This is your Minister of State for Defence

[Masamune Date]

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Minister of State for Defence, Associate Professor Koo Tsai Kee, and the Minister of Defence for New Zealand, Dr Wayne Mapp, met the troops at the Waiouru Training Area. The two also observed a battalion live-firing exercise involving the FH-2000 Field Howitzer and the Singapore Self-Propelled Howitzer, Primus. There are about 400 SAF personnel from the 20th and 21st Battalions taking part in this year's exercise, which runs till early February.

Both SAF and the New Zealand Defence Force have worked together in multinational reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. Prof Koo is currently on an official visit to New Zealand. His visit is part of the regular ministerial exchanges between Singapore and New Zealand. During his visit, he also met up with Ms Heather Roy, Associate Minister of Defence and Education, at the New Zealand defence ministry yesterday.
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Prof Koo Tsai Kee calling on Defence Minister Dr Wayne.

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[jw5]

I really want to say what I think, but I think I had better not.

 

[Highfalutin]

I really want to say what I think, but I think I had better not.

Don't mind if I do. This fucker was the one who embarrassed even Lee Kuan Yew when he equates Singapore with the PAP and vise versa. And he is also a fucking disgrace to the Singapore Combat Engineers NSF who had fulfilled their obligations under the most trying of demands in service of their country. MANY WILL CARRY BACK AND JOINT PROBLEMS ALL THEIR WAY TO THE GRAVE. And why the fuck is he still carrying around the honorific associate professor tag all these years?

 

[Brightkid]

Who is this guy ? One of those 'sneak-in-from-back-door-MP' ?

Anyway, I won't know at least half those in parliment even if you show me their photo, let alone a name.

 

[Papsmearer]

Why the picture on his business card so different from the recent pic of him. His hair gone completely grey/white compared to the business card pic. He not paiseh meh? Should change to a more recent photo mah, otherwise its false advertising.

 

[scroobal]

He was one of PAP's rising star but fell out of favour for making numerous "eric how" type of controversial comments in parliament and in the press. He was given a gag order but old man relies on him for Tanjong Pagar.

Don't mind if I do. This fucker was the one who embarrassed even Lee Kuan Yew when he equates Singapore with the PAP and vise versa. And he is also a fucking disgrace to the Singapore Combat Engineers NSF who had fulfilled their obligations under the most trying of demands in service of their country. MANY WILL CARRY BACK AND JOINT PROBLEMS ALL THEIR WAY TO THE GRAVE. And why the fuck is he still carrying around the honorific associate professor tag all these years?

 

[gone4good]

This guy is arrogant in handling residents matters and also anti-police from what i heard. He behaved as if he own the country similar to LKY which is probably a reason why LKY and him are not really on good terms cos both ego are too big to accommodate each other

 

[Highfalutin]

He was one of PAP's rising star but fell out of favour for making numerous "eric how" type of controversial comments in parliament and in the press. He was given a gag order but old man relies on him for Tanjong Pagar.

You will never find this jerk talking about procreation policies. Wonder whether their childless marriage is a life style choice or Mother Nature's QC problem.