 Hors D'oeuvre (pronounced or-durve) refer to savoury delectables served before the main course.
In this segment, we present bite-size political statements by members of the ruling elite.
Unlike appetizers, however, these PAP-served hors d'oeuvres are really indigestible. So if you don't want to ruin your appetite, we suggest you skip this section. Have a good one to share? Click here...
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 "The thing we can accept is that we can only design our canal of a certain size, at the end of the day, we have to live with some of these occurrences which occurs once in 50 years or so." (Channel News Asia, 21 Dec 2006)
- Yaacob Ibrahim,
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
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"Yesterday's event, I was told by the PUB, occurs once every 50 years." (The Straits Times, 21 Nov 2009)
- Yaacob Ibrahim,
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
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 Singaporean politics seems to be in a political class of its own as long as we think of it primarily as a country. This is where most people make a mistake.
I have tried to explain that we are different. We are a city. We are not a country. The picture changes radically if we instead think of Singapore as a city. (The Straits Times, 30 Oct 09)
- K. Shanmugam, Minister of Law
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 Having any job is better than having no job at all. Never mind your Gini coefficient. If you don't have a job, you get zero against those with jobs. (The Straits Times , 20 Oct 09)
- Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor
(When asked about what Singapore could do to narrow
its income gap at the Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum.)
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 The labour movement, NTUC, will be working towards helping put on track a "Cheaper, Better, Faster (CBF)" economy in the next two years. The CBF strategy will help drive Singapore into the next phase of growth. (Channel News Asia, 16 Oct 09)
- Lim Swee Say, MP & NTUC Labour Chief
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Spending less on this festive occasion does not mean that Hari Raya is less significant or not as enjoyable. (The Straits Times, Oct 09)
- Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister
(when told that the Ramadan celebrations this year have been somewhat subdued because of the economic crisis.)
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 If we make it (NS and Reservist for PR) a requirement, we would not get the people we wanted.
Secondly, if they did serve NS at 30, 40 and 50 years old. I would not like to be their platoon commander. (Today, 16 Sep 09)
- Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Ministerr &
former Brigadier-General of the Singapore Armed Forces
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 I did not appoint my son. I appointed somebody else prime minister, who was my successor, and he stayed in the job for 14 years. And he chose my son to be his deputy. I did not arrange that. (The Straits Times, 22 Sep 09)
- Lee Kuan Yew,
Minister Mentor
(responding to the question raised by univ students in Mascow)
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We're here today, we have this building, we have all these facilities, and all around us is evidence of our accountability. Without being accountable, we would not have been re-elected and there would have been no Singapore of today. (ChannelNews Asia, 19 Aug 09)
- Lee Kuan Yew,
Minister Mentor
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(Facebook message to Chee Soon Juan's inquiry, 14 Aug 09)
- George Yeo,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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 You go down New York, Broadway. You will see the beggars, people of the streets... Where are the beggars in Singapore? Show me. (2007)
- Lee Kuan Yew,
Minister Mentor
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 We cannot be building new flats to cater to every last person who wants a new flat…because if you do that, then obviously you are over-building.
(The Straits Times, 9 July 2009)
- Mah Bow Tan,
National Development Minister
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