Double-speak Khaw's tongue is more forked than ever - caught by Jamban Lee

[Confuseous]

For those not familiar with George Orwell's novel "1984", Wikipedia explains doublespeak as language that deliberately disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words making the truth less unpleasant, without denying its nature. Examples include "downsizing" for layoffs, "ponding" for floods, "planning parameter" for targets - you get the idea. It may also be deployed as intentional ambiguity, or reversal of meaning. In such cases, "doublespeak disguises the nature of the truth, producing a communication bypass".

On Monday, Teo Chee Hean said Singapore was heading for a crisis given its rapidly ageing population. Yesterday, Khaw said the Government has made a major shift in the way it provide housing and public infrastructure - it will now invest and build well ahead of demand - evidencing the lack of 20/20 vision admitted by the prime minister is endemic among their ranks. So did the chicken come first or the egg? Was it the building shortfall or the population surplus that contributed to the current overcrowding? To decrypt the duplicity of utterances, throw away your Oxford or Merriam-Webster, what you need is a Concise Dictionary of English Usage as Perverted by the Pro Alien Party.

- http://singaporedesk.blogspot.sg/2013/02/khaw-doublespeak.html

 

[Einfield]

Just shortly after Khaw say he will build massive amount of housing, he then say Singapore will not be concrete jungle.
So he is using wood to build?

 

[jw5]

Just shortly after Khaw say he will build massive amount of housing, he then say Singapore will not be concrete jungle.
So he is using wood to build?

He will be enlisting help from his friend, woody "wooden" woodpecker.

 

[jw5]

Yesterday, Khaw said the Government has made a major shift in the way it provide housing and public infrastructure - it will now invest and build well ahead of demand - evidencing the lack of 20/20 vision admitted by the prime minister is endemic among their ranks.

The things this man says and the way he says them, gives me the creeps.

 

[Enforcer]

The things this man says and the way he says them, gives me the creeps.

Is it ok if I pray that he will have a heart attack soon

 

[jw5]

Is it ok if I pray that he will have a heart attack soon

Don't bother, I'm sure he has another $8 to spare. (together with all the best updated medical benefits and insurance plans befitting of a rich man in the highest echelon of society)

 

[Confuseous]

Apart from a spare heart, he should have a spare fork to sort out his tongue.

 

[Confuseous]

If $8 Cow really said this, I want his bonus over the years to be clawed back.

"The congestion we experience today is real. The government is not happy with the status quo. We are resolute in addressing these concerns. But we must also learn from this, that we will not be caught again with another infrastructure crunch like this one."

 

[wMulew]

Re: If $8 Cow really said this, I want his bonus over the years to be clawed back.

Dumb fuck opposition supporting retard. Khaw knows Ur problems today. He desperately wants to solve it for U. Why are U unhappy?

 

[Gallego99]

"investing and building well ahead of demand"- Now we're really playing with fire!!

 

[lesMISERABLES]

The things this man says and the way he says them, gives me the creeps.

It clearly shows that he is confused and not sure of the things he says. It is like defending your Ph.D thesis in front of a panel of professors.