Recent content by DoctorEvil

I am sorry to tell you all this but TJS is obviously not going to qualify. Maybe pick either TKL or TCB since both of them will probably qualify. Of course, the best and only way to stop TT would probably be for TKL to withdraw. TT's brand power is too great for either of them. TKL is a good man...

So, does anyone here think that SR Nathan is in a position to help the Singapore government manage its finances? Of course not. If TT really wants to do that, he should stay on as the GIC chairman.

No. Under the MSTP (medical scientist training program) in Stanford, you are supposed to finish your thesis 2 years before your schedule and use the remaining 2 years to resume your medical school clinical training. It is very likely that PT used the two remaining years to resume his clinical...

He works for MOH. Civil servants cannot join political parties. He would have to stop doing research and go into private practice if he wants to join SDP.

Actually, issuing TJS a COE will help to dilute the pro-opposition vote. Realistically speaking, only TT and TCB, being seasoned politicians, know how to play the game and can win. TCB has a reasonably good chance of winning if it were a 2-horse race. Both PAP and non-PAP supporters will vote...

PA Tambyah has always been an activist kind of person since his student days in NUS in the 80s. Quick-witted and articulate, he is the favourite of many medical students. Too bad he can't actually join the SDP.

I still do not understand. If he was not on an OMS and not on the usual medical officer track, then why was he allowed to disrupt? Did he really apply to disrupt for the entire duration of his BA-MD-PhD studies? Surely, Mindef must have asked how long his disruption would be.

Let me try to understand you're saying. PT was a President Scholar who was also on an OMS. Because he was on OMS, he was allowed to disrupt. He went to Harvard and sometime between 1988 and 1992, he paid off and broke his bond. I have a couple of questions: 1. Before he broken his bond...

In that case, why didn't Patrick Tan return after he finished Harvard?

It doesn't matter. The constitution is quite clear on who qualifies and who doesn't. Any reasonable interpretation leads to the conclusion that TJS will not qualify. The qualifications may be over stringent but that is not the issue here.

This TJS is wasting our time. He will not qualify because managing several hundred millions is not the same as 100 million in paid up capital. I feel sorry for his supporters whose hopes will be dashed. He should have known better.

More jialat. Patrick Tan claims to be a Charles Yanofsky award winner for best thesis. As far as I can tell, he appears to be the ONLY winner of this award. Maybe it is a one-time prize created specially for him... in his imagination. A search for this award on Stanford University's website...

Patrick Tan was a President's Scholar but he was never on any PSC scholarships. His Harvard degree was sponsored by the Loke Cheng Kim foundation. His Stanford MD-PhD degrees were probably supported through a mix of fellowship and Daddy's money. Being a President's Scholar is an honour but it...

They should focus on 2 things: the 12-year deferment and the failure of PT to finish his medical training. Basically, SAF gave him a super-long disruption to become a doctor and he failed. People should realize the explanation that he was a super-talented scientist serving in DSO is irrelevant...

Yes, I believe him. Ordinary blokes like us all took 12-year disruptions to go to medical school in the US but failed to complete our medical training.