Penn Olson, 27 Apr 2011
Just one day after creating his Facebook page, Singapore’s Workers’ Party’s (WP) star catch, Chen Show Mao, received more than 5,800 ‘likes’.
If the pace of ‘likes’ increases with momentum like how Nicole Seah did within a week, Chen’s Facebook page may just hit the high of 10,000 – 20,000 ‘likes’ and he could possibly be Singapore’s next most popular politician on Facebook.
For the benefit of the non-Singaporean readers, Chen is a Beijing-based Singaporean who is a recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship. He came to Singapore from Taiwan at the age of 11 in 1972 and became a citizen after serving National Service (NS) as a platoon commander and staff officer. Full story