SINGAPORE — Singaporeans should not judge politicians on the basis of where they live, or how successful they were in the private sector, but rather by how they serve Singapore, said Minister for Law and Home Affairs K Shanmugam.
“I think that will be a wrong principle, and it’s contrary to everything that made Singapore successful in the first generation,” he said.
He and other MPs were asking supplementary questions following four ministerial statements by Mr Shanmugam, Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong and Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean. “When you have gone through the experiences I have, you will never forget them, regardless of how successful you become,” he said.
“My empathy did not increasingly decrease as my houses got larger, or as I made more money,” he added. Mr Lim, for one, was chairman of the Housing and Development Board , before serving as minister in various ministries such as Finance, Defence and National Development. He stayed in a large bungalow along Dalvey Road, noted Mr Shanmugam.
“Demanding, because my legal career required my full attention. But it was inspiring because I was doing what I could, to forge a community in Chong Pang.”Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in 2008 to become a minister, Mr Shanmugam said he took a “significant” pay cut, but did so to do good for the community and country — something he described as a “privilege”.
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