I really don't get it... PM Lee dare to comment about quality vs quantity!
Out of 87 MPs, 3 NCMPs and 6 NMPs, 81 are PAP MPs... In terms of quantity, PAP MPs are more and more percentage of Jiat Liao bees & zo bo lan.
Quality over quantity of MPs' voice that counts
t is the quality of the voices that counts and not just the quantity.
This was said by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in an email reply to questions from the media about the Hougang by-election.
He was responding to the Workers' Party's (WP) point that the Hougang seat matters to the opposition party because winning it would increase their presence in parliament by 20 per cent.
The Straits Times reported that while PM Lee fully understands the desire for alternate voices in parliament, it is the quality of these voices that matter.
"Whether one more MP, PAP or opposition, makes a difference depends not on the percentage increase that he represents to his side, but on his integrity, commitment and ability," said PM Lee.
He also urged voters to vote for People's Action Party (PAP) candidate Desmond Choo so as to make a fresh start for Hougang as he will work with the government to improve their lives.
"I hope when Hougang voters go to the polls on Saturday, they will assess both Mr Desmond Choo and Mr Png Eng Huat on that basis, and choose the one they consider more able to represent and look after them," said PM Lee.
Other local reports said Mr Lee said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean had simply laid out the facts with regards to WP's candidate for Hougang Png Eng Huat initial denial that he had been passed over when WP chose a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) but it later "emerged that this was untrue".
Out of 87 MPs, 3 NCMPs and 6 NMPs, 81 are PAP MPs... In terms of quantity, PAP MPs are more and more percentage of Jiat Liao bees & zo bo lan.
Quality over quantity of MPs' voice that counts
t is the quality of the voices that counts and not just the quantity.
This was said by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in an email reply to questions from the media about the Hougang by-election.
He was responding to the Workers' Party's (WP) point that the Hougang seat matters to the opposition party because winning it would increase their presence in parliament by 20 per cent.
The Straits Times reported that while PM Lee fully understands the desire for alternate voices in parliament, it is the quality of these voices that matter.
"Whether one more MP, PAP or opposition, makes a difference depends not on the percentage increase that he represents to his side, but on his integrity, commitment and ability," said PM Lee.
He also urged voters to vote for People's Action Party (PAP) candidate Desmond Choo so as to make a fresh start for Hougang as he will work with the government to improve their lives.
"I hope when Hougang voters go to the polls on Saturday, they will assess both Mr Desmond Choo and Mr Png Eng Huat on that basis, and choose the one they consider more able to represent and look after them," said PM Lee.
Other local reports said Mr Lee said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean had simply laid out the facts with regards to WP's candidate for Hougang Png Eng Huat initial denial that he had been passed over when WP chose a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) but it later "emerged that this was untrue".
