Hri Kumar’s CPF forum – an honest farce

[Confuseous]

It is a bizarre reply from Mr Kumar.

What does, “That response was to that individual resident who asked”, mean?

Is Mr Kumar saying that his answer to Mr Abdul Malik does not apply to other non-residents of Bishan-Toa Payoh or Thomson who might want to attend the event?

If so, why the selectivity?

And why does Mr Kumar not indicate so in his event’s page?

And also, why do his comments and posting on the Facebook page seem to indicate that he welcomes all – residents and non-residents?

Why did he seem happy that “even Singaporeans from outside the division” are signing up, without stating that they may not be allowed to attend the event, or explained that they should not sign up at all?

For an event that is billed as “an honest conversation” with the public, the PAP MP seems to be flip-flopping in who he is allowing to attend the dialogue.

This has led to speculations that the MP is only allowing selected individuals to attend – and these could be those from the pro-government, or pro-PAP grassroots organisations, and members of the PAP.

Mr Jeyaretnam, in a Facebook post of his own, said that he was “very surprised to see what looks like an email from Hri Kumar to Roy Ng telling him that the event is for residents only.”


“Still that isn’t what he told Malik and I. I can’t verify that email but certainly I haven’t received one. Hri Kumar, I am sure, is a man of his word. He is a Senior Counsel and a PAP MP so his integrity is above reproach.

“Hri told me in a public forum that non-residents could attend, he confirmed publicly that online acceptance would suffice and he did not respond to or contradict my many public comments on the public event page and his public personal profile, relating to my attendance.”

Mr Jeyaretnam then gave 4 possibilities for Mr Kumar’s contradictory replies, one of which was:


“Hri Kumar wrote neither and has been kidnapped by aliens.”

.....http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2014/06/hri-kumars-cpf-forum-an-honest-farce/

 

[bakkuttay]

trying to score brownie point but kena backfire.

 

[MajullahSingapura]

Hri is already known to be a Porlumpar during law school days... not surprised at all that he choose to further his career with the PAP.
It has enhanced his financial worth considerably and make him a richer man...

 

[McDonaldsKid]

Well that was embarrassing.

 

[bakkuttay]

Well that was embarrassing.

too bad, he is dark and thickskin, so you cannot see him blush.

 

[McDonaldsKid]

too bad, he is dark and thickskin, so you cannot see him blush.

He does have an untrustworthy face, to be honest.

 

[Reddog]

trying to score brownie point but kena backfire.

This Ah Neh got caught ........ Ha Ha

 

[bakkuttay]

since when did this hk tell ever the truth??????'

for that matter which PAPpig ever tell the truth???????????

 

[Niigo]

He does have an untrustworthy face, to be honest.

A smiling tiger, perhaps.

 

[GoldenDragon]

A smiling tiger, perhaps.

Smiling snake to be more precise.

 

[GoldenDragon]

Hri is already known to be a Porlumpar during law school days... not surprised at all that he choose to further his career with the PAP.
It has enhanced his financial worth considerably and make him a richer man...

Likely to be bio-ing AG or JC post in the near future. Maybe even CJ.

 

[GoldenDragon]

Likely to be bio-ing AG or JC post in the near future. Maybe even CJ.

Forgot. Law minister?

 

[virus]

since when did this hk tell ever the truth??????'

for that matter which PAPpig ever tell the truth???????????

not even a dead one?

 

[tanakow]

This Ah Neh would have scored big time if he had gone ahead and allowed other constituency residents to attend. This would have shown that he was capable of handing difficult issues. With this excommunication of non-Toa Payoh residents, he would have been thought to be incompetent and that does not reflect well on him given that he is a senior counsel.

 

[laksaboy]

Hri is already known to be a Porlumpar during law school days... not surprised at all that he choose to further his career with the PAP.
It has enhanced his financial worth considerably and make him a richer man...

Indeed. To start embarking on your journey up the ranks of the vast PAP hierarchy, you'll have to join the Political Association in NUS. Then you volunteer in their grassroots 'outreach' activities. Lastly, rub shoulders with the rich and powerful ones, and rub them the right way.

 

[HTOLAS]

I would be horrified. In the first place, he clearly does not deserve even his SCship. Go to his FB page and see the farce there.

Likely to be bio-ing AG or JC post in the near future. Maybe even CJ.

 

[virus]

This Ah Neh would have scored big time if he had gone ahead and allowed other constituency residents to attend. This would have shown that he was capable of handing difficult issues. With this excommunication of non-Toa Payoh residents, he would have been thought to be incompetent and that does not reflect well on him given that he is a senior counsel.

he should stick to CONversation with "residents" from the kindergardens.

 

[laksaboy]

This Ah Neh would have scored big time if he had gone ahead and allowed other constituency residents to attend. This would have shown that he was capable of handing difficult issues. With this excommunication of non-Toa Payoh residents, he would have been thought to be incompetent and that does not reflect well on him given that he is a senior counsel.

The pappies don't want to debate, end of story. Francis Seow still lingers in their collective psyche.

What they want is to talk down to people. Nevertheless, they want to be perceived as an open, consultative government, hence the 'seeking feedback from the public' malarkey whenever it is about to implement a certain policy, usually one that is unpopular and potentially contentious.

Nothing has changed after all these years.

 

[GoldenDragon]

I would be horrified. In the first place, he clearly does not deserve even his SCship. Go to his FB page and see the farce there.

Shan became Law minister though he had skeletons. Need more be said?

Tharman was convicted for OSA. Now?