PAP's Lui Tuck Yew Not Connecting With Voters

[Chengwh492]

PAP's Lui Tuck Yew Not Connecting With Voters, Lacks People Skills

 

http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/2011...cting-with.html

 

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I am forwarding you an email I sent to the incumbent MP for Moulmein, Mr Lui Tuck Yew, and his subsequent reply. (They are reversed in order below). I have only deleted my name/addresses and Mr Lui's address for the sake of privacy in the event that you may wish to forward this to your own friends. I trust you will not use this email to "flame" (hope I used the term correctly), but instead to educate and perhaps generate informed discussion.

 

I am sending my friends this because I feel that it is important that you hear what happened to me personally, and how Mr Lui reacted to me during what I thought was a simple, agreeable conversation. Those of you who know me well know that I do not go around deliberately antagonising people or creating trouble of any kind. So the flow of the conversation that took place left me shocked, and I must admit, sad. Mr Lui explains his "disengagement" in his reply attached below. I will leave you to read the whole story and the two emails and then come to your own conclusions.

 

First, the background to this whole incident.

 

I have been a resident of Moulmein my whole life, and not once have I ever had the chance or privilege to vote. So you can imagine how excited I was when I realised that there may be a strong possibility that Moulmein would be contested this time round. Prior to Mr Lui being the walkover MP, our MP was Mr Khaw Boon Wan. If Mr Khaw had still been our MP, I would most likely have voted for him as Mr Khaw had made his presence felt strongly in Moulmein, even at a social level, and it had always been a very reassuring presence. Mr Lui, on the other hand, has not had much of a presence...................

[Rootkie]

wow...

[Ken4555]

there's another thread on this email...

[Best_ctzn]

  On 4/23/2011 at 8:32 AM, Ken4555 said:

there's another thread on this email...

Never mind, the more the merrier.

 

It is like wayang entertainment.

[Porche]

another arrogance displayed by the A team

[David]

There are so many Tan Ah Kow in Singapore.

[David]

  On 4/23/2011 at 8:43 AM, Best_ctzn said:

Never mind, the more the merrier.

 

It is like wayang entertainment.

 

That's another feather in MCF then.

[Solar]

doesn't it sound familiar to someone who stamp the feet and 'dunno what to say'?

no time for these dodos..

[Wind30]

Actually I thought the reply by our minister is quite good.

 

Common, you guys argue in internet all the time right? You never meet people who is so fixated by his own point of view that it is impossible to talk sense to that guy?

 

 

[Solar]

  On 4/23/2011 at 9:11 AM, Wind30 said:

Actually I thought the reply by our minister is quite good.

 

Common, you guys argue in internet all the time right? You never meet people who is so fixated by his own point of view that it is impossible to talk sense to that guy?

 

this is can be considered vote gathering event.. like telling your potential boss why should he hire you.

and your reply? go read my resume and hire me! others are simply nonsense.

 

imagine if this gets blown out of proportion... straits times, wanbao, and all the media starts printing this (if they ever will)

lousy reply in my opinion. act act tok c0ck also must do a bit lah...

imo, it is a potential political suicide...

[Redplanet]

From my personal POV... he just doesn't send out the right kind of vibes...

[KARTer]

  On 4/23/2011 at 8:43 AM, Best_ctzn said:

Never mind, the more the merrier.

 

It is like wayang entertainment.

it's a 50/50 case, unless you know 100% for sure the person faked it..... are you 100% sure? ........... try harder

[KARTer]

  On 4/23/2011 at 12:25 PM, Solar said:

this is can be considered vote gathering event.. like telling your potential boss why should he hire you.

and your reply? go read my resume and hire me! others are simply nonsense.

 

imagine if this gets blown out of proportion... straits times, wanbao, and all the media starts printing this (if they ever will)

lousy reply in my opinion. act act tok c0ck also must do a bit lah...

imo, it is a potential political suicide...

as I said in my previous post, it's 50/50 whether the incident / email exhange actually took place........... hope the guy keeps a copy of Liu's email reply (if it exists at all) and shows it to the public

Edited April 23, 2011 by KARTer

[Gendut]

It does not matter whether the incident happened or not.

 

Most pertinent qn is:

Can you trust a military guy who says he's never watched porn?

Edited April 23, 2011 by Gendut

[Nlatio]

  On 4/23/2011 at 2:44 PM, Gendut said:

It does not matter whether the incident happened or not.

 

Most pertinent qn is:

Can you trust a military guy who says he's never watched porn?

 

Yes, because he go call chicken mah, see live show, no need to watch pond....

[Jp66]

so he only want to fight during election.

 

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1124464/1/.html

 

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Lui Tuck Yew, Information, Communications and the Arts Minister, and advisor to Tanjong Pagar GRC, said: "We welcome contests in all the GRCs (Group Representation Constituencies) and all the SMCs (Single-Member Constituencies).

 

"When I came in in 2006, I was disappointed that we went through a walkover because I think that going to the people, getting a mandate from them, working closely with the grassroots and the people with the branch and fighting an election together is an important experience. It is an experience that I am now going through in Moulmein-Kallang.

 

"I hope that the opposition would be able to get themselves organised so that every single GRC and every single SMC will be contested. Whether it is a direct fight, three-cornered fight, it does not matter; give people that choice."

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