The paradistic perception of Lawrence Wong

 As usual with the ultra-pompous PM Lee Hsien Loong his announcement  that he will hand over the baton to DPM Lawrence Wong on 15 May 2024 took Singapore by storm. He gave L.Wpng the highest tributes of his so-called exceptional competence for his coming post of PM. What follows is the gradual and certain deflation of his adulation of L. Wong which comically evolved into some kind of a caricature PM that L. Wong would be.

He is seen as flamboyant and ostentatious in the manner in which he rants (or you might call voluble address) to the public to the point of ad nauseam. It would be interesting if we could have a survey to see how many people listened to his crap. Public comments that circulated can hardly be described as complimentary 

The parody on him on the online citizen website today by actor Schwan Thio really takes the cake showing how Singapore would fare in a crisis if we had a geek PM like him. He was an avid guitar player who aspired to be a musician and out of some freak metamorphosis he now becomes the next Singapore PM. When Singapore is faced with a political or economic crisis we have musical PM Lawrence Wong playing the guitar to soothe your nerves and bring Singapore out of the precipice.

There is a Minister Ong Ye Kung who unfortunately not in the patronage of PM Lee Hsien Loong but  cannot be in any way less endowed ingeniously than Lawrence Wong and above all more down to earth sans any flamboyant or ostentatious display. The way he delivers his public address is so humble, earnest and genuine that no elderly person would not be mesmerized by him.

Lawrence Wong  serves the  subservient purpose of being able to cover up for Lee Hsien Loong's flaws,  if any. The most glaring is the pocketing of millions of people's money to enrich tjhemselves.

 

Is it too early to be euphoric?

 The sudden announement by PM Lee Hsien Loong on 15 April 2024  to step down and hand over the baton to DPM Lawrence Wong has taken Singaporeans by storm. Is this the coming of an era to give  much awaited renaissance to Singapore/ DPM  Lawrence Wong comes with very high credentials to take Singapore forward and he seems to be a godsend at a time of worsening world geopolitics.

But let's face facts. DPM Wong has done very well in tackling the Covid19 pandemic  but what are hi potentials as a prime minister is an unknown factor. He makes the most attractive promises that would mesmerize the people but it's still all  talk.  And how they will be fulfilled is still in the air. He declares tht your dreams will inspire his actions and may be uttered in a moment of flippancy. what guarantee?

PM Lee Hsien Loong pays very high tributes to DPM Wong for his exceptional competency in his undertaking. PM Lee Hsien Loong is doing this in order to cover his own character flaw in a subliminal manner. He is drawing millions of people's money for so-called public service but in actual fact he is really enriching  himself. As David Marshall said what do they want to do with all this money when they cannot take it to their graves. It would be interesting to watch how DPM Wong views this obseene wealth which has been the wrath of the people of Singapore as a kind of plunder of people's money.Will DPM Wong have a clear conscience to reduce this inflated pay to a more decent amount in comparable to global standard.PM Lee Hsien Loong draws  no less than four times the salary of the American President This will be a test of DPM Wong's humanistic mission.

I think in all  respect it is still too early to give a verdict on DPM Lawrence Wong performance.  Let's wait till he has settled down and perform.

A typical horseplay in Parliament

This is not meant to denigrade the August Parliament but simply to give a flippant portrayer of an overview of its proceedings.for the amusement of discerning Singaporeans.

Have you  ever seen the interaction of monkeys in a zoo? Do you not think that this could be a parable of the Singapore Parliament because of its massive majority the PAP holds court is a foregone conclusion and no argument about it. But the Opposition can still see some defiant voices to cock a snook at the PAP which could trepidate their arrogance. A fierce freedom-fighter is MP Leong Mun Wai who has become a bee in the bonnet of the formidable Minister K, Shanmugam . It's a thrill to watch the duel of wits between the two in Parliament with Leong Mun Wai making  a mockery of the redoubtable K. Shanmugam despite the eloquent superiority of the latter.  Another quite fierce MP is Hazel Pao but a little less aggressive than Leong Mun Wai.  Both are from the People's Progressive Party (PPP) helmed by Dr. Tan Cheng Bock who could be a prime minister if not for age handicap.

Pritam Singh with his serious character flaw is a liability and could lose his seat in the next general election.

The PAP MPs are anything but brilliant. Some of them speak like robots and could hardly make themselves intelligible to the audience. But this is only to be expected as they are quite secure in their tenure which is a golden rice-bowl to them even if they are dumb. This is the price that Singaporeans have to pay.

Are the PAP's 4-G stalwarts up to  their marks? Ong Ye Kung is the only 4-G candidate who shows he has talent which could match if not surpass DPM Lawrence Wong. But he lacks the patronage of PM Lee Hsien Loong. DPM Lawrence Wong is really a big mouth. Have you ever watched a Taoist priest chanting to the devils and don's you think that DPM Wong looks like one in his ranting? This is all an irony of fate.

Lee Hsien Loong has dominated the political scene for a coniserable long  time, much longer than he deserves. Has he and his avaricious ministers really brought prosperity and progress to Singapore? There is a Chinese saying : Each has his own wisdom (人各有智). What one sees may not be the same with another. You should open your eyes wide to view the millions of people's money that they pocket for so-clled public service.Even the American President draws a salary more than four times less than Lee Hsien Loong. You don's think they are enriching themselves with people's money and are really serving the people?

When will Singaporeans really wake up and vote in people who are really for the people? May \God bless you all.