We have noticed that of late, government ministers and People’s Action Party members have been criticizing Singaporeans and their attitudes towards a myriad of issues – from employment to public housing.
We thus would like to collate all of these into a single thread here.
Our hope is that the government will see for itself the callous, unfair and condescending attitude it and its members have adopted towards Singaporeans and do some soul-searching. Singaporeans work hard, very hard, and gives the PAP government its vote of confidence at every election since independence.
Are such remarks towards Singaporeans justified?
If you come across any such Singaporeans-bashing remarks, please do email them to us at: [email protected].
Please read also: Bashing Singaporeans – PAP gets in on the act.
We begin with Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean’s remarks in the Straits Times on 8 April 2010:
INADEQUATE
“Employees must not conveniently use the excuse of perceived discriminatory work practices to cover up their own work inadequacies.”
DPM TEO CHEE HEAN (Straits Times, 8 April 2010, Page A6)
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MOLLYCODDLED
“A boy who is mollycoddled is a very different person from the one who is physically tough and takes spills without fear and whining.”
MP FOR MARINE PARADE GRC, SAM TAN (Straits Times, 25 May 2009)
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SLOW
“I think the spurs are not stuck on your hinds. They are part of the herd, why-go-faster?”
MM LEE KUAN YEW (National Geographic, Jan 2010)
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LESSER MORTALS
“Mr Tan didn’t “brag” about how expensive the trip was in the article. Maybe it made lesser mortals envious and they thought maybe he was a bit boastful.”
MP FOR PASIR-RIS-PUNGGOL CHARLES CHONG (Jan 2009)
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UNREALISTIC
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NO SELF-CONFIDENCE
“How can this be? People are coming to learn from us, see how we teach, why we are successful. Yet our teachers don’t have self-confidence.”
DPM TEO CHEE HEAN (Straits Times, April 2010)
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IRRATIONAL
“THE Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday acknowledged Singaporeans’ concern over immigration issues, but urged them to avoid ‘developing irrational fears’ towards new immigrants.’
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SENSITIVE
“People are sensitive.”
DPM TEO CHEE HEAN (CNA, April 2010)
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COMPLACENT
“Complacency sets in when a people have not suffered any shock or setback for a long time, as in Singapore without jihadist terror attacks… [Singaporeans] are being complacent when they believe that the Government will take care of all security matters.”
MM LEE KUAN YEW (March 2008)
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DEPENDENCY MENTALITY
“This has bred a dependency mentality in our population who will blame the civil service and Government if any of their needs are not met.”
MP FOR SEMBAWANG GRC, LIM WEE KIAK (March 2008)
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