During elections:
“I know you are worried about your job and your family’s future. I understand your concerns.”
– PM Goh Chok Tong, Straits Times, Oct 20, 2001
After Elections:
“Layoffs not all bad. If there are no retrenchments at all, then I worry for Singapore.”
– PM Goh Chok Tong, Mar 22, 2003