As a Member of Parliament, he made headlines for his strong assertions against several government policies.
But if he becomes President, Dr Tan Cheng Bock will be less obtrusive as he employs a strategy he terms "quiet diplomacy".
Explained the 71-year-old Presidential hopeful, it means engaging the relevant people in quiet, private discussions — for instance over transport fare hikes, which is outside the realm of the Presidency — instead of coming at them guns a-blazing.
"It's not necessary to go posture yourself and say, "I'm so great or I'm coming here to defend this case" but the end result is naught, zero," said Dr Tan, in an interview with Yahoo! Singapore. Full story
