Western spectacles - look who's seeing

Singapore Democrats, 24 Feb 2009

For a government as myopic as this one, PM Lee Hsien Loong should be the last to give anyone advice on the kind of spectacles to wear (see report below).

The two organisations that handle the nation's reserves -- one run by his father, the other his wife -- were so short-sighted in their investments in Western banks that we have lost more than $100 billion to-date.

The Minister Mentor and Madam Ho have yet to explain what led them to take the decisions to inject our funds into ailing and corrupt financial institutions.

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