It has been almost 2 weeks since I exposed top civil servant Mr Tan Yong Soon’s extravagant cooking trip to France on this blog and we have heard nothing from Mr Tan yet. (read my original article here)
Since my article was published, it has caused a massive furore in cyberspace which had even caught the attention of the international media. The article has also become the top hit with over 20,000 views so far.
In Parliament today, NMP Siew Kum Hong questioned the appropriateness of Mr Tan’s article in The Straits Times Life section: (read report here)
While conceding that it was Mr Tan’s own money and that ‘he has the prerogative to spend it as he sees fit’, the NMP said: ‘But in these times writing about it in the national newspaper was unnecessarily provocative and unimaginably insensitive.’
Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean, who is also the minister in charge of the Civil Service, said the feature article which was published in The Straits Times, ’showed a lack of sensitivity and was ill-judged’.
Read rest of article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2009/01/19/when-will-we-hear-tan-yong-soons-public-apology/
Since my article was published, it has caused a massive furore in cyberspace which had even caught the attention of the international media. The article has also become the top hit with over 20,000 views so far.
In Parliament today, NMP Siew Kum Hong questioned the appropriateness of Mr Tan’s article in The Straits Times Life section: (read report here)
While conceding that it was Mr Tan’s own money and that ‘he has the prerogative to spend it as he sees fit’, the NMP said: ‘But in these times writing about it in the national newspaper was unnecessarily provocative and unimaginably insensitive.’
Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean, who is also the minister in charge of the Civil Service, said the feature article which was published in The Straits Times, ’showed a lack of sensitivity and was ill-judged’.
Read rest of article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2009/01/19/when-will-we-hear-tan-yong-soons-public-apology/
