OPINION: Winning The Hearts Of The People

Singapore Notes, 13 Aug 2013
It was just yesterday when Goh Chok Tong was quoted as saying, "To solve problems in a practical, ruthlessly efficient bureaucratic way is not enough anymore. The government must also win the hearts of the people." Second Home Affairs Minister S Iswaran must have missed the point when he was reverting to queries surrounding the death of a prison inmate.
The members of parliament (MPs) had asked if more information could be provided on the matter, but all Iswaran did was to provide a non-answer, that "investigations had been rigorous and thorough". Obviously too rigorous and thorough for the public to understand, MPs included. Full story