The Geylang Checker saga continues...
Now the founder says she has received death threats. In the mypaper story (link below), she also recounts how one woman volunteer was chased by men in an alley and had her camera smashed when cornered. The police arrived just in time, and the men fled. Also, an army guy has answered her recruitment ad (see my posting yesterday) and Geylang Checker now has expertise in "guerrilla tactics"!
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20110715-289242.html
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One piece of news today that caused a buzz is opposition figure Tan Jee Say quitting the SDP so as to run for the Elected Presidency (EP). He is the 4th Tan to seek the $4-million job. But he says, among the four Tans, he alone has absolutely no past association with the ruling PAP.
Wah, is this EP contest about being how independent from the PAP a candidate should be? It's gonna be a strange election -- and electioneering ahead.
But I wish long-time business honcho and distinguished public figure Baey Lian Peck would stand (He is not). He has said the most sensible remark so far by a private individual on public service. The intro in an ST report yesterday, "Chronicles of a public service pioneer" (ST, 14 July, page A10), said:
The man who has spent 60 years as chairman of various boards here lives by one rule: If he is to take on a public service appointment, he will do it gratis. [Mr] Baey Lian Peck, 80, believes that not being bound by fee or salary means he is free to speak his mind, set it to the task at hand, and not be treated like a civil servant or employee.
Spot on, Mr Baey. Sure you won't run?
true that
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