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Even after she has repented? That's very harsh.![]()

enough to buy integrity?
Even after she has repented? That's very harsh.![]()
enough to buy integrity?
hahaha....I have yet to come across a more thick skinned hypocrite who is better at double talking....When it comes to integrity, CSJ is number 1. Disregard what he did at NUS et cetera. He has sacrificed his career for the love of this country. If outsiders have any designs on S'pore, CSJ will be our 'eyes' and 'ears'.
Xiao Yu Toh Exactly. I share your sentiments too. I mean if his mentor Chiam See Tong really retired from politics, at least Dr Chee is still of good character. But to have Chiam See Tong out of SDP which he himself founded to form another party, speaks a lot about Chee's character. If Dr Chee is an honourable man, he should have resigned from SDP n created a new party himself, instead of riding on the successes of the former party.
I lived in Bukit Batok for 28years of my life, and have no wish for such person to run in my old home.
How Chiam See Tong was ousted from the SDP by Chee Soon Juan
If you think that the PAP made it tough for the opposition, may I remind readers of very recent history. The following are facts from public domain, newspapers and published decisions of the Court.
On the 10th of December 1993, one Chiam See Tong took the Singapore Democratic Party to court for wrongful expulsion and to sue for consequential reliefs.
Chiam See Tong was once the Secretary General of the SDP.
On 17th of May 1993, Chiam had attended a regular meeting of the Party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC). At this time, one of the CEC members, a young Dr. Chee Soon Juan, had gone on a hunger strike in protest against the termination of his employment with the National University of Singapore on account of some alleged misuse of the university’s research funds.
Chiam was concerned that the manner of protest that Dr. Chee had chosen would damage the reputation of the SDP.
At the Party’s CEC meeting, Chiam sought to table a motion of censure against Dr. Chee, however, no one supported him.
Disappointed, he took this as a vote of no confidence in him as the Sec-Gen and consequently resigned the position. He gave up the position to a Ling How Doong, whom was Party Chairman at that time.
(Ling How Dong, Member of Parliament for SDP, Bukit Gombak 1991)Chiam then took to the press with his frustrations.
Soon, at another CEC meeting (of which was now run by Ling), the Committee decided that Chiam should be disciplined and on the 28th of July 1993, Chiam received a notice requiring him to appear before the Party’s CEC for a hearing.
Chiam raised an objection that the hearing should not proceed – because some of its members were the very persons he criticised. This would bring about an unfair hearing. The CEC disagreed and this was overruled.
During the hearing, Chiam was subjected to questions, challenges and refutes “in random fashion” by the members. At the end of it all, it was decided that Chiam should be expelled.
The Court ruled for allowing Chiam’s claim against the SDP. This was based on the decision that an important element of natural justice, that of fair hearing, was the person whose conduct was sought to be impugned should be told clearly what case he was to meet. In this case, Chiam was not told of the real grievance against him.
Moreover, the proceedings required the participation in an adversarial way between the CEC and himself – this was not satisfactory and did not comply with the norm of fairness of which a disciplinary tribunal must observe. There was prejudice by the adjudicators from the start.
Chiam spoke to the press at length about the reasons for his resignation. He revealed that some of the party leaders were not credible, whilst others were motivated by self-interest. In particular, he commented on one of the members, Mr. Wong Hong Toy’s criminal record and Dr. Chee’s dismissal from NUS for misappropriation of research funds. He spoke of how Mr. Ling and Mr. Cheo Chai Chen (who were then party Members of Parliament for Bukit Gombak and Nee Soon Central), were running town councils like their own “little kingdoms”.
The PAP did not deliver Chiam as much damage as the old SDP CEC did.
Chee eventually was released from his bankruptcy because of sympathy from his litigants. He is now a free man, free to campaign at the elections.
But what about the Singapore Democratic Party that Chiam fought so hard to build (and eventually did win seats in Parliament?) Who is going to return the party back to him?
(Chiam lost the Toa Payoh campaign against the PAP in 2011)
Chee Soon Juan…Vote For Re-LIAR-bility
blar blar blar....... and the rest of cowardly bullshit...
hahaha....I have yet to come across a more thick skinned hypocrite who is better at double talking....
another hit below the belt post and idiots were too intoxicated to see it....
csj was dishonest at NUS...
csj was paid by papeee to be our 'eyes' and 'ears'....
Chee Soon Juan…Vote For Re-LIAR-bility
In his op-ed last week (“A New Vision for Singapore,” Nov. 28), Chee Soon Juan rehashes old arguments without a sense of reality.
He takes issue with income inequality in Singapore. Indeed it has increased, as it has in many other countries. But in Singapore, the low-income have access to high-quality education, health care and public housing, like other citizens. Families earning just 1,000 Singapore dollars ($800) a month can afford to own a two-room apartment. Indeed, 80% of households in the bottom income quintile own their homes, with an average of more than S$200,000 net housing equity. Their wages have also grown by 10% (in real terms) in the past decade, unlike the stagnation often seen elsewhere. There is no parallel in other countries. Our model is not perfect, but it is dishonest of Mr. Chee to claim that it has failed, or that we have done nothing.
Mr. Chee criticizes government-linked companies. His charges are absurd. GLCs include highly successful, internationally renowned companies, such as Keppel, SembCorp and Singapore Airlines. They provide good jobs and opportunities for Singaporeans, but they make up just 10% of the economy. Privately owned small and medium-sized enterprises employ seven in 10 Singaporeans and enjoy the bulk of government support.
But Mr. Chee is not interested in facts. He is out to make a political case and trim his sails to the wind. When he writes in The Wall Street Journal, he attacks GLCs, but when he writes for the Huffington Post, he attacks free-trade agreements, in particular the U.S.-Singapore FTA.
Mr. Chee claims Singapore lacks a democracy. The reality is that elections in Singapore are free and fair. Every time Mr. Chee and his party have contested, Singaporeans have rejected them. He might do better to take the interest of Singaporeans to heart, rather than pander to the editorial tastes of the Western media.
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Lapping up PAP- sanitised and PAP-controlled media reports at your own peril. Dr Chee is specifically targeted for destruction because the PAP fears him as a formidable and articulate foe. Chiam's start-and -stop staccato accomodating style and utter lack of eloquence is pseudo opposition at its best! PAP loves him!
Xiao Yu Toh Exactly. I share your sentiments too. I mean if his mentor Chiam See Tong really retired from politics, at least Dr Chee is still of good character. But to have Chiam See Tong out of SDP which he himself founded to form another party, speaks a lot about Chee's character. If Dr Chee is an honourable man, he should have resigned from SDP n created a new party himself, instead of riding on the successes of the former party.
I lived in Bukit Batok for 28years of my life, and have no wish for such person to run in my old home.