Reporters: Why did PAP put Dr Chia Shi Lu in Tanjong Pagar, where there was no contest? When you previously said that all MPs worth their salt have to "fight to win"? Why not send him to Tampines and keep Baey Yam Keng in Tanjong Pagar?
PM Lee: Then why don't you ask Low Thia Khiang why he is contesting in Aljunied, and not Tanjong Pagar?
Reporters: Isn't it a weakness of the GRC system that voters have to accept someone who hasn't even been introduced to the media before becoming an MP?
PM Lee: It's not our fault that the opposition didn't contest in Tanjong Pagar.
DPM Wong Kan Seng: How could we have known where the opposition would contest? No one knew.
Reporters: (asking about the "SDP issue")
PM Lee: No! No! No! The SDP issue is not an issue! This election is not about Section 377A or about the gays. This election is about Singapore! There are issues facing Singapore and we need to debate these issues. We can never get unanimity (is this even a word) on any issue because there are different opinions. Maybe if you ask people do they agree that Singapore should be independent, 95% would agree. But normally, if two-thirds agree, one-third go along with it, then I think we have done well.
PM Lee: Then why don't you ask Low Thia Khiang why he is contesting in Aljunied, and not Tanjong Pagar?
Reporters: Isn't it a weakness of the GRC system that voters have to accept someone who hasn't even been introduced to the media before becoming an MP?
PM Lee: It's not our fault that the opposition didn't contest in Tanjong Pagar.
DPM Wong Kan Seng: How could we have known where the opposition would contest? No one knew.
Reporters: (asking about the "SDP issue")
PM Lee: No! No! No! The SDP issue is not an issue! This election is not about Section 377A or about the gays. This election is about Singapore! There are issues facing Singapore and we need to debate these issues. We can never get unanimity (is this even a word) on any issue because there are different opinions. Maybe if you ask people do they agree that Singapore should be independent, 95% would agree. But normally, if two-thirds agree, one-third go along with it, then I think we have done well.
