Dr. Tony Tan Is A Peranakan?

[Windsor]

I think he is a Peranakan.

 

[scroobal]

Yes..... The world is small. Both Goh Keng Swee and Kwa Geok Choo while in Secondary school shared the same minibus as their fathers were close friends.

 

[Windsor]

Yes..... The world is small. Both Goh Keng Swee and Kwa Geok Choo while in Secondary school shared the same minibus as their fathers were close friends.

Caught him at the gathering of the local Peranakan Association Ball 2011:

 

[Papsmearer]

So what? Old Goat's mother was Peranakan too.

 

[streetsmart73]

hi there


1. so what?
2. what's the big deal!
3. does tua-neh tan has some big dick or what?
4. pera or not, whitehair is still some sheep man!

 

[Forvendet]

Peranakan is good choice for President, unless you can find me an Eurasian candidate.

 

[Papsmearer]

Peranakan is good choice for President, unless you can find me an Eurasian candidate.

U based your choice on ethnicity? Are you retarded or what? What ever happened to best man for the job, regardless of race?

 

[Conqueror]

Nicole Seah

The are a few things I like about Peranakan:

1. The southern tribal people's (Chu) rice dumplings in the Peranakan's version.

2. Nicole Seah

3. 小娘惹 - 主题曲 (Little Nyonya) 2008 Mediacorp Drama Theme Song

This song (lyric) was very well written - very poetic !



[video=youtube;TyLNjxTfGMg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyLNjxTfGMg&playnext=1&list=PLB5B9E5A5F91B9D1B[/video]

 

[groober2011]

Re: Nicole Seah

Their food is well-known like pineapple tarts, buah keluak and itek tim.

 

[groober2011]

Yes..... The world is small. Both Goh Keng Swee and Kwa Geok Choo while in Secondary school shared the same minibus as their fathers were close friends.

There are 6 million Peranakans in Indonesia, but pitifully 500,000 only in Singapore and about the same population in Malaysia. They were a force to be reckoned with in the early days but the colonial masters made sure they never hemogenized to be a threat. If they had then it would have been a totally different society we have today.

 

[yellowarse]

Peranakan is good choice for President, unless you can find me an Eurasian candidate.

I love Peranakan food. I have Peranakan relatives by marriage. But to vote for a candidate because he is Peranakan? How daft can you be?

 

[hairylee]

I love Peranakan food. I have Peranakan relatives by marriage. But to vote for a candidate because he is Peranakan? How daft can you be?

I will not vote for him. 12 years of partaman the last thing I want is another yellow prataman.

 

[Forvendet]

I love Peranakan food. I have Peranakan relatives by marriage. But to vote for a candidate because he is Peranakan? How daft can you be?

At the outset of this multi-racial republic, when Yusof Ishak became the first president, it was already unwritten understanding that the presidency should rotate among the races. With Parliament nominated President, PAP or any party in power could do that smoothly. However, PAP had to be daft enough to make it Elected President. There's no hope of any non-Chinese winning if there's one or more Chinese contesting. What's the next best for a little pluralism variety? Peranakan of course.

Anyway, nominated or elected, the President is still largely ceremonial constitutionally. There's no power to make laws or policies. The difference of an EP is the power to veto reserve spending. However, Singapore is still a parliamentary democracy, not presidential (as in USA or Indonesia etc.) and Parliament will still have the final say with 2/3 majority. A 2/3 majority can do anything constitutionally including changing anything in the constitution.

 

[roaringlion]

Peranakan or not, does he make good prata? If not, sorry, he is not eligible to be President.

 

[Forvendet]

Peranakan or not, does he make good prata? If not, sorry, he is not eligible to be President.

I think he makes good nonya kueh.

 

[groober2011]

At the outset of this multi-racial republic, when Yusof Ishak became the first president, it was already unwritten understanding that the presidency should rotate among the races. With Parliament nominated President, PAP or any party in power could do that smoothly. However, PAP had to be daft enough to make it Elected President. There's no hope of any non-Chinese winning if there's one or more Chinese contesting. What's the next best for a little pluralism variety? Peranakan of course.

Anyway, nominated or elected, the President is still largely ceremonial constitutionally. There's no power to make laws or policies. The difference of an EP is the power to veto reserve spending. However, Singapore is still a parliamentary democracy, not presidential (as in USA or Indonesia etc.) and Parliament will still have the final say with 2/3 majority. A 2/3 majority can do anything constitutionally including changing anything in the constitution.

Wee Kim Wee was a Peranakan. Most of the power and wealth in Singapore is owned by the Peranakans or descendants of the Peranakan.

 

[Liquigas]

Does he speak Malay habitually? Does he practice Malay custom? If the answer is no, then he is not Peranakan.

 

[ben213us]

yes he is a peraakan. and some very smart person i know actually said that if Tony Tan runs for the presodent's postion, then a lot peranakans will vote for him. so much for intelligence. if smart people think like that, this country is in deep shit

 

[ben213us]

to put this in a clearer context : this very smart person also peranakan...