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[TD="class: msgtxt"][h=2]Dr Tony Tan deletes FB posting after Netizens spotted contradictions with His Son抯 CV[/h]
July 29th, 2011 |
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Dr Tony Tan has deleted the posting with the following explanation of his son抯 搒pecial?NS experience.
This is following detailed analysis in Temasek Review Emeritus (TRE) pointing out inconsistencies between what was written in the explanation and Dr Patrick Tan抯 CV.
[URL]http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/07/28/dr-tony-tans-office-clarifies-on-his-sons-non-combat-ns-stint-as-a-scientist-at-dmeri/[/URL]
Some of the key inconsistencies:
1) Dr Patrick Tan抯 first disruption was to go to Havard where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts. He was therefore not following the standard track of getting a disruption to go to medical school to come back and serve as a doctor.
2) The second disruption was to go to Stanford to get a MBBS. This second disruption is unprecedented and there is no record of anyone EVER getting a disruption to get a BA and then a second disruption to get a MBBS.
3) The disease he was doing research on is melioidosis . This is a somewhat obscure disease. The following is the Wikipedia link.
[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melioidosis[/URL]
According to Wikipedia, it has a low mortality rate of 10% if treated with the correct antibiotics. As of today, there has never been a mass outbreak of melioidosis in Singapore. Also because of the relatively easy conventional treatment and low mortality rate, there is no record of anyone ever trying to weaponise this disease into a bio-weapon.
4) The time that Dr Patrick Tan took to obtain his MBBS is abnormally long (8 years). Most people get a MBBS from Stanford in 6 years. There is speculation that Dr Patrick Tan probably took a 1 to 2 gap years off. If this is true, this would be an anomaly since SAF is not known to approve disruption for gap years.
Many unanswered questions about his son's "special" NS experience
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Aurvandil
* The writer blogs at [URL="http://singstatistician.blogspot.com/"]http://singstatistician.blogspot.com/[/URL]
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[TD="class: msgtxt"][h=2]Dr Tony Tan deletes FB posting after Netizens spotted contradictions with His Son抯 CV[/h]



Dr Tony Tan has deleted the posting with the following explanation of his son抯 搒pecial?NS experience.

[URL]http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/07/28/dr-tony-tans-office-clarifies-on-his-sons-non-combat-ns-stint-as-a-scientist-at-dmeri/[/URL]
Some of the key inconsistencies:
1) Dr Patrick Tan抯 first disruption was to go to Havard where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts. He was therefore not following the standard track of getting a disruption to go to medical school to come back and serve as a doctor.
2) The second disruption was to go to Stanford to get a MBBS. This second disruption is unprecedented and there is no record of anyone EVER getting a disruption to get a BA and then a second disruption to get a MBBS.
3) The disease he was doing research on is melioidosis . This is a somewhat obscure disease. The following is the Wikipedia link.
[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melioidosis[/URL]
According to Wikipedia, it has a low mortality rate of 10% if treated with the correct antibiotics. As of today, there has never been a mass outbreak of melioidosis in Singapore. Also because of the relatively easy conventional treatment and low mortality rate, there is no record of anyone ever trying to weaponise this disease into a bio-weapon.
4) The time that Dr Patrick Tan took to obtain his MBBS is abnormally long (8 years). Most people get a MBBS from Stanford in 6 years. There is speculation that Dr Patrick Tan probably took a 1 to 2 gap years off. If this is true, this would be an anomaly since SAF is not known to approve disruption for gap years.

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Aurvandil
* The writer blogs at [URL="http://singstatistician.blogspot.com/"]http://singstatistician.blogspot.com/[/URL]
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