SM Goh to Singaporeans: Please continue to offer PAP “constr
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SM Goh to Singaporeans: Please continue to offer PAP “constructive criticisms”
TEMASEK REVIEW
In a rare statement, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong has encouraged Singaporeans to offer the PAP “constructive criticisms” publicly.
“Singaporeans should continue to give feedback, and constructive criticisms will be accepted and acted on,” he was quoted as saying in Channel News Asia.
SM Goh was speaking to reporters at the Shanghai World EXPO in reference to the widespread criticisms received by the Singapore Pavilion, prompting the organizers to make some last-minute changes.
Though he has stepped down as Prime Minister of Singapore in 2003, Goh still “tours” the world frequently in his position as Senior Minister.
He did not elaborate more on what he meant by “constructive criticisms”. Based on his past track record, any criticisms of the PAP is considered as “destructive”.
In 1994, famous Singapore writer Catherine Lim penned two critical commentaries in the Straits Times insinuating that Goh was not really in charge as Prime Minister of Singapore. The latter had taken over the position from PAP strongman and founder Lee Kuan Yew in 1991.
After the publication of the second piece, Goh’s press secretary challenged Catherine Lim to “enter politics” to take “responsibility” for her views.
At a PAP event, Goh made it clear that Lim had “gone beyond the pale” in her criticisms of his leadership.
“When my authority is being commented on or undermined by wrong observations, I have to correct them, or the view will prevail that I am indeed not in charge of Singapore,” he said.
[Source: Men in White, page 479]
Catherine Lim later said she was “traumatized” by Goh’s reaction and was worried that she might be arrested by the police for her comments.
Goh’s latest exhortation to Singaporeans to offer “feedback” appeared to contradict that made by his colleague PAP Minister without portfolio Lim Swee Say in Parliament a few months ago.Then, when criticized by an opposition MP, Lim shot back immediately:
“We (PAP) are DEAF to all criticisms.”
EDITORS’ NOTE:
Please offer your “constructive criticisms” to the PAP here at your own peril. Remember, it must be “constructive” according to the PAP’s strict guidelines. ”Destructive” criticisms of any sort will not be entertained and may be construed as “defamation” (criminal or otherwise) in the eyes of the unique PAP law.When unsure of what to say, the golden rule is to “shut up and sit down”
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Bashing Singaporeans – PAP gets in on the act
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it only shows that PAP has no leadership.......messages fly all over in different directions......
We are doomed to listen to them.
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which brings us back to the point...
Q: how can you tell a politician is lying?
A: his lips movepoliticians are all scumbags... the MIW or the opposition, are all cut from the same cloth...
the answer is to live your life so that these idiots are irrelevant.. and to treat them as irrelevant because ultimately, they are...
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they made the lawspunishable with fines n jail.bubble gums,athelete tests....u make a mistake in one of them..u may end up in jail
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birds of the same feather speak the same bird language
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Originally posted by the Bear:
which brings us back to the point...
Q: how can you tell a politician is lying?
A: his lips movepoliticians are all scumbags... the MIW or the opposition, are all cut from the same cloth...
the answer is to live your life so that these idiots are irrelevant.. and to treat them as irrelevant because ultimately, they are...
well....party propaganda they are running out of tune and messages....Example: We have a vision and plan.......
Boo hoo. !