Best Rebuttal — Tan Jee SaySDP candidate Tan Jee Say defended his credentials.
When Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Tan Jee Say suggested a S$60 billion investment to transform the economy to a services-centric one, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew slammed Tan and said: "He has no qualifications to say that and he is wrong. If you don't have manufacturing, you're going to have trouble with jobs."
But Tan had the credentials to back it up.
"I am surprised; I studied economics at Oxford University and for six years, I worked in the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) where I headed economic and manpower planning. So I have knowledge of both economic theory and development economics. In addition, my proposals have been endorsed by Lord Butler who served three British Prime Ministers." Full story
