i said it alot of time b4.......... i'm willing to work as ur
president for just 3 bowl of plain rice with luncheon meat per
day......but till now.. dunno why u all still paying millions to
him leh...
But you
did win and you had to figure out how to do this new job as
Singapore's first elected president.
Yes. At the
first opening of parliament after I was elected, I was given a
speech prepared by the government. I read the speech
carefully.
Besides
ceremonial functions, it said that I'm supposed to safeguard the
reserves and to help society become more compassionate and
gracious. So I decided that, well, if that is what is said in the
speech, then that's going to be my job. And I am going to do it.
That's what I tried to
do. In fact, during the six years I was president, I was very
busy.
Doing
what?
Well, I got
involved in a lot of things. The Istana presidential palace and
other places had to be renovated.
All this had to
be planned and these places got ready one by one, so that
ceremonial functions and other business could go on as
usual.
I had to press
the government to finalize the procedures for the protection of the
reserves.
A lot of the
teething problems and misunderstandings were because there was a
lack of clearcut procedures ofwhat to do.
Towards the end
of my term, I pressed the prime minister for a White Paper to be
tabled in parliament that would set out all the principles and
procedures for the elected president. Then I will announce my
decision to step down. I want to get the job
done.
http://www.singapore-window.org/sw00/000310a4.htm
