Thursday, October 26, 2006
Shu Min's dad makes an "Apology"
Wee Siew Kim apologises for remarks
By Ken Kwek
MP WEE Siew Kim has said sorry for remarks he and his 18-year-old daughter, Shu Min, made about Singaporeans who worry about jobs.
In a statement issued to The Straits Times last night, he apologised for the comments he made in an earlier interview on his daughter's criticism of another blogger, Mr Derek Wee, 35, on her Internet journal.
'We both apologise to the people whom we have offended, and especially Mr Derek Wee,' the MP said.
Miss Wee, a Raffles Junior College (RJC) student, had last week called Mr Derek Wee 'old' and 'undermotivated' after he wrote in his blog that the Government should try to be more understanding of Singaporeans' employment woes.
Many on the Internet slammed her for her remarks. She subsequently shut down her blog and was later counselled by her tutor at RJC.
In an interview with The Straits Times published on Tuesday, her father tried to smooth things over by acknowledging that she had used insensitive language.
However, he said he stood by his daughter's 'basic point', saying well-educated Singaporeans such as Mr Derek Wee should 'get on with the challenges in life' rather than complain to the Government about them. 'I think if you cut through the insensitivity of the language, her basic point is reasonable*,' he had said.
'Some people cannot take the brutal truth and that sort of language, so she ought to learn from it,' he added.
The MP's comments drew further criticism, especially online.
Yesterday, in his apology, he said: 'I should not have said what I did about people's inability to take the brutal truth and strong language.**'
*What if the "challenges in life" were beyond what certain groups of people in Singapore could handle?
**What should you have said instead? It is of course easy to regret whatever you said because it caused a backlash against yourself. Saying something, and then saying that you regret what you said earlier, is akin to not saying anything at all.
His complete "apology":
'I AM sorry that my statements carried in The Straits Times of Oct 24 offended some readers.
I should not have said what I did about people's inability to take the brutal truth and strong language.
I have also counselled my daughter Shu Min. She is fully aware and remorseful over her tone, insensitivity and lack of empathy.
I have advised her to learn from this.
We both apologise to the people whom we have offended, and especially Mr Derek Wee.'
Seriously, making a half-hearted statement like that will only draw more fire.
How come Gomez apologise cannot, he apologise can?
Links:
Essay: Life will kick you in the balls
To Wee Wee
Shu Min's Dad made an "Apology"
Wee Shu Min in the News!
Wee Shu Min's Apology
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Haha... you have a point there about Gomez case where PAP said,"say sorry cannot, must explain!"
Comparatively, Singaporeans are being very kind to them now. They just want Mr Wee to apologise for the ideas behind her statements. However, after 2 public apologies, he still has not apologise for it!
We are not even demanding him to explain for his daughter actions and him standing behind her ideas!
Comparatively, Singaporeans are being very kind to them now. They just want Mr Wee to apologise for the ideas behind her statements. However, after 2 public apologies, he still has not apologise for it!
We are not even demanding him to explain for his daughter actions and him standing behind her ideas!
His second "apology" still falls short of the items called and regret and repentence.
If a highly educated MP still does not know how to make a proper public apology, let me show him an example:
"We, the Wee Siew Kim Family, father and daughter, do sincerely and unreservedly apologise to all those whom we have agrieved, offended or outraged through our callous and insensitive remarks and utterances made on two instances (specify the dates and location).
We truely regret for what we have done and promise that we will never do it again. Please forgive us and accept our sincere and unreserved apologies."
Would that sound better?
Would that then appease and cool down the atmosphere and recover part of the damage done?
If a highly educated MP still does not know how to make a proper public apology, let me show him an example:
"We, the Wee Siew Kim Family, father and daughter, do sincerely and unreservedly apologise to all those whom we have agrieved, offended or outraged through our callous and insensitive remarks and utterances made on two instances (specify the dates and location).
We truely regret for what we have done and promise that we will never do it again. Please forgive us and accept our sincere and unreserved apologies."
Would that sound better?
Would that then appease and cool down the atmosphere and recover part of the damage done?
I think I accept the apology but I sincerely think that he should be standing firm on his party's stance of:
"Say sorry also must explain"
"Say sorry also must explain"
actually this is a tactic to retain their standing.you ain't talking about an irate blogger who has nothing much to do,but a family whose 2 memebers are the creme de la creme of the society.I would have accepted their apology anyway given that they are trying to cut their damage without doing any more damage on their own
Give it a break.. everyone is entitled to their view. No apologies is necessary. The view may be blunt and in sensitive, but it is still a veiw. Don't crucify Shu Min just because her father is a MP.
I seriously doubt Mr Wee will be in the next elections for AMK GRC
# posted by 
: 12/22/2006 11:36 PM
: 12/22/2006 11:36 PM
But sorry also must explain.
Mr Brown must create a podcast on this issue.
Mr Brown must create a podcast on this issue.
# posted by : 1/18/2007 6:16 PM
: 1/18/2007 6:16 PM
WP will win the next election while Mr and Ms Wee will go and eat shit
# posted by : 1/18/2007 6:19 PM
: 1/18/2007 6:19 PM
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