Poking fun at PM Lee’s “what to do” comment

March 10, 2008 by admin
Filed under: Comedy Central, Voices of the People 

A Sammyboy forummer Conspiracy28 poked fun at PM Lee’s “what to do” comment:

PM Lee was commenting on the JI escapee, telling people to “close ranks” to deal with it, and bounce back stronger, chastened, more on our guard. He also said “this was a lapse, what to do, it’s happened”.

Snippet of the Straits Times article dated 9 Mar 08:

PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday called on Singaporeans to ‘close ranks’ to deal with Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader Mas Selamat Kastari’s escape.

Speaking for the first time on the issue, PM Lee made these comments as he officiated the opening of Anchorvale Community Club on Sunday.

‘Let us close ranks to deal with this, and bounce back to move forward – stronger, chastened, more on our guard, more alert than before,’ he said.

Responding to questions from reporters on whether the incident has shed negative light on Singapore, PM Lee said: ‘It’s not done us good for our reputation, but I don’t think we are just like any other place where you can have television sets and handphones and other things in jail.’

‘I mean, we are different. This was a lapse, what to do, it’s happened.’

PM Lee said for now, we would have to wait for the Committee of Inquiry to release its findings as to what really happened that led to Mas Selamat’s escape.

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4 Comments on Poking fun at PM Lee’s “what to do” comment

  1. Daily SG: 11 Mar 2008 « The Singapore Daily on Tue, 11th Mar 2008 11:30 am

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  2. Daniel on Tue, 11th Mar 2008 12:38 pm

    3. “‘It’s not done us good for our reputation, but I don’t think we are just like any other place where you can have television sets and handphones and other things in jail”

    Wow, where can people have handphones in jail?

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  4. Awakening7 on Wed, 16th Apr 2008 1:14 pm

    5. I do not envy his position right now, but as an “elected” public officer, and a PM at that, he should be more careful with his choice of words towards a scornful public, who has had to bear the aftermath/spillover effects of this now incredulous escape of a “physically challenged” detainee. One word to describe his now infamous “…what to do, it’s happened.” comment – INAPPROPRIATE.

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