(wwabbit, pl check for accuracy)
A very passionate individual about his party and his politics, I wonder how many Dr Lim Wee Kiaks we have in the PAP and the establishment. Unlike the average politician, people like Dr Lim tend to be overzealous and more akin to followers of City Harvest where Rev Kong could do no wrong.
Not a scholar, neither one who was parachuted into the party, he has been active in grassroot activties for nearly a decade before he was picked by the party in 2006 to stand as an MP. One would have thought that soneone with years of grassroots work would have better understanding of the ground and could have sensed the tectonic shift in ground sentiments where indigenous Singaporeans are concerned. Yet his speech in parliament on the white paper was completely off the mark.
This is the same man who made the bizarre comments about the ministerial salaries where he felt that the Minister of Information who earns half a million cannot handle a media CEO who draws millions. Can you imagine Obama, David Cameron and the rest of world leaders struggling to handle media CEOs as they all earn mich less. Mind you he is a medical doctor.
We are not talking about alternate and competing views. We are talking about things that don't resonate with most sane people.
Here is a quote.
“The feedback I received from my friends was that the alternative plans would kill the economy and this is euthanasia for Singapore. Between suicide for PAP versus euthanasia for the country… my choice is clear, I support the White Paper.”
Note the attachment to the economy. By the near end of the debate, most people following the debate knew the issue was not about the economy but about the people and the future of Singaporeans especially after the word "core" surfaced.
A very passionate individual about his party and his politics, I wonder how many Dr Lim Wee Kiaks we have in the PAP and the establishment. Unlike the average politician, people like Dr Lim tend to be overzealous and more akin to followers of City Harvest where Rev Kong could do no wrong.
Not a scholar, neither one who was parachuted into the party, he has been active in grassroot activties for nearly a decade before he was picked by the party in 2006 to stand as an MP. One would have thought that soneone with years of grassroots work would have better understanding of the ground and could have sensed the tectonic shift in ground sentiments where indigenous Singaporeans are concerned. Yet his speech in parliament on the white paper was completely off the mark.
This is the same man who made the bizarre comments about the ministerial salaries where he felt that the Minister of Information who earns half a million cannot handle a media CEO who draws millions. Can you imagine Obama, David Cameron and the rest of world leaders struggling to handle media CEOs as they all earn mich less. Mind you he is a medical doctor.
We are not talking about alternate and competing views. We are talking about things that don't resonate with most sane people.
Here is a quote.
“The feedback I received from my friends was that the alternative plans would kill the economy and this is euthanasia for Singapore. Between suicide for PAP versus euthanasia for the country… my choice is clear, I support the White Paper.”
Note the attachment to the economy. By the near end of the debate, most people following the debate knew the issue was not about the economy but about the people and the future of Singaporeans especially after the word "core" surfaced.