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06-08-2013, 11:30 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
Multi-million $ Ministar Tan CJ does not tolerate negative opinions, even if they are made in a personal capacity. It follows that he does not tolerate free speech and freedom of expression.
Sink-a-pore will end up worse than North Korea if the ministar one day becomes the PM.
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Help improve things if not happy with country: Minister
By Toh Yong Chuan, The Straits Times, 6 August 2013, page B2
SINGAPOREANS who are not happy with the country should try to improve things instead of running down the country, Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said yesterday.
“Singapore is not perfect, no society is perfect,” he noted.
“There may be things we are unhappy about, things can always be better, but that is very different from running down our own people, our own society.”
He pointed to two letters from Singaporeans that were published online last week on Yahoo News. He did not name their writers.
A check online, however, shows the letters were written by operations manager Brian Vittachi, 56, and public relations consultant Wang Su Lin, 40. Mr Vittachi had asked his sister not to return to Singapore from Sri Lanka. “Singapore has sold its soul,” he wrote, while Sri Lanka has natural beauty, culture and character.
Ms Wang said she is not ashamed of being gay but ashamed of being a Singaporean. She has emigrated to Canada which she felt was more welcoming and tolerant.
Mr Tan said he wished them well but hoped the duo would also “find it in themselves to contribute and help build Singapore”.
The minister, who praised volunteers and public servants who work to improve the lives of Singaporeans, was speaking at his ministry’s National Day Observance ceremony.
In his speech, Mr Tan also reiterated that the pace of restructuring to reduce Singapore’s reliance on foreign labour will not be slowed. But he pledged the Government will continue to help affected workers.
Companies can do their part as well by hiring more older workers and women, he said.
An officer at the event, who asked not to be named as she was not authorised to speak to the media, said: “It is not just the country, but policies are also not perfect, but what is important is that we identify what is wrong and fix them, instead of just complaining.”
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://singsupplies.com/showthread.php?159090-Sink-a-pore-will-become-lagi-worse-than-North-Korea-if-this-Ministar-becomes-PM&goto=newpost).
Multi-million $ Ministar Tan CJ does not tolerate negative opinions, even if they are made in a personal capacity. It follows that he does not tolerate free speech and freedom of expression.
Sink-a-pore will end up worse than North Korea if the ministar one day becomes the PM.
************************************************** ****************
Help improve things if not happy with country: Minister
By Toh Yong Chuan, The Straits Times, 6 August 2013, page B2
SINGAPOREANS who are not happy with the country should try to improve things instead of running down the country, Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said yesterday.
“Singapore is not perfect, no society is perfect,” he noted.
“There may be things we are unhappy about, things can always be better, but that is very different from running down our own people, our own society.”
He pointed to two letters from Singaporeans that were published online last week on Yahoo News. He did not name their writers.
A check online, however, shows the letters were written by operations manager Brian Vittachi, 56, and public relations consultant Wang Su Lin, 40. Mr Vittachi had asked his sister not to return to Singapore from Sri Lanka. “Singapore has sold its soul,” he wrote, while Sri Lanka has natural beauty, culture and character.
Ms Wang said she is not ashamed of being gay but ashamed of being a Singaporean. She has emigrated to Canada which she felt was more welcoming and tolerant.
Mr Tan said he wished them well but hoped the duo would also “find it in themselves to contribute and help build Singapore”.
The minister, who praised volunteers and public servants who work to improve the lives of Singaporeans, was speaking at his ministry’s National Day Observance ceremony.
In his speech, Mr Tan also reiterated that the pace of restructuring to reduce Singapore’s reliance on foreign labour will not be slowed. But he pledged the Government will continue to help affected workers.
Companies can do their part as well by hiring more older workers and women, he said.
An officer at the event, who asked not to be named as she was not authorised to speak to the media, said: “It is not just the country, but policies are also not perfect, but what is important is that we identify what is wrong and fix them, instead of just complaining.”
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://singsupplies.com/showthread.php?159090-Sink-a-pore-will-become-lagi-worse-than-North-Korea-if-this-Ministar-becomes-PM&goto=newpost).