PAP MP Lim Biow Chuan claimed he was “misquoted” by the media after being slammed by netizens for defending PBM Jack Neo
March 11th, 2010 | 
Author: Written by Our Correspondent
After being slammed by netizens for his callous comments made in an interview with Shin Min Daily on 7 March 2010 which appeared to endorse PBM Jack Neo’s sexual exploits as he has a successful career, PAP MP Lim Biow Chuan (Marine Parade) now make an amazing U-turn and claimed that he was “misquoted” by the media.
His initial comments in the interview are as posted below:
“Over the years, to me, Jack Neo is a good son, father and also a good husband. Since he is remorseful over this incident, he should be forgiven. Actually, a man who has good career development would find such scenarios unavoidable,” Mr Lim was quoted as saying.
His comments sparked a massive outcry in cyberspace with many irate netizens flaming him for it.
A day later, Mr Lim issued a clarification on both his Facebook and STOMP that he has been “misquoted” by Shin Min Daily:
Mr Lim wrote that he meant to say:
“Mr Jack Neo had a reputation for being a good son, a good father and a good husband. For a man who has good career development and had allowed such an incident to happen, it is so sad and such a pity.”
His “clarified” remarks were in stark contrast to what was reported by Shin Min Daily. It is most unbelievable that he could be misquoted. Either the journalist was deaf or he had deliberately fabricated the last sentence. Since Mr Lim is a lawyer by training, he should proceed to sue Shin Min Daily to clear his name as is the classic modus operandi of the PAP.
Judging from the gulf in meaning between the two, it is highly unlikely that Mr Lim had been misquoted by Shin Min Daily. PAP MPs had a knack of making outrageous comments in the media only to blame it on the hapless journalist who interviewed them after it sparked a public backlash.
When Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan was rapped last year for wanting to send Singapore elderly to die in JB nursing homes, he used the same excuse that he was misquoted by the media.
Mr Lim should have the courage to stand by his remarks or retract them and issue a public apology immediately. Otherwise get the Shin Min journalist who interviewed him to apologize to him and print a clarification on the paper the next day. Stop insulting the intelligence of Singaporeans, we are not daft!
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Well , shit head will be shit head .
Wahhh … High paying shit head too .
so sad to have this kind of MP .
Any body out there got idea to SACK this bunch of clown ?
Voting is one way but they keep changing the goal post.
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TR can email the reporter ask if he/she really dared to make such a heinous mistake and misquote an important and highly-paid MP.
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Maybe the slaves in SPH will be instructed to come out with an apology in all mainstream medias of all major languages
But I am not counting on it
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Whatever it is, I think the MPs and/or Ministers should probably just leave their comments out of this saga. I believe there are more important tasks in governing the country rather than to add un-invited comments to such incidences. There are obviously bigger issues on hands trusted to our senior civil servants/public-figures.
On hind sight, my advice/suggestion to the MPs/Ministers is, and you are probably aware of the power of the internet media (ie Facebook..), where casual comments are always mis-read or read differently with a twist. So i think its not exactly a good channel for public servants to offer their comments. and frankly, why even bother to offer your comments to such issues?
Just be on these media (ie Facebook) just to show you are connected to people out there, but don’t use it for such matters…its a waste of your time.
I do not like to see reputable senior public servants representing a strongly rooted political party to get involved/tainted with such private matters. As i kept saying, there are bigger issues on hand rather these private matters. Don’t play judge to these issues, and get yourselves entangled/slammed by netizens for these matters. You actually give foreigners an impression that our politicians are governing domestic affairs of such nature.
As for now.. i am sure the best remedy is to let the matter rest. Jack and Irene can go deal with their issues.
cheers!
Jean
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Actually, a man who has good career development would find such scenarios unavoidable,” Mr Lim was quoted as saying.
“Misquoted” ??? Take a leaf from PAP… sue the media then!
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Actually, a man who has good career development would find such scenarios unavoidable,” Mr Lim was quoted as saying.
“Misquoted” ??? Take a leaf from PAP… sue the media then!
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of course we are daft! we voted for these people time and time again.
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Now got 16 year old involved, Mr Marine Parade MP backtrack.
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But Lui Tuck Yew says that the newspapers are a trusted source of news?
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I think the reputation and image of us, Singapore Citizens have been highly mis-represented by several public figures. First of course we have JN a PBM. then our FM who urged us to rally behind JN- Sorry I will not rally behind Jack Neo and his family, I will only rally behind righteousness and integrity-something what true Singaporeans should have.
Then we have MP who is trying to ‘roti-prata’ his words. Wah, now we even have well known fengshui master offering advise on how to rid off JN’s crisis-what? Trying to make everything disappear by placing a pond in his house so that by end of 2011 he can start to prey on young girls again?
JN case now involves a 16 years old, sounds to me like a police case. I felt that the government is also being too soft with the recent Romanian Diplomat hit and run case, comparing with the caning of Michael Fay many years back.
I remembered SM Lee KY once saying, ‘those who want to Rule Singapore must have the IRON in him’ – seriously I don’t see this ‘Iron’ anymore
Few years ago we had the Mas Selamat Case- a highly dangerous terrorist walked out from a ‘highly secured’ detention facility. Not to mention the NKF and Ming Yi’s case.
I am truely concerned about the future of our Nation and our young Singaporean if such events keeps happening.
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Oooi ah Chuan, sue Shin Min la if u are really ‘misquoted’. otherwise this will further undermiine the quality of SPH publications, which is already being detested by many sporeans.
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pig lim biow chuan, if you insist that you had been misquoted and want to convince us to believe you were misquoted as you claim, then please issue a statement to ask the reporter to apologise else you will sue him/her in court.
it seems that reporters has the habit of misquoting the pap pigs! come on, i must be daft to believe you.
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ha! Ha! Ha!
马有失蹄，人有失言
人非神仙，孰能无过
知错能改，善莫大焉！
但自己讲错，却说记者写错，这未免太过份了吧！
新加坡人好笨啊！！！！
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The proof is in the recordings.
Media staff usually record their interviews using their mobile phones or small recorder so that they can refresh what was said.
SIMPLE AS THAT! Check with the reporter who interviewed him.
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looking at his face , i can only say he is a chicken . why did pap always recruit such men of low integrity . can it be a policy failure on the part of pap to recruit members based on scholarship background. i can tell you there are plenty of poison in such scholars.
these young chaps think that with a scholarship grant , they can rule the whole world? i think only under the pap skirt.
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Do you think the local media would dare to mis-quote PAP and gahmen?????
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I don’t see how he could be misquoted. Well, the words he used in actual VS clarification are totally different. You would think that a misquote would have a lot of similarities.
Shin Min Daily is under SPH. Public figure = check the articles repeatedly before publishing.
He has done it before (and claimed he was misquoted again). You know what? I find it hard to swallow that he is the only guy in PAP who’s always getting misquoted.
Therefore, I’ll take it that this statement is the real one.
“Actually, a man who has good career development would find such scenarios unavoidable.”
To which I say, he’s been trying to fck 16 year old French girls and that’s unavoidable?! Credibility = 0. Horniness=100.
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This PAP MP Lim Boh Liow…is another example of a Politician drawing obscene salary of Taxpayers’ money and completely out of touch and naively arrogant….
People like them should be put through “brimstone and fire” of real politics …..The GRC system have done nothing but bred a bunch of Useless WIMPS who does not know when to shut their gap.
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Jack Neo today position in the media industry owe a lot to close connection with the powerful people. I have no doubt that the powerful people will support him.
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If the reporter had recorded the interview with our dear MP…would he later claim that the tape recorder has misrecorded him? Hahah
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I suggest Lorong Lim Biao Chuan sue the Sin Min reporter for misquoting him. If he doesn’t, that just shows that he is simply twisting his story just to dodge the firing squard of the netizens.
Anyhow, who is this Lorong Lim Biao Chuan MP ? Wat has he contributed other than collecting the fat $13K allowance per mth ? Why all of a sudden he is in the limelight?
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SPH should defend its trusted source reputation. Sue him!
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It gives me impression that: lawyers only knows how to twist and turn.
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Oh for crying out loud…
Another PAP MP with the screws running loose in his “i am higher educated” head….can someone next to him immediately pass him a screw driver to fix himself please!!!
Another one trying to be like lead frog LSS also…tolong lah..please….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85mRPqvMbE
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Its a COMPLETE DISGRACE to our nation to have such an MP!
A man (or pig) with no integrity!
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Its a disgrace to our nation to have an MP like you!
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Don’t treat us like idiots Mr Lim, we can read the Chinese report and it was exactly what you said! If the papers misquote you, as a lawyer you would have already sued them! You just have no guts to admit you use the wrong words!
PAP and the Law society must be really ashamed of scums like you!
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Why don’t MPs stick to serving their constituencies’s work,
rather than wasting time on a cheating film-maker. Please do
not join George Yeo to divert us from more important issues.
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Good folks,
Perhaps Minister George Yeo and Buddy MP Lim needs some additional factual information to make the final decision of what the hell am i doing!
http://www.ehow.co.uk/about_5048506_definition-sexual-predator.html
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In fact when a statement was made, people can use all angles to view & interpret it. Therefore, MP Lim, you need not have to explain to these people that have misquoted u.
Every one is only answerable to God.
What one does & what one did, we are all answerable to HIM.
When one is not aware of the whole issue, please DON’T quote names & accused others being one of Director Jack’s women. I think that person who speak & accused another (ex) actress without true fact need to answer to God too.
Just becos this affair happened to a famous celebrity, most think they can chip in a talk in the matter.
Please…. think abt it, everyday, there is at least one household has such issue happen at home. Just becos they are not celebrity, dan people just can’t chip in their talk.
Therefore, dun take advantage on the celebrity’s status.
Respect yourself and refrain your own mouth from speaking evil on others.
Please stop judging others cos we all dun have the right to judge others.
Look at your own life! We tends to have flaws here & there.
Unless u yourself, did not commit anything wrong before in ur life, dan u have the ‘authority’ (right) to point finger at others. If not, just keep them in prayer and stop adding salt into a serious wound.
Every word we comment, media will pick & dig.
At the end of the day, Director Jack’s children will have to be mocked at their frens.
I plead to all the parents of Director Jack’s children’s classmates and frens, teach your child not to mock at his children (if any) and give thanks for having a chance to impart moral to ur own kids. This is the best a parent can help their children in their growth.
Lastly, I prayed that Jack will learn his wrong doing and start to seek God’s help in all area of his life.
This, we believers believe, is the spirit behind him and we shall not come against his flesh, but the spirit behind him!
Director Jack, may the spirit of lust leave you in His name.
May God’s healing & protection be upon u & ur loved ones!
Take care & God bless!
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This phrase “For a man who has good career development and had allowed such an incident to happen, it is so sad and such a pity.” still smack of elitism, because it implies people withOUT ‘good’ career development and create family problem WON’T BE “so sad and such a pity”!!!!! OMG!
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Far Eastern Economic in previous has quote, In the Istana Ground there are full of condom.The ground is the safest place.
with Police guard in the front gate.So it is mend for Whooooooo to use the ground.
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oh, oh, oh, so mainstream could also have been misquoting hoh …… how many times leh ……….
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How funny it is….or ironic…..SPH will jump to defend our dear leaders and those leaders will throw the one that help to defend them into the line of fire to cover themselves?
MP Lim BC….to give you a quote from the movie 21…Kevin Spacey says “Do you know what’s worse then a sore loser? one that who don’t admit he has play it wrong”
and another quote is ” better to remain silent and be thought as a fool, then to open your mouth and confirm it” and u just did it
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was it a freudian slip of tongue by lim biow chuan?
maybe he as a lawyer has seen too many of such cases, where people who has a good career devt destroy their marriage through adultery.
unfortunately,though there is some truth in what he spoke, it is politically incorrect to do so esp with upcoming election, so he has to backtrack.
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The press misquoted me, its bad, lets move on.
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Lim BC is successful. Perhaps he was saying he too have been shagging around, like what Jack “Tiger” Neo’s been doing. How can we blame Lim BC? he was only talking about himself.
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Now….the picture is getting clearer.
Lim BC from Marine Parade GRC means he’s Wooden Goh/Mrs Peanuts’ gang trying to defend a fellow crony Jackass Neo.
See? First it was NKF Durex kena.Next Renci Ming Yi.Now Jackass.
All originally “presented” to public as “icons” until now exposed then we see their flaws and greed.
Is that PAP handpicked “Talents” to become our Ministers and MPs????
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The MP Lim BC said it loud, for as long as your are PAP’s member or friend, govt will stand by you even if u make mistakes.
BUT, if you are on opposition ranks or a commoner with no frinds high up, similar mistake will be investigated and you will be condemned to hell of fire, destroyed and never ever live a day more.
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The SPH need to engage lawyers to sue MP Lim Biow Chuan.
Our government said we have trusted media but now This Lim Biow Chuan said he was misquoted.
If SPH did not sue MP Lim Biow Chuan for defamation, it only proof that all along the media is reporting wrong information.
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To : Justice in God’s Eyes on Thu, 11th Mar 2010 1:46 pm
Sorry we don’t believe in god and we are not answerable to any god except ourselves.
Are you telling everybody here that after murdering a human life just said your prayer and seek god forgiveness and everything is alright ?
and still able to go heaven ? hahahahaahahahaha……:)
You need to see a doctor, stop reading your religion books because it only leads you to astray.
In fact when a statement was made, people can use all angles to view & interpret it. Therefore, MP Lim, you need not have to explain to these people that have misquoted u.
Every one is only answerable to God.
What one does & what one did, we are all answerable to HIM.
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To : Justice in God’s Eyes on Thu, 11th Mar 2010 1:46 pm
Sorry we don’t believe in god and we are not answerable to any god except ourselves.
Are you telling everybody here that after murdering a human life just said your prayer and seek god forgiveness and everything is alright ?
and still able to go heaven ? hahahahaahahahaha…… 
You need to see a doctor, stop reading your religion books because it only leads you to astray.
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TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED AND DISGUSTED with this kind of MP! VOTE The F***K MP out
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To Justice in God’s Eyes,
God gave MAN free will.
A so so “copy-cat” with much modifications quote from me…”Many wrongs by Jack Neo and one right by Jack Neo & Wife does not make one RIGHT!!!”
Please examine all the information and facts….decide yourself if you still believe that God gave Man free will to ask yourself if you still exercise GOD dictate to MAN honestly of who is the actual prey and who is the ACTUAL predator!
For you…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwELdQ00b-k&feature=related
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Mr Lim Biow Chuan, if the press had really misquoted you, as a lawyer you would have sued them and cleared your name days ago, and then we can all move on.
But the press wasn’t sued, and you also did not give a valid explantion. So we can’t move on.
btw are you practising the usual PAP way on us? – To keep quiet and let controversial issues just die down over time. So that by the time election comes, the public will have forgetten about it.
No worries Mr Lim, we won’t forget about you, you are always in our hearts
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Another MP from PAP that has nothing better to do, and speak without a brain, and his words are like a roti prata seller and in no way is he thinking, talking and contributing to a good cause. Worse of all he is a lawyer without any better things to do or he handled too many divorce cases and blur his moral values. In anyway, he has shown to be having very poor judgement on the issue of Jack Ass. My advise to him is just shut up if you have nothing better to do and collect your $13K monthly and pai “SAMPLE” in parliament will do.
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@Mr Lim,
Please lar, when no one is watchin you and u are all alone- look at what you are and have become and you will know. the mirror never lies.
Of course, you can delude yourself but for how long, cos what is denied, suppressed does not go away.
Being responsible, espcially u being an Mp, the gracious and ethical thing is to have stayed above the fray!
So much for being an Mp.
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Read in Stomp got people comment that this MP specialize in divorce case where he help mothers to stop the children from seeing their fathers. What a immoral thing to do! He is a real society pest!
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I still don’t understand why these stupid MIWs are supporting JN who tries to sleep with impressionable young girls, with sweet talk and promises of fame and stardom; then if the girl’s don’t want to comply, he threaten them he will make sure their career will die.
Why the fxxk, are the MPs supporting such a person? Are they saying it is okay to sexually harass women?
Did the MPs talked to JN’s victims and get their side of the story?
Shouldn’t the MPs be supporting the women harassed by JN?????
And these are the ones that came out, I wonder how many more have been harassed by JN but chose to remain silent????
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Incredulous on Thu, 11th Mar 2010 5:02 pm
Because the mp is very free, even the constituency “meet-the-people” also no need to attend which is taken by the grassroot leaders and the pbm”s, so must make some comment.
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Mr pap mp, if you were really misquoted, you must demand an apology from the reporter and the newspaper. Do not forget that you are a member of parliament, not any kachang puteh person. Your reputation and standing in society is on the line. I believe that many people are watching and following as to what you may or may not do next. If you fail to seek clarification and apology, people’s respect for you and your party will be greatly diminished. No question about it.
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Justice in God’s Eyes on Thu, 11th Mar 2010 1:46 pm
Blind faith is so dangerous.
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■nasi lemak on Thu, 11th Mar 2010 3:49 pm
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Are you telling everybody here that after murdering a human life just said your prayer and seek god forgiveness and everything is alright ? and still able to go heaven ? hahahahaahahahaha……
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That appears to be the general concept.
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Aiyah! all these stupid MPs are supporting Neo because Neo is giving them free tickets to his movie shows.
Cheapskate MPs drawing millions and yet still want freebies.
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Never heard of this guy till now. This is problem with piggybacking with a big gun in a GRC. We only know the main star, the rest only know for wrong reasons.
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For a man (and I am not talking about JN) who has good career development (albeit escalator ride to the top no need to climb the stairs) and had allowed such an incident to happen (moral compass pointing wrong way)
Like the song goes “You say it best when you say nothing at all”
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Quote “Some man will turn bad once he gets rich , most women will get rich when they turn bad “
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Quote 2: Some men use the wrong head to think.
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Misquoted? Sue lah, Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,Sue lah,
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Why are MPs even opening their mouths to comment? Should there be more important issues for them to look into?
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ah lim.if u keep your mouth shut,nobody will say u are dumb..
there is many other better way to carry balls n score point..
if the victim happen to be your daughter or niece..
wonder will u still say the same thing n give jack your support..
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I read that he has an id, lbclawlbc on STOMP. He wrote in but did not really clarify things or make an apology. Instead he tried to divert attention and confuse them using a different comment made by him a few days later.
It says a lot about the integrity of this MP.
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/what_bugs_me/332218/not_right_to_say_that_jack_neo_affair_is_unavoidable.html
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Too too late, Mr Lim. Just be gracious and suffer the consequences of your loose mouth. By backtracking on your words, you belie your own credibilty! So don’t make matters worse for yourself!
If you truly believe taht you have been misquoted, you should take the Shin Min papers to task! If you do not, it just confirms your guilt. Tarra! As per my email to you, just serve out the rest of your term in Parliament quietly and stick to your constitutionsla duties!
Just to refresh your memory, I am sending you a copy:
I read with disbelief and shock AND outrage, that you, as a Member of Parliament, actually condone what Jack Neo has done – that you are telling us that it is permissible for Jack Neo to take advantage of his position, as one with so-called, to quote you, ‘good career development’ and use the casting couch to lure aspiring starlets, one reportedly as young as 16 years old, to satiate his lust???!!!
As a civil servant and a Member of Parliament, what you verbalise represents the views and policies of the Singapore Government.
By making a scurrilous statement as this, you have literally put your foot in your mouth! I think this has practically put paid to your political career!
My advice – please stick to your constitutional duties for the rest of your term in Parliament,
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Smart politicians should refrain from commenting on such scandals. Stupid.
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Typical PAPpies way of behaviour…
Turn and twisted words/comment said like making roti pratas…”peng lai peng kng”
Think he better go and sell pratas since so good in twisting words…
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Notice that the press is awfully quiet about Jack Neo telephoning Geroeg Yeo before all hell broke loose! Is Yeo a marriage counsellor? Is Yeo a pastor? Is Yeo an expert in philandering? Why call the Foreign Minister about affairs of the heart? Maybe Neo was being invited to tea at the the Istana? Stranger things have happened in Singapore!
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@Sarah Leong, you actually emailed Mr Lim Biow Chuan? Not sure how you get his email but thanks for letting him know, we hope he will reply and answer to netizens for his comments made.
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We should not focus on the one incident of infidelity. This guy should be guilty of sexual harrassement over many of his employees or subordinates. He is totally immoral and should be strip of his PBM for such behaviour. He has also not admitted or regreted his sexual harrassment activities.
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Be brave. lim sue sph or sph sue lim. justices must be done.
@Sarah Leong can you share the email. any one knows the email of the reporter. they must meet in court.
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I feel that before any one should say, “Just sue them!”, it is also right to consider the ramifications of such a reaction, and weigh it with the option of not taking legal action.
Also, do consider that Shin Min Daily is a paper that reports in Chinese. A translation from English to Chinese would be hard enough for some Singaporeans, and it would be no surprise that the reporter, who could be better-versed in Chinese, made a mistake in the translation. Any one can make a mistake, and we should not make judgements unless we know the full story. That is the fallacy of the public not having full information of the topic.
It is obvious that the netizens of TR are really concerned about our leaders and their ethics. However the problem is, the MPs are not gods. They are bound to make mistakes, but the public expects them to be otherwise. It’s true that their comments would be better left unsaid, but 2 wrongs don’t make a right. The public makes unconstructive comments on how they think should be the way our leaders should behave/react. Who is leading whom?
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To Aphieme,
I am really appalled by your comments as it shows how shallow-minded you view this whole issue.
First and foremost, you have your point in defending our MP, Mr Lim Biow Chuan, if you had heard from him first hand and also witness the whole interview process. So was it Mr Lim who told you that the interview was being translated by the reporter from English to Chinese?
From what I understand, Chinese tabloids and dailies like Shin Min would conduct interview with Chinese as the primary language used – to prevent misquoting. However, in the event that it was really a translation, I cannot see how any other english words could translate to be a perfect fit of the phrase ‘unavoidable situation’ and ‘men with good career development’.
Lest you had not read the newspaper on 10 March 2010, Mr Lim had made another comment that totally correspond with the ‘Facebook’ status on 9 March 2010. Thus, there were 2 interviews done as the comment published on the 10 March 2010 in Shin Min was not under ‘Clarification’ but as a seperate comment.
As such, Mr Lim BC had not step out to explain, clarified or retract back the statement made on the 7 March 2010.
On your point that MPs are not God and do make mistake, nobody say that they are perfect, and in Mr Lim’s case, it is one misquote too many, considering the things that he had said in 2006 (Singaporeans are a bunch of ‘complainers’) and in 2009 when he commented that Dr Fatimah Lateef has ‘good bedside manners”.
As what he had previously done, Mr Lim BC took up the same operandi modus and decide to hide away from the comments that he made and chose to wait till the ’storm had subsided’ before stepping out again.
A leader is someone who lives by what he say, admit his mistake when he is wrong and also clarify whenever he is misquoted. Based on your comments, Aphieme, you do not seemed to be a leader and everything that you had written seemed to be based on what you think should happen or should be done.
As citizens and voters, if the leader is wrong and we do not voice up, we would be deem as a group of citizens who dare not make noise when our leaders are wrong. Do you wish to be the weak, feeble citizens who dare not speak out because you do not know how to?
I really suspect if you are hiding under an avatar to distract us from the fact that Mr Lim Biow Chuan had misquoted and not apologized or clarified or retract the statement.
I wonder…….
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Dear Por-ster,
When click on your name, it leads me to this link,
http://sgsureanot.blogspot.com/
where there is this article titled “THE ULTIMATE TRUTH”.
It gives a very detailed explantion of how MP Lim Biow Chuan had tried to wriggle his way out of his insensitive comments by attempting to cover it up with a second comment.
Was this article written by you?
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Yes, of course.
It is my attempt to address the problem that Mr Lim Biow Chuan is evading and hope that he would be more clear cut and speak for himself.
Else, he and his supporter (if any) should just take the critics, comments and flaming as it is and not even rebut – considering that their Minister is also not responding!
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Dear Por-ster,
I read with pleasure your rebuttal of Aphieme and that MP Lim
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