Can u stop laughing!!!??? Only when Angel's talk, Mah would feel
the heat...wonder what his ang mo wife see good in him...toothpick
size, where got fun?? Must have regretted miserably. Anyway, ah mah
is angry, so dun play play...
NATIONAL Development Minister Mah Bow Tan on Saturday criticised
an election strategy of opposition parties, saying they should
focus on how they can best serve the people rather than to make him
the focus of their campaign.
'A general election (GE) is not about me, an individual minister
or an individual MP. It's really about the residents
themselves.
'I offer myself up for election because I believe that I can do
the best and the most for them. But ultimately it's for the
residents, the people to decide,' he said at an event where he
handed out hongbao to the needy in Tampines. He was responding for
the first time to a Straits Times report that the five-member group
representation constituency (GRC) he helms as anchor minister was
being eyed by several opposition parties as a potential
battleground in the next GE, due by February 2012. They are the
National Solidarity Party, Workers' Party, Singapore Democratic
Party and Reform Party.
The key reason is Mr Mah. His ministry oversees public housing,
an issue they hope to exploit by attacking the affordability of HDB
flats, whose prices have been rising. The minister acknowledged
some people may be adversely affected by the housing policies. But
he pointed out: 'There's no question that our policies are designed
for the good of the people.
'While there may be certain parts of the policies that are not
favourable, overall, I think these policies are for the well-being
of the people and are good for the country.'
Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew had weighed in on the issue last
week. He said at a housing conference that if Mr Mah was unable to
defend his housing policy, 'he deserves to lose' at the next
GE.
