Minister of Manpower, Gan Kim Yong, made a very interesting statement in a dialogue with students when he was telling them that they shouldn't be choosy about jobs. He even told them that they should try out blue collared jobs, just so that they wouldn't be "seen as inflexible by employers".
He gave an example of himself making do with one of his dreams:
"I always wanted to be a teacher, but the closest I got [to being one] was being Minister of State for Education."
To say I am confounded and flabbergasted would be an understatement.
Couple this with Mas Selamat's escape and our dear Home Affairs Minister saying things like, "Mas Selamat is either in Singapore or not in Singapore" some time this year (or was it last year?) I am worried about the current batch of politicians representing Singapore. I hope LKY lives forever. Maybe we will still have some semblance of a brain within the government.
Please don't arrest me for this article. I am just airing some opinions.
Surely this doesn't count as slander, right?
Well, how about a wisecrack from the student audience.
"The closest I got to being a blue collared worker was standing next to one!"
3 comments:
No... Actually I feel its more akin to saying "I wanted to be a croupier, but the closest I got to being one was being the owner of the casino."
hahahah... let's start a slew of comments like these...!
ITs awesome!
"I've always wanted to be a pilanthropist, but the closest I ever got to being one was being in charge of NKF."
How about "I always wanted to be a writer but ended up CEO of SPH"
or
"I always wanted to be work a movie theatre so I could see all the movies but ended up running the Board of Film Censors"
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