Don’t judge candidates’ independence on past links to political party? Ng Kok Song, George Goh say they differ with Tharman
Mr Ng Kok Song, 75, said on Thursday that one’s present is related to one’s past and cannot be easily separated, while Mr George Goh, 63, said it would be difficult for Mr Tharman to establish political independence “overnight” given his history of service in the public sector and Singapore politics.
To this, Mr Ng noted that one’s present could not be easily separated from one’s past, though he acknowledged that Mr Tharman’s point about having an “independence of mind” was a “sophisticated” one. “And my past is that I was in the public service — 45 years in public service. And Mr Tharman served many years in the political leadership. You draw your own conclusion,” said Mr Ng, who also spent an hour speaking with vendors and stall owners on both floors of the two-story food centre and market on Thursday morning.
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