Speaking perfect English is not the be-all and end-all for communicating with others and earning their trust, presidential hopeful George Goh said on Monday. Rather, being authentic and showing sincerity may be more important, said the group executive chairman of Ossia...
Mr Goh said he persuaded successful businessmen like Mr Harvey to become his partners because his body language and his pitches communicated sincerity.
“Don’t believe only one language is good enough for English,” he said. “If you can speak Mandarin now is very good.” Mr Goh was asked whether he felt his English skills would be an issue working with people internationally and representing Singapore, if he became president. Asked if any of the attendees expressed support for his throwing his hat into the ring to runfor president, Mr Goh said it was the wrong platform to be thinking about the election.
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