How should the government minister apologise for mistake?

robertteh SG

After the Hougang Fire killing two siblings there was no apology.

After the SAF's mistake in spraying red dye on farms destroying 200 tons of greens there was no apology.

The government is no longer accountable to the people as it seems that it can do as it likes and if they make any mistakes they could just say they will use people's monies to compensate not from their own bonuses or salary increments.

They should change their mindset and serve the people and make an sincere apology :-

"Sorry, our army boys for which the minister of defence is answerable have made a big mistake so we will not pay them the big bonuses and big increment this or next year and we will make sure such army boys do not get invited to tea and later to run for election claiming to be talents or become minister or head the GLCs in the future because they may mess up more people's lives"

googoomuck SG

Say ” sorry, we fcked up”.

dumbdumb! SG

i dunno what happened in the hougang fire..

but from my experience, its not easy la. fire can easily go out of control, and it's really awful that people died in there. no one wanted it to happen. and everyone who was involved would be upset, and the memory is probably still haunting them.

i'm sure they're very sorry for not being able to save the kids in time amidst the chaos.

HyperFocal SG

Here's the Classic:

"... It shouldn't have happened... but it has already happened... lets move on..."

Sorry? You can wait a million years... and you'd still not hear this word...

ORIGAMIST SG

SORRY is never in their vocabulary !!! because they are NEVER wrong !! it is always good for the citizen . . .

robertteh SG

Ya, I remember this is one of the most common excuses...no use to cry over spilled milk ...accidents do happen, let's move on.

I once attended a structural inspection seminar convened by BCA and asked the panel chairperson this question: "After the Hotel New World collapse there was a commission of inquiry which directed BCD to revamp the whole structural checking and computation process with laws and regulations amended requiring this to be done. How is it that this structural check and computation to be approved prior to construction of circle line MRT at Nicol Highway was not being followed by LTA and the minister in charge and instead were pushed to the contractors and engineers on site and they were penalized instead of BCD."

No one could answer this question why even laws passed after an major structural collapse were not even seriously implemented by government departments or ministers.

How to govern the country when our ministers and government departments are so easily being excused and too thin-skinned to tender apologies for poor performance.

It is time to introduce public apologies from departments or ministers to hold them liable for major mistakes in acts or policies to raise level of accountability and not to increase their use of power for their own protectionism.

HyperFocal SG

I think at this point/stage, we don't want their apologies...

... most would want them to bluddy STEP DOWN!!!

Get the hell out!!! And let people survive!!!!!

MyParentsDunWanMe SG

A good way to apologise is tax cuts.

robertteh SG

A very creative solution !!!

No_10_Tomas SG

also few months back a case with a youth being caned for the wrong number of strokes, a blunder by administrator in the court

Demonight SG

I'd suggest a public beheading but that's just me Wink

eagle SG

They seldom apologize one la, instead:

"We will look into the causes of what has happened before making a judgement"
"We will propose some solutions so that such things will not happen again"

All learned from our MM, who may now still firmly believe that his Graduate Mother Policy was good.

One of the times that MM said he made a mistake: Because they need to convince us that a casino is needed.

walesa SG

Name me a dictatorship where despots apologise. Laughing You've got a better chance of climbing Mount Everest with your slippers on...

korusu SG

Correct me if I am wrong but I believe that MM Lee had said something to this effect: If I had apologized even once, I would lose all credibility.

But I will stick to my original argument as usual. Why should the king apologise to his stupid and retarded peasants when he can jolly well get away with any and everything.

HyperFocal SG

...blame this, on the 66.6% of evily idiotic people...