The important thing now is not to dig into their past
differences, but to learn from their common goal and
convictions to fight for a better future for Singapore
when they were young idealistic men and women. Even at
their young age, they were prepared to shoulder the responsibility
to work for the good of all, a quality we don't often see in our
young people anymore. Many sacrificed their entire lives
for that without regrets.
In typical form to ingratiate himself with the PAP, Leong Weng
Kam had to write a piece to boost the sales figures from a cynical
reception given to the book that he had collaborated in.
Does LKY and the PAP believe that there is any common
goal and convictions to fight for a better future for
Singapore when in their minds the fight
is the exclusive prerogative of the PAP only ?
Can the remaining average and
below-average Singaporean Talents be of any help to LKY
- and his PAP cronies and hangers-on beneficiaries - when
the have declared that the limited talents in Singapore
are all in the PAP to bring Singapore forward ?
How can Leong Kam Weng see such quality in our young people in
being "prepared to shoulder the responsibility to work
for the good of all" - when efforts by the likes of a
young CSJ, a middle age Tang Liang Hong and Francis Seow, an aged
but still enthusiastic JBJ - were all mowed down by an
insecure LKY and his PAP political machinery that
either bankrupt them or jail them without any
political civility ?
With the new revisions to the Public Order Act that give
arbitrary and unaccountable powers to the Police that further
reduce the Political Rights of Singaporeans of all ages to
participate as activists in the political process - it
will surely result in more average Singaporeans
to be convicted for the fight to a better
future for Singapore.
Leong Kam Weng's statement is a "no brainer" to start with.
If anyone has completed the book, and the reconciliation is to
be believed between LKY and those ex-political detainees - why
has there been no publicity given to the return of their
Political Rights that will allow these ex-Political
Detainees to participate in politics ?
The glaring missing bit is that Chia Thye Poh - the central
figure amongst all the detainees - was not even featured, and
neither was Zaid Ibrahim.
