http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/06/17/pm-lee-q-with-residents-for-30-min-for-chicken-wings/
PM Lee Q with residents for 30 min for chicken wings When private
letters and nice-worded letters don’t work anymore, open and more
straightforward letters would have to be written, so kindly allow
me to contribute mine. I came across an article that stated “PM Lee
queues 30 minutes for chicken wings at Redhill“. So please allow me
to comment very BLUNTLY on this. Anyway, even Catherine Lim’s
polite and nice open letter was received with a retaliation instead
of doing a reflection, what more can you expect from Singaporeans
apart from more and more straightforward letters? Since a nice
letter often ended up being ignored or maybe not understood, so
please don’t be offended by this straightforward article. Of
course, if you find this defamatory, please kindly accept my
sincere apology as I meant well, I couldn’t bring myself to see you
looked so silly, blindly following those ill advice that you were
given. First of all, who cares if you queued 30 mins or even an
hour for chicken wings? Does it increase the GDP? Does it increase
my salary? Does it reduce the inflation? Does it alleviate the
unhappiness of the people? Well, the answers are Nobody, No, No,
No, No. Because nobody cares about what you do or what you eat or
what you say, if you don’t fulfill the basis of a leader! As simple
as that. If you don’t understand what I meant, let’s look at my
favourite pilot example. Imagine this scenario: Singapore Airline
recently employed a new pilot, he is so good that he even helped
the crew serve meals on the flight, he even helped the ground crew
polish the airplane tires, and even treated all the flight crew to
expensive dinners. On top of that, he even helped to clean the
crew’s homes on every off-day. Isn’t he great? Yes, but there is
only 1 thing that he does not do – to fly a plane. So what is the
use of a pilot who does all the kind acts, but refused to fly a
plane? Similarly, what is the use of all the supposedly kind and
humble acts when a leader does not want to protect his people? The
same applies to an MP. We need MPs to fulfill fiduciary duties – to
vote independently according to what is best for Singapore. What
were their votes on the White Paper knowing that the government was
unable to handle the influx? Well, I am not xenophobic. I am fully
supportive of even 10 millions of population as long as you can
manage it and produce the desired positive outcome, are you able to
do that? (read this for more details) I have come across Tin Pei
Ling being praised for visiting patients, and I have to agree that
that is a kind act, but please, we are talking about a good MP, not
a good social worker. I have also come across Indranee Rajah doing
the back lane party, well, that is definitely good, but what we are
talking about is a good MP, not a good project coordinator. I have
also heard how great Inderjit Singh is in criticising policies, and
I have to agree that that is a good political commentator, but what
we want is a good MP. Anyway, I am sure Catherine Lim did a better
job in that, best of all, it is free, we don’t have to pay millions
for her to do so, right? Remember: The basis is of utmost
importance, failing which nothing else matters. Do you think I care
if the PAP party wins the election? No, I don’t. Because Singapore
is where it is today, not because of any particular party or any
particular logo design, but because of the Founding Spirit of
Singapore. Sadly, as of today, PAP no longer upholds that spirit,
instead, they keep labeling Singaporeans with all the bad names,
and the most recent is of course the smearing of the lady as
follows, followed by closing the case. Oh, please don’t get me
wrong, I am not saying this is right or wrong, but just stating the
method that some people prefer to use to ‘resolve’ issues, and of
course, I had to admit that this way of resolving issues is
definitely the most productive method of problem solving, well,
what can be more productive than to resolve a problem even before
it is considered one? (see this article on Politicians Problem
Solving Methodology for more info) Do you still remember the
statistics that you were given during the Little India Riot to
compare and conclude that those rioters generally had lower crime
rates than Singaporeans? Well, whether how true it is doesn’t
matter, the fact is that your advisers shouldn’t have made such a
comparison and provided you with the info in the first place. If
you had forgotten about that, here is the link. Lastly, I know PM
Lee will not get to read this because he is so well-shielded. But
for me, it doesn’t matter because I have fulfilled my obligation as
a responsible citizen by highlighting the silly acts that were
committed, whether the leaders want to act or how they want to act
are their problems, not mine. To me, it is very simple, all along I
only voted for the Founding Spirit of Singapore, the party who has
that, will get my vote. Too bad, this spirit is no longer with the
PAP party. Don’t worry, this will be my one and only open letter to
PM Lee, I have much better things to do than to give free advice on
how to be a good leader. Oh… btw, do you know what I am seeing now?
Yes, I am seeing your team of ‘professional political advisers’
coming up to you to propose that you should start a campaign on the
“Founding Spirit Of Singapore”… oh please… could you get them to
spare us this misery?
