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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)
—–
UNREALISTIC
Straits Times, April
2010
—–
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.’
Straits Times, April
2010
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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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