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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - PM citing of Khoo P B as example, a joke</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>kojakbt_89 <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>2:28 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 13) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>38182.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>PM citing of Khoo Peng Beng as a new immigrant is a joke
August 30th, 2010 |
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I have a huge issue with PM Lee citing Khoo Peng Beng, the architect behind the Pinnacle, as a new immigrant.
Peng Beng and I were classmates in secondary school in St. Patrick’s on East Coast Road. This was way back in 1983-84. To cite him as an example of a new immigrant is a joke. Peng Beng is as Singaporean/Malaysian as they come. We share a common culture, he stayed in the dorms in school, and he studied for many years and worked here for many years. He is not a new immigrant, and is not a consequence of the new immigration policies set up by PM Lee.
So the question is this: if we could have immigrants like Peng Beng 25 years ago, why do we need such a drastic new immigration policy where we are innundated and overwhelmed?
Surely the policy which allowed us to have the Khoo Peng Beng’s 25 years ago, should be the one in practice. Not the free for all from countries with drastically different values and cultures that we have now?
Joseph Teo
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I have a huge issue with PM Lee citing Khoo Peng Beng, the architect behind the Pinnacle, as a new immigrant.
Peng Beng and I were classmates in secondary school in St. Patrick’s on East Coast Road. This was way back in 1983-84. To cite him as an example of a new immigrant is a joke. Peng Beng is as Singaporean/Malaysian as they come. We share a common culture, he stayed in the dorms in school, and he studied for many years and worked here for many years. He is not a new immigrant, and is not a consequence of the new immigration policies set up by PM Lee.
So the question is this: if we could have immigrants like Peng Beng 25 years ago, why do we need such a drastic new immigration policy where we are innundated and overwhelmed?
Surely the policy which allowed us to have the Khoo Peng Beng’s 25 years ago, should be the one in practice. Not the free for all from countries with drastically different values and cultures that we have now?
Joseph Teo
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