Denise Phua's views about the internet in 2006 and now
In May 2006
SHE was a new face representing the People's Action Party, but when Ms Denise Phua surfed the Internet during the recent General Election, the tone of the postings stunned her.
"I know that something has gone wrong when more than 85 per cent (of the traffic) writes negatively about the PAP," she said at a post-mortem of the GE organised last night by the National University of Singapore Society.
"This is something that the PAP would do well to take into account ... and to manage this channel of communication," she added. [Link]
In May 2012
Citing former and current Nominated MPs such as Mr Siew Kum Hong and Assistant Professor Eugene Tan, as well as online critics such as blogger Mr Lee Kin Mun - better known as mrbrown - Ms Phua also argued that these people are the "real check on the PAP". [Link]