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Dr Lim Wee Kiat slammed by netizens for snobbish remarks
May 25th, 2011 |
Author: Temasek Review
Dr Lim Wee Kiat
PAP MP for Nee Soon GRC Dr Lim Wee Kiat has been slammed by netizens for making a snobbish remark to the media yesterday in defence of the PAP ministers’ multi-million dollar salary.
While most PAP MPs have jumped onto the bandwagon and put up a ‘wayang’ to support a review of the ministerial salaries, Dr Lim Wee Kiat appeared to think otherwise.
In an interview with a Chinese tabloid on the matter, Dr Lim said callously:
“If the annual salary of the Minister of Information, Communication and Arts is only $500,000, it may pose some problems when he discuss policies with media CEOs who earn millions of dollars because they need not listen to the minister’s ideas and proposals, hence a reasonable payout will help to maintain abit of dignity.”
(Original comment in Chinese: ：“如果新闻、通讯及艺术部长年薪只有50万，当他和身价数百万的电讯公司总裁开会商讨政策问题时，可能面对一些困难。因为总裁们可能认为没有必要听取部长的意见与建议，因此合理的薪酬将有助于维持一点尊严。”)
His comments sparked a massive outcry on TR’s Facebook if many netizens lampooning him for his ’shallowness’.
Eric Lim retorted immediately:
“So how does the president of united states of America maintain his dignity when talking to our ministers?”
Peter Koh added:
“Sorry, what kind of LJ (LanJiao) logic is this. Cash is king concept ? This guy needs to get his brains checked.”
Mollie Sim was mortified:
“What utter rubbish!! What’s next? We need the police more than what a drug trafficker makes so that they feel more authorized to arrest them?”
Roger Wong was obviously disgusted:
“I don’t expect such crap to come from a doctor. So pay ministers stratospheric salaries so that they can lord it over all with dignity ? How many Singaporeans must be feeling indignified now?”
PAP de facto leader Lee Kuan Yew once remarked famously that a good prime minister must be able to ‘coordinate’ well:
“To be the Prime Minister, you don’t have to know every instrument, but you got to recognise, ah, he’s a good violinist, he’ll be the first violinist, he’ll be the double bass. Then you coordinate them and then you have great music. And if you already have a great orchestra, you can put A DUMMY there and you still got great music…”
Dr Lim is now ‘out of sync’ with the rest of the PAP ‘orchestra’ with Lee relinquishing his ministerial portfolio and will probably get a gentle reminder soon to toe the ‘official’ line which is – “ministerial salaries should be reviewed and cut to placate the angry ‘lesser mortals’
PAP MP for Nee Soon GRC Dr Lim Wee Kiat has been slammed by netizens for making a snobbish remark to the media yesterday in defence of the PAP ministers’ multi-million dollar salary.
While most PAP MPs have jumped onto the bandwagon and put up a ‘wayang’ to support a review of the ministerial salaries, Dr Lim Wee Kiat appeared to think otherwise.
In an interview with a Chinese tabloid on the matter, Dr Lim said callously:
“If the annual salary of the Minister of Information, Communication and Arts is only $500,000, it may pose some problems when he discuss policies with media CEOs who earn millions of dollars because they need not listen to the minister’s ideas and proposals, hence a reasonable payout will help to maintain abit of dignity.”
(Original comment in Chinese: ：“如果新闻、通讯及艺术部长年薪只有50万，当他和身价数百万的电讯公司总裁开会商讨政策问题时，可能面对一些困难。因为总裁们可能认为没有必要听取部长的意见与建议，因此合理的薪酬将有助于维持一点尊严。”)
His comments sparked a massive outcry on TR’s Facebook if many netizens lampooning him for his ’shallowness’.
Eric Lim retorted immediately:
“So how does the president of united states of America maintain his dignity when talking to our ministers?”
Peter Koh added:
“Sorry, what kind of LJ (LanJiao) logic is this. Cash is king concept ? This guy needs to get his brains checked.”
Mollie Sim was mortified:
“What utter rubbish!! What’s next? We need the police more than what a drug trafficker makes so that they feel more authorized to arrest them?”
Roger Wong was obviously disgusted:
“I don’t expect such crap to come from a doctor. So pay ministers stratospheric salaries so that they can lord it over all with dignity ? How many Singaporeans must be feeling indignified now?”
PAP de facto leader Lee Kuan Yew once remarked famously that a good prime minister must be able to ‘coordinate’ well:
“To be the Prime Minister, you don’t have to know every instrument, but you got to recognise, ah, he’s a good violinist, he’ll be the first violinist, he’ll be the double bass. Then you coordinate them and then you have great music. And if you already have a great orchestra, you can put A DUMMY there and you still got great music…”
Dr Lim is now ‘out of sync’ with the rest of the PAP ‘orchestra’ with Lee relinquishing his ministerial portfolio and will probably get a gentle reminder soon to toe the ‘official’ line which is – “ministerial salaries should be reviewed and cut to placate the angry ‘lesser mortals’
