He was coy about his reasons for participating but claimed he had ‘no choice’, as ‘national interest is there’ and he was, in effect, duty bound. Earlier, he had invoked the imagery of an approaching ‘perfect storm’ in the global economy as a prime motivation.
He denied any conflict of interest, and actually (not surprisingly) claimed that his GIC experience would actually be a plus point which would help him make ‘possibly’ better decisions than others in protecting the reserves and ensuring it’s proper management.
But, commonsense says that it would indeed take some believing his claim that he could do a better job as an EP ‘guiding’ govt’s efforts in this respect from a ringside seat, like a ‘back seat’ driver, as compared to being directly involved in the arena taming the lions! That was precisely what he was doing before the ‘call-up’.
If for one moment that is true, then he has just rubbished his previous GIC jobs. Patently, therefore, this is not true!
- http://thetwophilo.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/the-curious-case-of-tony-tan/
He denied any conflict of interest, and actually (not surprisingly) claimed that his GIC experience would actually be a plus point which would help him make ‘possibly’ better decisions than others in protecting the reserves and ensuring it’s proper management.
But, commonsense says that it would indeed take some believing his claim that he could do a better job as an EP ‘guiding’ govt’s efforts in this respect from a ringside seat, like a ‘back seat’ driver, as compared to being directly involved in the arena taming the lions! That was precisely what he was doing before the ‘call-up’.
If for one moment that is true, then he has just rubbished his previous GIC jobs. Patently, therefore, this is not true!
- http://thetwophilo.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/the-curious-case-of-tony-tan/
