You all remember this guy call Chen Show Mao?

[Orionz]

goot this legendary sarkie opening speech quote confucius to shoot pap until even LHL also kiu abit~



The 1st quote "政者正也，子帅以正，孰敢不正" means "A ruler should be upright, and if a leader is upright, who would dare not to be upright?"

The 2nd quote "为政以德，譬如北辰，居其所而众星拱之" means "To govern with virtue is like the Pole Star, which remains steadfast in its place while all the other stars orbit around it."

The 3rd quote "风行草偃" means "The wind blows and the grass bends," which is often used to describe the way that people naturally follow a good leader.

Essentially, a good leader who is confident, has a clear direction, and possesses good moral and leadership abilities, can achieve good governance, and the people will naturally follow him. There is no need to fear national division and emphasize unity.

 

[Reborn]

He was president's scholar right?

 

[TUV2008]

Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew says Member of Parliament (MP) for Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) Chen Show Mao has not lived up to expectations.

In his new book titled “One Man’s View of the World”, the former minister mentor said that with credentials such as being an international corporate lawyer, The Workers’ Party (WP) MP appeared to be a “talented person” in the 2011 general election.

However, Lee said Chen “has not turned out to be so brilliant.”

“In Parliament, he [Chen] makes good prepared speeches, with a written script, but in the follow-up, he is all over the place. It simply does not gel for him,” said Lee.

He added, “The weight of public expectation of the man, given his rather impressive résumé, has probably added to the disappointment.”

On this note I agree with LKY.

It also shows that being a top scholar does not make you a good politician

 

[mirukuboi]

Haha this one the most overrated politician
Until got bazi mega thread in edmw

 

[AudiA6]

He served his time, did his duty, and now retired into the sunset.

Good life.

 

[エステ好きな野郎]

The hype was a top scholar who studies in all the ivory league universities in U.S. and UK. Very strong credentials, like a typical pappy candidate but end up in WP camp that caught all by surprise.

I remember when he appeared, Lao Lee gives him a thumb down saying he won’t make it in politics.

In the end, Lao Lee was right. Old man is really old man

Thanks for the summary / quick revision

 

[elvintay07]

The hype was a top scholar who studies in all the ivory league universities in U.S. and UK. Very strong credentials, like a typical pappy candidate but end up in WP camp that caught all by surprise.

I remember when he appeared, Lao Lee gives him a thumb down saying he won’t make it in politics.

In the end, Lao Lee was right. Old man is really old man

Not easy la bro. You are machismo like Southampton and play against Man City. Some more referee, assistant referee and VAR referee all on City side? Even today Messi go Southampton also difficult la.

Don't believe you can ask Winnie the Pooh to quit from CCP and come try. LOL!

 

[Senfai]

Was there anything notable during his tenure as a member?

any hot debate, policy change, or strong ideas raised?

 

[HushiePuppies]

is he an ex-pap mp? never hear before?

 

[CanIsayNo]

LKY was a good player in the game of politics and he saw that csm wasnt a political player, more of an academic

u see many people with high iq, but lack of "life experiences" make them lack wisdom.

 

[TUV2008]

I remember he was a Taiwanese and not original sinkie???

 

[s-ghost]

yes, he helped WP take down a GRC as a team member, he helped made history

 

[TUV2008]

LKY was a good player in the game of politics and he saw that csm wasnt a political player, more of an academic

u see many people with high iq, but lack of "life experiences" make them lack wisdom.

Political critic and politican are two different stream of expertise.

Many in our oppo camp here are good as political critic and not politicians. That’s why many oppo party fail in our GE.

 

[TUV2008]

yes, he helped WP take down a GRC as a team member, he helped made history

Was he the one in the team bring down George Yeo?

 

[fortunecat]

He was born in Taiwan, edmwers can accept him meh

*he did NS

 

[BunnyPancake]

Surprised that no one knew about the saga...

So he was the 'underdog' that many people were so excited about (like Jamus). When he appeared in rallies and speeches, he spoke so inspiring like LTK.

But in the end, he tried to wrestle power from LTK. CSM wanted to be the chairman of WP. Then internal conflict... In the end, he lost the votes to be the chairman and he disappeared quietly after that. Everyone said he was a backstabber/mole or whatever... but who knows. After that, in parliament, he was very quiet all the way until the next election... All we know is he disappeared from the political scene.

@zensushi

 

[Newtype_com]

On this note I agree with LKY.

It also shows that being a top scholar does not make you a good politician

Really need the 'iron' to be a good politician

But many many ex-paper generals also become politicians

Some even worst than CSM

 

[JadeWalter]

On this note I agree with LKY.

It also shows that being a top scholar does not make you a good politician

so how is his bazi?
no politician fate?

 

[littlenini]

“In Parliament, he [Chen] makes good prepared speeches, with a written script, but in the follow-up, he is all over the place. It simply does not gel for him,” said Lee.

is LKY referring to all these PAP mps, who read prepared scripts and fumbles when questions by Opp MPs?

 

[arcturuz]

wah this one very classic