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Weekend Roundup: Week 07

Posted by singaporedaily on 14th February 2009

“there is a flaw somewhere in the logic [that the young need constant protection]; for one it presupposes that conflict is necessarily bad for kiddies and all we should really do is protect them from dawn to dusk.”
Darkness

“It is clear to me, from the Minister’s speech, that the direct intended outcome of JCS is essentially to give money to businesses, for them to spend as they desire. It is, as I said in my speech, a handout for businesses.”
Siew Kum Hong

“All men are fallible. Donning a white uniform does not put one above scrutiny.”
Gerald Giam

“Yet, by expressly forbidding its officers to “[speak] disparagingly of the Government”, MOE’s obvious corollary is that it is alright to speak glowingly of the Government. One is impelled to make comparisons with Communist regimes, where you could (and were expected to) praise the Party, even if your Trabant was belching smoke and out of style.”
Agagooga

“There has been a lot of talk even at coffee shops, at the grassroots level and among our residents, about the losses by our SWFs and whether this government has undone what our past government has so painstakingly built up.”
Inderjit Singh

“$58 billion is the [amount of Temasek’s losses]! I am Flabbergasted, astounded, stunned, bewildered, and shocked. And we have not even looked at GIC’s numbers yet!”
Dr. Huang Shoou Chyuan

“..so what is the difference in putting them in Johor Baru?”
Khaw Boon Wan on shipping old Singaporeans to Malaysia

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