source: papyouth website
PM Lee clarifies words used at lunchtime rally: press
secretary
SINGAPORE : The press secretary to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
has clarified remarks made by Mr Lee at the lunchtime rally on
Wednesday.
During the speech, the Prime Minister had addressed the issue of
opposition MPs in Parliament.
Mr Lee had said that if the opposition were to hold 10 to 20 seats
in Parliament, he would have to spend much more time thinking what
was the right way to "fix" them.
Explaining Mr Lee's remark, his press secretary said Mr Lee had
meant to say that if there were many more opposition MPs in
Parliament, the government and opposition would spend all their
time and energies countering each other, and Singapore would be
worse off for it.
Mr Lee used direct language to get this important point across to a
mass rally crowd and is sorry if the words had offended anyone. -
CNA /ct
