Comments on: Overcoming the deafening silence

By: Anderson

Anderson — Thu, 19 May 2011 06:19:12 +0000

Low Thia Khiang having broken English ? Seriously, Low put to shame those highly-educated ministers from prestigious western university in term of common sense, passion and spirit. In the end, his broken English make Low look even more distinctive and iconic in parliament. His voice and style of speaking give a sense of power and justice, and soon you forget that he is using broken English, but enchanted by his heart and determination to speak against injustice. Beside, having a Broken English give a sense that he is a commoner (of non-english educated generation) and that he is speaking for them.

The ultimate greatness of a person lies in his heart, and that alone transcends all quality and liability of that person. Low Thia Khiang has proved this true, and so has many members of opp parties.

By: Ryan Joseph

Ryan Joseph — Wed, 18 May 2011 22:55:01 +0000

Opps I said 2 days, I mean two years!!

By: Ryan Joseph

Ryan Joseph — Wed, 18 May 2011 22:54:42 +0000

Just read this some 2 days after it was first published – thanks for recirculating it .. enjoyed it very much! :)

By: Gilian

Gilian — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:08:01 +0000

It is greatly heartening to know that a half deaf Opposition leader can listen better than a full cabinet of ministers:)

By: bookjunkie

bookjunkie — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:42:06 +0000

What a wonderful and insightful story, Justin. Enjoyed it tremendously :)

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By: bizzkit0102

bizzkit0102 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:12:16 +0000

To Anonymous:

Yeah, I won't be giving a cent to iGave but everytime I see WP members selling their newspaper in my market, I will buy a copy. Also want to help to fund their cause.

By: bizzkit0102

bizzkit0102 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:09:22 +0000

Great job man guys for getting an interview with Mr Low, the great man himself.

Yes we need to elect more opposition into parliament. Ok, while I feel most of us will never live to see a day that PAP will be toppled, I hope to live to see a day where parliament will not be a pointless political exercise merely eating into 15 mins of daily TV programming.

I agree with Mr Low that really, PAP is not interested in listening to us when making their policies. Yeo Cheow Tong once said that foreigners envy our parliament coz some issues in their country take months to resolve while we only take days. Personally I feel its because in other countries, they actually have a meaningful debate instead of the hogwash seen in Sg's parliament. So really we should vote more opposition in to actually have meaningful discussions.

Unfortunately, there seems to be an opposition genocide happening in sg. And the most sad part is that till today, many singaporeans still vote for PAP not because they think they are good, but because of fear. Fear of what? God knows. Why is there this culture of fear in the first place? Its sad and pathetic.

Of course, having said that, that doesn't mean that all the present opposition are good. Still, one has to think through before he votes.

Oh, and to LKY who was being a prick when he criticized Mr Low's english. How do you teach your son? At least I'm sure Mr Low's children will know that mee siam has no cockles in it!

Lets hope sg can see more great men like Mr Low and Mr Chiam See Tong. Respect.

By: TC

TC — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:55:10 +0000

"How to keep check on PAP if you don’t have enough votes to counter PAP’s position on parliamentary voting?"

You can't. That is why the people needs to elect more oppositions. Better than staying away from parliament totally.

"Speaking disparagingly of the Government” as an offence that can get you sacked"

I hope the powers that be can tell the difference between "disparaging" and "criticizing" and "PAP" and "government".

By: Agagooga

Agagooga — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 07:22:51 +0000

He recalls that he joined WP while still a teacher and his vice-principal used to keep newspaper cuttings of him and his colleagues speculated when he would be sacked. “To me, I deliver, I do my job… what is there reason for you to sack me?” he said.

Unfortunately, MOE's current HR policy lists "Speaking disparagingly of the Government" as an offence that can get you sacked