Mr Chiam, infirm though he may be, is most likely Singapore’s favourite politician. On 5 August 2011, he was honoured at the inaugural Yahoo! Singapore 9 awards for coming first in the “Politics” category. In an online poll conducted by Yahoo!, more than fifty thousand Singaporeans had voted him ahead of four other politicians: PM Lee, former Foreign Minister George Yeo, NSP’s Nicole Seah and SDP’s Vincent Wijeysingha. Mr Chiam’s humility is encapsulated by these words: “I’m just an ordinary Singaporean". Chiam See Tong, that old lion of Potong Pasir, has stirred from his den to give the People’s Action Party (PAP) a big bite on the backside (for which Dr Koh’s services are urgently needed). Frail and thin, the former Member of Parliament (MP) for Potong Pasir and veteran opposition politician chipped in with his two cents’ worth on the Population White Paper in a YouTube video posted on 5 February 2013. Mr Chiam turns 78 on 12 March 2013. He has suffered terribly from two debilitating strokes, the first of which occurred exactly five years ago on 6 February 2008. The strokes have made it hard for him to speak but nothing beats listening to Mr Lionheart himself! youtube/watch?v=Z7m2RPXZdk4
Posted on: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 05:33:32 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015