Why like that ah?

Why so much vitriol and malice against a certain Kee Chiu minister?

Yes, a segment of his speech at a closed-door event was leaked out. (wonder who did so)

Yes, he did speak in Singlish.

But he also presented facts and insights on how the G had to quickly decide on things and put plans into action. He made sound, reasonable explanations.

He was just code-switching. Most of us code-switch too. And for those who are vilifying him just because of his use of Singlish (which is often ostracised as the lesser, colloquial, marketplace and highly uncouth cousin of English), lighten up. The man's a smart guy, received a President's Scholarship and did his rounds in Cambridge AND MIT as well. How many of you can claim to have done so?

He tweaked his language and delivery in a manner he felt was more suited to his audience. Who are we to criticise him so badly? He got his points across, pretty succinctly too. He was frank and candid. And he did not shy away from mentioning hard truths.

I'm also pretty sure he is more than able to speak in good English.

An oppie leader in the party that wears blue is famous and popular for speaking in dialects and Singlish in his election campaigns. Not sure if he added any of it into his interjections in Parliament though (I don't quite follow politics, yes shallow me...)....but why was he not criticised? He was lauded for speaking the commoner's language. Hmm, wear white cannot speak in Singrish is it?

I'm on his side for this one.