Comments on: PM Lee speaking for the first time about JI escape

By: Confused

Confused — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:53:04 +0000

Like any other Singaporean pertaining to the JI leader escape, why is the government taking such a long time in tracking down Mas Selamat since 27 Feb 2008 until now. Hey..the assailant is still at large…does this mean we have to live in fear for a JI attacks? Singaporean safety and security is it taken so lightly?

“…, what to do, it’s happened” – can PM Lee explain to all our fellow countrymen what he really meant in his comment. ….very confusing leh.

..Confused !

By: Government responsibility: What will PM Lee say? « theonlinecitizen

Government responsibility: What will PM Lee say? « theonlinecitizen — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:21:33 +0000

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By: patriot

patriot — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:57:47 +0000

‘What to do, it has happened’, was not casually spoken, it means the people have to accept the Incident like accepting the rain when it rains.

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:26:03 +0000

My boss would’ve killed me if I used that phrase

what to do, it’s happened

SHOULD NEVER EVER be used to explain mistakes.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:18:12 +0000

“Together with the population, we will overcome this setback.”
“So let’s close ranks to deal with this incidence, and let’s bounce back from this, and move forward”.

How dare you, PM, for implicating the citizenry in a humiliating security lapse committed by your government.

There is nothing for the population to overcome, there is no need for the population to “bounce back” or “move forward”, because we have not done anything wrong.

By: feedmetothefish

feedmetothefish — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:12:36 +0000

Next, they may tell me that Mr Mas Selamat Kastari is actually Mr David Copperfield also known as Criss Angel aka David Blaine aka Phey Yew Kok! Yes, the COI may just tell us so.

While the wayang continues, does anyone give a thought to the family members of Mr Mas Selamat Kastari?

If I were a child of Mas, I would ask The ISD, “You took my father away. As he’s under your detention, are you not responsible for his safety? How can you be so careless as to let him escape or be kidnapped or disappear? Can you please bring him back?”

Similarly, how would your feel if you were the wife of Tang Liang Hong or even the young children of Chee Soon Juan who keeps getting locked up in Queenstown Prison.

Well, some would say they deserve the punishment and incarceration. But do they?

Yes, I have a warped mind.

Yes, maybe our minds have been brainwashed and warped for more than 40 years by propaganda dished out by the main stream media that when we start to think logically, we create suspicion within our own head.

By: Rachel Zeng

Rachel Zeng — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:37:39 +0000

I went “HUH?” for abit when I heard him end with “What to do, it has happened.” You mean this is what all our taxes goes to? My goodness. No wonder people are giving up their citizenship (ok, not that I don’t know that already hahaa).

By: joshua kums

joshua kums — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:22:58 +0000

Can you imagine how much less he would speak if he is paid more then the present $3 million.

By: George

George — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:03:23 +0000

Apparently, the PM imply that measures like cctvs are not installed at the Whitley prisons. That’s shocking considering that they ar even considering putting up cctvs in public places to monitor crime.

By: what2do

what2do — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:29:39 +0000

“It was a lapse, what to do, it’s happened.”

How can a Prime Minister say such a thing?
What to do? Is he paid millions of dollar to say such a thing? Aren’t Singaporean worried when something really serious happen in the future and the Prime Minister shrugs his shoulder and say, “It was a lapse, what to do, it’s happened.”

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:26:56 +0000

blackshirt,
“It was a laspe, what to do, it’s happened.”
But, our ST did not include the “what to do, it’s happened” part in their news report”

This joker never fail to make me laugh. This is a fake leader who dare to act and make remark without conscience and accountability.

Look at how PM respond, will it surprise anyone if he say this in election
“We fixed the opposition party, and buy the supporter’s vote, what to do, it’s happened”

By: Dont Buy It

Dont Buy It — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:14:22 +0000

Here’s one after reading page 2 of Today’s article : “It is a form of dangerous thinking”

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/5999/millionaireministerrq0.jpg

By: meesiam maihum

meesiam maihum — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:25:26 +0000

Now that the Kastari’s escape has exposed the blatant incompetence of LHL’s PAP government, he wants all S’poreans to ‘close ranks’ behind him. Did LHL and his ministers ‘close rank’ with all S’poreans when they were voicing out their disapproval of the increase in ministers’ pay and other issues?

By: Blackteeshirt

Blackteeshirt — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:49:59 +0000

ha! as expected. he speaks after papa has spoken.
from the sound of it, he probably has spent the last 10 days wringing the neck of Wong.

By: Haha

Haha — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:33:42 +0000

Just a lapse. folks. No worse than the $388m honest mistake. Let’s move on. Yeah, right!

By: mrtoastbox

mrtoastbox — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:58:05 +0000

PM had actually been preparing a “we got him” speech but suay suay still have not caught him and he saw how the BN lost their 2/3 majority yesterday.

Notice how alot of official remarks are made at such insignificant events.

By: patriot

patriot — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:38:48 +0000

‘What to do, it has happened’ itself sounds and indicates complacency!

‘What to do?’ constitutes what? Means what?

By: blackshirt

blackshirt — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:19:45 +0000

And our esteemed national newspaper kindly did their national service. As mentioned by TOC earlier, our PM had said:

“It was a laspe, what to do, it’s happened.”

But, our ST did not include the “what to do, it’s happened” part in their news report (ST, 10 Mar 2008, H3).

Nothing new here, but just like to have a mention.

By: noone

noone — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:00:07 +0000

“I just don’t know what to do with myself” maybe this was the song sung

By: patriot

patriot — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:25:22 +0000

If memory serves me right; I recalled PM Lee HLs’ father, MM Lee KY once said that Prison Staff were friendly with Chia Thye Poh because the latter was good at winning the formers’ sympathies. Now the MM is saying the same about Mas Selamat; I wonder whether the MM had ever ponder why Civil Servants are good to Opposition or Opposing Detainees?

MM Lees’ remarks reinforced my belief that many Law Enforcers are working for a living and they are sensible to rights and wrongs; an independent feeling not tagged to duty but conscience. ‘Kung tao ze cai ren sing, ren ren tung tze li’, roughly translated to mean ‘righteousness resides in every human being naturally and everyone naturally has the consciousness of fairness’.

The way DPM Wong KS, MM Lee KY and PM Lee HL made their Public Statements, they sounded liked a familial conversations.