Comments on: Reform Party ex-chair on his leaving the party

By: PeterC

PeterC — Mon, 03 May 2010 11:02:26 +0000

I cannot imagine this gentlemen’s presence in parliament.PAP will make mince meat out of him and feed him to the dogs.Sorry for the pun.

By: Strategist

Strategist — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:53:24 +0000

Differences among members within a Party can happen from time to time. Based on the books published, it also happened within PAP in its early years.

It is through resolving the differences and unifying the thoughts of party members, a party makes progress.

In judging a person, one should read his or her thoughts instead of just his or her spoken language skill.

By: English Teacher

English Teacher — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:12:26 +0000

Holy crap, this fellow speaks TERRIBLE ENGLISH.

Could someone pass him a dictionary please.

By: NTS

NTS — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:16:38 +0000

NTS is neither good in English nor Chinese. Yes, he should have taken phonetic lessons with his son. He was just leeching on JBJ with a hope of piggy backing into Parliament.

By: dx

dx — Mon, 04 May 2009 06:34:45 +0000

Mr Teck Siong is a true fighter, his dedication to standing by JBJ will always be remembered and close to our hearts.

I will support any initiative that he takes on. And this leaves a black mark on RP for being unkind to someone so committed to JBJ’s ideals.

By: Edward

Edward — Sat, 02 May 2009 10:00:56 +0000

As I have written many times before in TOC the latest episode at the Reform Party confirms what the PAP has been laughing at the opposition parties in Singapore. Oppostion party members here no convictions, no firm and confident believes in their parties. The slightest misunderstanding or disagreement would mean jumping ship or forming another party.

Let’s have solidarity of all oppositon parties and not be a laughing stock and mocked by the PAP.

Mr Ng T S please don’t form another new party for the sake of democracy in Singapore. We have too many already.

By: smallvice585

smallvice585 — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:21:09 +0000

i have this inkling feeling that the CEC’s vote of no confidence against NTS is purely an administrative vote because he has already tendered his resignation.

By: Power Wankers

Power Wankers — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:14:32 +0000

Its great when we compare the PAP to the Reform Party. Given the amount of resources and opportunities given to the PAP, you would assume that they will not make any mistakes.

However, the PAP has make so many serious blunders in the past few years. The Reform Party may not be able to read statements out correctly, but its more important to have a heart and a desire to lead Singapore, than to be proficient in hiding mistakes.

By: Edward Ng

Edward Ng — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:31:31 +0000

If Mr. Ng is Chinese educated, he should have spoken in Mandarin as his platform and a English speaking ex CEC member should have accompanied him to translate in English. This is looks a like lone battle. Where are the rest of the exCEC ? Not good for the unity of opposition?

But the mystery remains on Mr Ng submitting his resignation to the New Chairman. Why did he walked out of a meeting ?

Wish that Mr Ngs group can start a Party or join other party immediately and a put up a common manisfesto as mentioned in his Forum speech. Wish him the best to unite the other oppositions.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:55:06 +0000

Hi All,

I suppose there’s a conflict of interest ever since Kenneth joined the party, possibly the old guards versus the new ones under Kenneth.

Seems Mr.Ng is Chinese-educated. If so, his command of English is indeed commendable, though he is not accurate in his pronunciation of certain words.

But he’s right in wishing Kenneth lots of luck on his political journey, which he has no experience at all. But then, that is what mavericks and superstars are made of. Just look at Lee Kuan Yew…. When he took over control of Singapore in his early 30s, most political analysts were mocking at him behind his backside.

So the same might happen to Kenneth J.

By: Edward Ng

Edward Ng — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:45:44 +0000

In order the opposition to progress rapidly, members should have more skills in presentation,especially in public. Mr. Ng speech was not prepared well. He should have gone for phonetic classes for his vocals.

This is not a complaint but a compliment so that Mr Ng can progress.

The public like me, is not totally convinced about the meeting. If only 3 pax resigned, where are the rest. How did the meeting started again ?

Anyway best of luck, to all 3 for their future endeavours. Hope that another new party may invite all three.

By: Joshua Wong

Joshua Wong — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:44:43 +0000

It seems unnatural that despite journalists probing quite insensitively by asking him the same question over and over again, Mr Ng was surprisingly not irked and instead said that he did not want to discuss the issue after saying there was no meeting to oust him.

I’m inferring there was a meeting that he as Chairman closed, and then after he left, the rest reconvened to table the vote of no confidence.

As an isolated internal affair of the party, we have no concern. With the implications of this incident on the state of the opposition, we can’t help but draw the conclusion that the PAP party is probably still the most stable and well run.