Dear sgdiehard,
It is quite normal for people to grill us on various issues. I
think it is a good practice, both for Singapore's development as
well as alternative parties. This is due to the fact that
Singaporeans have been subjected to various social engineered
opinions on "Opposition" on the whole that they are trouble makers,
useless, not contributing to Nation building etc. It is only due
prudence for people to check for themselves what we really are and
stand for. If they are not doing it but simply take what the
proporgandas as "truth", then we will not have the chance to fight
back to clarify such distorted views!
Thus, I think it is good opportunity and sparring sessions for us
to engage in this grilling. It sharpens our minds, provides an
opportunity for us to demonstrate the right perspective of Workers'
Party.
Of course, for PAP, as an incumbant, they have their vast advantage
over us. It seems that the mass media has done a good job to show
the BEST side of PAP and thus, nobody ever doubt the "abilities" or
"substance" of PAP members or even MPs. This, in turn, result
political complacency on PAP's as well as voters' part.
I think in the long run, it is good for us, bad for PAP. It makes
us more "all rounded", formulate our views on various issues as we
are expected to be "proficient". Most of the views I have put up
here are really NOTHING NEW to me, though they are my original
thoughts and views. I have long formed opinions and views on
various issues based on my learning and training in economics, most
importantly, common sense. It is just a matter of reorganizing
these views back and draw it out of memories. But it could be quite
taxing at times, because I need to consider my target audience'
level of understanding.
Thus, you can see that I have so far, never run away from questions
posed to me, as a form of grilling. I welcome them, in fact.
Goh Meng Seng
