Chiam
replies to Mah's comment
Aug 16, 2006
I REFER to the report, 'No more
passing the buck' (ST, Aug 14), on the solar-lights saga.
National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said that I have finally
decided 'to concentrate on serving the needs of the
residents'.
Mr Mah has again got the facts all wrong. I have never changed my
position on serving the residents, as he claimed.
It was he who practised the opposite in regard to serving the
residents of Potong Pasir.
Mr Mah was in charge of transport during the period leading up to
the 2001 General Election, yet he never supported the opening of
the Potong Pasir MRT station, despite my repeated requests as MP
for Potong Pasir.
It was Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, the then newly-appointed Minister for
Transport, who, in June 2003, finally gave permission for the
Potong Pasir MRT station to be opened.
Chiam See Tong
MP for Potong Pasir
Does anybody have the copy of Mah's comments earlier? This is
turning into a pathetic PAP smearing campaign, with 'Dimwit' Mah at
the center of it. Looks like a revival of the long-time spat
between one-time 'president scholar' Mah against venerable Chiam...

No facts, no justification and mere empty words...well they speak
volumes of his capacity as a minister. Hardly PAP material...