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Education minister Heng Swee Keat reportedly said that it was Singapore’s good fortune that we had at our founding, a remarkable team led by exceptional men of rare gifts and that one of these gifts was the gift of persuasion [1].
Mr Heng may have confused our founding in 1819 with our independence in 1965. Based on our founding in 1819, the exceptional man of rare gift would be Sir Stamford Raffles. Based on the economic master plan we followed around the time of our independence in 1965, the man of rare gift would be Dr Albert Winsemius.
I leave it to Singaporeans to judge whether these are persuasive or crass remarks:
...If native Singaporeans are falling behind because the spurs are not stuck into the hide, that is their problem.
• If Aljunied decides to go that way, well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.
• …women will become maids in other people’s countries, foreign workers.
• If you asked me for my observations, the other communities have easier integration – friends, inter-marriages and so on – than Muslims… I would say, today, we can integrate all religions and races, except Islam.
More here...http://trulysingapore.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/1770/
Mr Heng may have confused our founding in 1819 with our independence in 1965. Based on our founding in 1819, the exceptional man of rare gift would be Sir Stamford Raffles. Based on the economic master plan we followed around the time of our independence in 1965, the man of rare gift would be Dr Albert Winsemius.
I leave it to Singaporeans to judge whether these are persuasive or crass remarks:
...If native Singaporeans are falling behind because the spurs are not stuck into the hide, that is their problem.
• If Aljunied decides to go that way, well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.
• …women will become maids in other people’s countries, foreign workers.
• If you asked me for my observations, the other communities have easier integration – friends, inter-marriages and so on – than Muslims… I would say, today, we can integrate all religions and races, except Islam.
More here...http://trulysingapore.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/1770/
