Dear ASS,
Today is Mr Lee Kuan Yew's one year death anniversary. Most Singaporeans respect Mr Lee for everything he sacrificed and did for Singapore. One important trait Mr Lee possessed was his disdain for imperfection and incompetence. SMRT's latest tragedy where two young technicians died after a train crashed into them while they were repairing the tracks is total incompetence.
If Mr Lee Kuan Yew was still alive, he would have sacked SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek after this latest fiasco. This current leaders of Singapore are simply weak and too soft on their non-performing subordinates.
When Mr Lee was in charge, anything he took charge would be tested to perfection before being released to the public. Now, everything is tested by the public and Singaporeans are made to suffer incompetence and inefficiencies.
Desmond Kuek has been given so much time to turn things around but till today, track faults and delays are the norm and worse now safety was compromised, two young lives gone. Lee Kuan Yew would have fired his sorry ass for not turning the situation around but made things worse. Sometimes I think Singapore really miss Mr Lee Kuan Yew's no nonsense approach to governance. He is firm, he is harsh, but he will force the people to make things work. No excuses, no apologies, he would have solved the problem no matter how difficult it was.
The current batch of Ministers need to learn from Mr Lee and use this steel to get things done. Stop using words to smoke Singaporean, stop talking and start delivering on results.
Rizad Said
A.S.S. Contributor
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