yet collecting monthly salary (funded by the public) of more than $10K.
Yet she sees no wrong in that

 

[LEGEND]

Re: Best Time To Milk Political Mileage Is When The Storm Is Over

I m disgusted by these people's action.

 

[jw5]

the penis mightier than thesword

something iswrong with mykeyboard

my oh my... the pen is mightier than a sword...