Soon Juan, it is really a historical SDP rally this coming Saturday. I will be there. Tan Kin Lian with his experience in the insurance industry will be relevant in his delivery of unemployment insurance. And the other topic which is of wide interest of minimum wage to the plebeian will definitely enhance many work-life situations and more citizens will like to come out to work if they find it worth the while having a minimum wage.
Today's S'pore context..you ask me who will want to work for a mere 600 or 800 dollars..which cannot even make ends meet. Only the foreign imports will go for it because the are choosing from the 'devil and the deep blue sea'
It would be great to hear Vincent Cheng's side of the story of his injustice detention...but does it not seem a little 'misplaced speech'
at this SDP rally when the main concern should be channeled more on the "daily bread and butter issues" of the average citizens than the high-handedness of the ISD and Vincent's foregone detention inconclusiveness....
We learn to let go the anger, the hate and surely the injustice done by the PAP government to so many people..time and again. Tan Wah Piah is one man victimized but has become a successful lawyer in his own rights...Old wounds can heal though the scars remained...We humble our misfortunes.
Two months back, I was having lunch at Marine Parade hawker centre and i met a retired lady teacher and our conversation slowly turned to politics and to my surprise and that was the time Vincent Cheng was refused by the library authorities to speak on his predicaments...She said she knew Vincent for a long time and had try to persuade Vincent to let go the animosity of hate...and i was rather surprised when she said "hatred is more self-destructive than the destruction of self by the authorities who jailed him"...I did learn something from what she said.
Our encounter in life and happenings is sometimes a karmic effect of which we have to accept some degree of our failings too...Life will and can move on in a 'world of power over righteousness to self' but we can never beat authoritarian dictators!! We weigh our opinions and re-strategized our priority to fight another day.
The catchword is to stay a free man !!
patrick lee song juan
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Thanks, insightful observation.
ReplyDeleteI have to disagree with what you said about this experience man delivering his unemployment insurance. I opine strongly that he is pitching for his future public appearance to deliver future plan of running for presidency. He has already stated his intention.
My personal view is that he is better off running for MP than his aspiration to be a president. Many people should benefit if he is elected as an MP as oppose to being a toothless president.
As an MP, he can bring complacent ministers to task, he can speak up for people disadvantaged by flawed policies, and mind you, there are so many of these.
What good is he to be a president only to find that his hands are tied by the very constitutions that were supposed to be protecting the citizens, And of course, it is rather awkward if he continues to sell other people's book in his website should he be a president.
As for Mr Vincent Cheng, I respect his decision to do what he feels appropriate. He had gone through enough to know what course to take. None of us can totally feel his pain and his suffering enough to judge whether he should or should not let go of the 'animosity'.
Though I have to say, generally, I agree with what the wise retired lady teacher said about "hatred is more self-destructive than the destruction of self by the authorities who jailed him".
I wish Mr Cheng well.
Thank you 'Anonymous' for the opinion and wise learning for me to pick.
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