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26-05-2023, 01:50 AM
Yes I don’t doubt both of you have nothing to hide Your Majesties K Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan. Yes I am also sure everything was done above board.
However, you must also be aware that as ministers, the electorate is watching you all the time - the car or cars you own, the watches and shoes you wear, the lifestyle you lead and of course where you live.
I remembered in the early 70s as a young serving officer in the Ministry of Defence, I saw our Deputy PM and Defence Minister DR Goh Keng Swee driving pass the complex gates in his old beat up Morris, parked the car himself and strode to his office in pretty unfashionable office attire. He definitely could have driven a more handsome car and wear more stylish clothes but he chose not too.
He knew all eyes were on him and it was best not to prance around showing off his position and wealth especially when the rest of us were living from pay check to pay check.
LKY in interviews for one of his books, said as PM, he could live in the Istana (like the British governors) with his family. However, he did not want his children to grow up living in opulence with butlers picking up after them. Perhaps what he did not mention explicitly was he did not want the citizens to look askance at the Prime Minister himself living in a lavish mansion with expansive grounds especially at a time when everyone was finding it hard to make ends meet.
In later years he could well afford to live in the most prestigious areas of the city but still he chose to reside in a relatively humble home at Oxley Road. As a leader he was well aware he had to lead by example and to be seen doing so.; living in grandiose surroundings therefore would not do.
More at https://tinyurl.com/bdzb2f2k
However, you must also be aware that as ministers, the electorate is watching you all the time - the car or cars you own, the watches and shoes you wear, the lifestyle you lead and of course where you live.
I remembered in the early 70s as a young serving officer in the Ministry of Defence, I saw our Deputy PM and Defence Minister DR Goh Keng Swee driving pass the complex gates in his old beat up Morris, parked the car himself and strode to his office in pretty unfashionable office attire. He definitely could have driven a more handsome car and wear more stylish clothes but he chose not too.
He knew all eyes were on him and it was best not to prance around showing off his position and wealth especially when the rest of us were living from pay check to pay check.
LKY in interviews for one of his books, said as PM, he could live in the Istana (like the British governors) with his family. However, he did not want his children to grow up living in opulence with butlers picking up after them. Perhaps what he did not mention explicitly was he did not want the citizens to look askance at the Prime Minister himself living in a lavish mansion with expansive grounds especially at a time when everyone was finding it hard to make ends meet.
In later years he could well afford to live in the most prestigious areas of the city but still he chose to reside in a relatively humble home at Oxley Road. As a leader he was well aware he had to lead by example and to be seen doing so.; living in grandiose surroundings therefore would not do.
More at https://tinyurl.com/bdzb2f2k
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