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11-10-2013, 08:20 PM
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Ngiam Tong Dow says his recent comments on ministers unfair and illogical
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Former top civil servant Ngiam Tong Dow said he gave the wrong impression in a controversial interview last month in which he said current ministers are afraid to speak up and elitist. -- ST FILE PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
By Robin Chan
Former top civil servant Ngiam Tong Dow said he gave the "wrong impression" in a controversial interview last month in which he said current ministers are afraid to speak up and elitist.
On Thursday, Mr Ngiam sent a clarification statement to the editor of the Singapore Medical Association (SMA) News which had published the interview.
In this statement, Mr Ngiam retracted his earlier charge that today's ministers are afraid of speaking up in Cabinet because of their high salaries, saying it was "illogical" and unfair. He also said that ministers are not elitist, as he had spoken without realising many in fact come from humble backgrounds.
"I retired from the civil service in 1999. Since then I have not attended any cabinet meetings, and have never seen one chaired by PM Lee Hsien Loong. Thus my statement that ministers will not speak their minds before PM Lee is unfair as it was made without knowing what actually happens at cabinet meetings today," he said.
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Ngiam Tong Dow says his recent comments on ministers unfair and illogical
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Former top civil servant Ngiam Tong Dow said he gave the wrong impression in a controversial interview last month in which he said current ministers are afraid to speak up and elitist. -- ST FILE PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
By Robin Chan
Former top civil servant Ngiam Tong Dow said he gave the "wrong impression" in a controversial interview last month in which he said current ministers are afraid to speak up and elitist.
On Thursday, Mr Ngiam sent a clarification statement to the editor of the Singapore Medical Association (SMA) News which had published the interview.
In this statement, Mr Ngiam retracted his earlier charge that today's ministers are afraid of speaking up in Cabinet because of their high salaries, saying it was "illogical" and unfair. He also said that ministers are not elitist, as he had spoken without realising many in fact come from humble backgrounds.
"I retired from the civil service in 1999. Since then I have not attended any cabinet meetings, and have never seen one chaired by PM Lee Hsien Loong. Thus my statement that ministers will not speak their minds before PM Lee is unfair as it was made without knowing what actually happens at cabinet meetings today," he said.
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Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?165753-U-TURN-Kena-Threatened&goto=newpost).