Vtim 3rd Gear January 1, 2009 Share January 1, 2009 Got this email from a friend: They are really classic, especially the last quote. " For a person who runs a million-dollar charitable organization, $600,000 is peanuts as it has a few hundred million in reserves." - Mrs Goh Chok Tong "If you don't include your women graduates in your breeding pool and leave them on the shelf, you would end up a more stupid society... So what happens? There will be less bright people to support dumb people in the next generation. That's a problem." - MM Lee in 1983 "Save on one hairdo and use the money for breast screening." Lim Hng Kiang "Only 5% are unemployed. We still have 95% who are employed." - Yeo Cheow Tong "Retrenchment is good for Singapore. If there is no retrenchments, then I worry." - SM Goh "We must encourage those who earn less than $200 per month and cannot afford to nurture and educate many children never to have more than two... We will regret the time lost if we do not now take the first tentative steps towards correcting a trend which can leave our society with a large number of the physically, intellectually and culturally anemic." - MM Lee in 1967 "Contrary to public perception, the White Horse classification is not to ensure that sons of influential men gets preferential treatment. Instead it is to ensure that they do not get preferential treatment."- Cedric Foo "I give you an example: you put out a fun podcast, you talk about 'bak chor mee'; I will say "mee siam mai hum", then we compete." PM Lee Hsien Loong "I don't think that there should be a cap on the number of directorship that a person can hold." - PAP MP John Chen who holds 8 directorships . "It's not for the money because some of the companies pay me as little as $10,000 a year." - PAP MP Wang Kai Yuen who holds 11 directorships. "We started off with (the name) and after looking at everything, the name that really tugged at the heartstrings was in front of us. The name itself is not new, but what has been used informally so far has endeared itself to all parties." - Mah Bow Tan on the $400,000 exercise to rename Marina Bay as Marina Bay. "Having enjoyed football as a national sport for decades, we in Singapore have set ourselves the target of reaching the final rounds of World Cup in 2010." - Ho Peng Kee "I would want to form an alternative policies group in Parliament, comprising 20 PAP MPs. These 20 PAP MPs will be free to vote in accordance with what they think of a particular policy. In other words, the whip for them will be lifted. This is not playing politics, this is something which I think is worthwhile doing." - SM Goh "If you want to dance on a bar top, some of us will fall off the bar Top. Some people will die as a result of liberalizing bar top dancing ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xspace 1st Gear January 1, 2009 Share January 1, 2009 "Mine is a very matter-of-fact approach to the problem. If you can select a population and they're educated and they're properly brought up, then you don't have to use too much of the stick because they would already have been trained. It's like with dogs. You train it in a proper way from small. It will know that it's got to leave, go outside to pee and to defecate. No, we are not that kind of society. We had to train adult dogs who even today deliberately urinate in the lifts." - Lee Kuan Yew on Singapore society, The Man & His Ideas, 1997 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged January 1, 2009 Share January 1, 2009 We should start compiling..and 50yrs down the road, publish a book named "Quotable Quotes" or mebbe we should have a $400,000 exercise to find out what should be it's title.. [:p] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porker Turbocharged January 1, 2009 Share January 1, 2009 Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmm CNC Music Factory Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcapone Neutral Newbie January 1, 2009 Share January 1, 2009 "This is because the public transport fare is not directly linked to the oil prices. We link it to national factors, like the inflation level in Singapore, and the wage level in the whole of Singapore." ..... Raymond Lim The statement is in contrary to what the operators claimed: 23 March 2007 (Straits Times) In the past two years, the operators cited higher oil prices as the main justification for a fare rise. 1 August 2008 (Straits Times): In a statement on Friday, SBS Transit said it is applying to raise bus and train fares because fuel and energy costs have Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged January 1, 2009 Share January 1, 2009 "This is because the public transport fare is not directly linked to the oil prices. We link it to national factors, like the inflation level in Singapore, and the wage level in the whole of Singapore." ..... Raymond Lim The statement is in contrary to what the operators claimed: 23 March 2007 (Straits Times) In the past two years, the operators cited higher oil prices as the main justification for a fare rise. 1 August 2008 (Straits Times): In a statement on Friday, SBS Transit said it is applying to raise bus and train fares because fuel and energy costs have Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracker 1st Gear January 1, 2009 Share January 1, 2009 Got this email from a friend: They are really classic, especially the last quote. "I would want to form an alternative policies group in Parliament, comprising 20 PAP MPs. These 20 PAP MPs will be free to vote in accordance with what they think of a particular policy. In other words, the whip for them will be lifted. This is not playing politics, this is something which I think is worthwhile doing." - SM Goh There was a Part 2 to this quote...Cant recall who exactly said it...but the speech was sth along this line.. " the pple are playing in an orchestra...each one had their own part (instrument) to play and they had to follow the direction of the conductor who is holding the baton....Hence it is out of place if u want to stand up and play rock guitar in such an ensemble..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroomtattat 2nd Gear January 2, 2009 Share January 2, 2009 Got this email from a friend: They are really classic, especially the last quote. " For a person who runs a million-dollar charitable organization, $600,000 is peanuts as it has a few hundred million in reserves." - Mrs Goh Chok Tong "If you don't include your women graduates in your breeding pool and leave them on the shelf, you would end up a more stupid society... So what happens? There will be less bright people to support dumb people in the next generation. That's a problem." - MM Lee in 1983 "Save on one hairdo and use the money for breast screening." Lim Hng Kiang "Only 5% are unemployed. We still have 95% who are employed." - Yeo Cheow Tong "Retrenchment is good for Singapore. If there is no retrenchments, then I worry." - SM Goh "We must encourage those who earn less than $200 per month and cannot afford to nurture and educate many children never to have more than two... We will regret the time lost if we do not now take the first tentative steps towards correcting a trend which can leave our society with a large number of the physically, intellectually and culturally anemic." - MM Lee in 1967 "Contrary to public perception, the White Horse classification is not to ensure that sons of influential men gets preferential treatment. Instead it is to ensure that they do not get preferential treatment."- Cedric Foo "I give you an example: you put out a fun podcast, you talk about 'bak chor mee'; I will say "mee siam mai hum", then we compete." PM Lee Hsien Loong "I don't think that there should be a cap on the number of directorship that a person can hold." - PAP MP John Chen who holds 8 directorships . "It's not for the money because some of the companies pay me as little as $10,000 a year." - PAP MP Wang Kai Yuen who holds 11 directorships. "We started off with (the name) and after looking at everything, the name that really tugged at the heartstrings was in front of us. The name itself is not new, but what has been used informally so far has endeared itself to all parties." - Mah Bow Tan on the $400,000 exercise to rename Marina Bay as Marina Bay. "Having enjoyed football as a national sport for decades, we in Singapore have set ourselves the target of reaching the final rounds of World Cup in 2010." - Ho Peng Kee "I would want to form an alternative policies group in Parliament, comprising 20 PAP MPs. These 20 PAP MPs will be free to vote in accordance with what they think of a particular policy. In other words, the whip for them will be lifted. This is not playing politics, this is something which I think is worthwhile doing." - SM Goh "If you want to dance on a bar top, some of us will fall off the bar Top. Some people will die as a result of liberalizing bar top dancing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N00b 4th Gear January 2, 2009 Share January 2, 2009 either one must be the biggest lie in history.. i vote lemon lim! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N00b 4th Gear January 2, 2009 Share January 2, 2009 y dun hav the "it's a honest mistake, let's move on" quote? tats a classic ard here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amuze Neutral Newbie January 2, 2009 Share January 2, 2009 'If there are no wars or oil crises, this golden period can stretch out over many years,' Straits Times (8 July 2007) - Singapore in a golden period, says MM Lee http://app.mfa.gov.sg/pr/read_content.asp?View,7668, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff49er Clutched January 2, 2009 Share January 2, 2009 So these are the quotes from our Leeders I like this quote: AND last but not least, here's what MM Lee said in April 2007:- ........ you have to pay the market rate or the man will up stakes and join Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers or Goldman Sachs and you would have an incompetent man and you would lost money by the BILLIONS.....!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xefera 6th Gear January 2, 2009 Share January 2, 2009 Anyone had any idea what is $200 back in 1967 worth as is today? Sounds like a lot of money to me knowing a bowl of mee is like a few cents only then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackyv Turbocharged January 2, 2009 Share January 2, 2009 i like this one... 'We don't know. He could be here, he could be overseas,'.....'One day we will catch him,'..... PM Lee, Dec'09.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michel Neutral Newbie January 2, 2009 Share January 2, 2009 (edited) i like this one... 'We don't know. He could be here, he could be overseas,'.....'One day we will catch him,'..... PM Lee, Dec'09.. DEC 2009 ... 2008, u meant? Edited January 2, 2009 by Michel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latka 1st Gear January 2, 2009 Share January 2, 2009 To begin with, who are the ones to put them in parliament? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christan Turbocharged January 2, 2009 Share January 2, 2009 And the winner of the best quote is.................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged January 3, 2009 Share January 3, 2009 And the winner of the best quote is.................... i vote for lemon lim.. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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