a. `her term ends' - got term one meh? i thot the lee inner
circle will `contribute' to the country till death. i have yet to
see any of them retire gracefully. why quit when one can get a few
million dollar a year irrespective of performance?
b."....has seen its(temasek) value fall in
TANDEM with the world market" - another choiced
word to soften her departure. of cos, in the unlikely event
that temasek did well and ride the waves of global growth, the
credit is solely theirs, nothing to do with the external
market.
c. "if you want to run life with regrets, you may end
up doing very little......i am not a person who try to look back
and justify a reason for my living." regrets are a consequence of a
event that happened. she's right that no one will do that in
general unless one has a cursed life. her comment seems to imply
that she is not taking responsibility for the bad investment
temasek made. i personally think there is nothing wrong with
showing remorse and acknowledging slips so one can learn and
be better for it. her comments also smacks on
arrogance on her part. it's like saying lke she's not
answerable/accountable to anyone here. of course, no one dares
lift a finger on her, given her stature as a daughter in law of the
emperor of the lee dynasty. who's she trying to kid?
d. "i will adopt the same policy." a comment made in regards to
her keeping mum on her next move as what her successor has done.
does she mean that she has already a job lined up for her but she's
not telling? of course no one will bet against her taking another
high profile role in the interest of serving the nation. i will put
a `tick' of my dilbert daily calender to await her
announcement.
reading from the singapore medias' coverage of her `sack', i
think journalism there has reach a new `high'. and
meritocracy is (still) alive and kicking, i gather.
lol - you are so funny.
Yes, in Singapore when it comes to the Lee family, I wonder if
there is such a thing as "term". We are the only country in the
known democratic world with an SM and then an MM. Kind of makes
us laughing stock.
It's true, you need to read between the lines. When the
press asked her what is her greatest regret, she says "I am not
person who looks back to try to justify a reason for my
living," aka "I have no courage to see the the damage I have
done and the losses I have made using Singaporean's money."
And when they asked her what is her greatest achievement, she
cannot even name one!!! She just said it was the "privilege of
working with a wonderful team...". Hmmm... what kind of answer is
that? Is that an achievement? Sounds a bit lame to me. Maybe
she should just say: "My greatest achievement is having the
guts to gamble with Singaporen's money, loose a lot,
don't have to answer for it, and yet still able to walk out
the casino with my head held high. Can you beat me at this
game?"
