Connecting with the people meaning eating at A & W fastfood? He made himself sound like he is a rare breed who ate in fastfood. May be he is also referrring to other LKY wannabes who don't mingle with people in this society and ate in high class restaurant or SGD50K home-made french food. Than again, the endless photos of PAP newbies put up by Straits Times painted otherwise, these so-called PAP "material" looks so ordinary and almost like cry-baby to me. They need help from the voters to bring them into parlament so that they can milk (like a baby) from the voters in return.