Highly acclaimed actor Neo Swee Lin was a guest speaker at the Singapore Democratic Party’s rally in Bukit Batok today (3 May). At the rally she appealed to PM Lee Hsien Loong, Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob and Culture Minister Grace Fu to conduct the campaign for the by-election in a dignified manner.
She said:
“We are a group of Singaporeans who have been following the progress of the Bukit Batok by-election. We would like to categorically state that we do not condone the personal attacks and character assassinations made by the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob, and Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu against Dr Chee Soon Juan of the SDP.
We are deeply saddened in the manner in which the campaign is run – having deteriorated to the level that undermines our Singaporean values. We should re-assess…if people who have been entrusted with power and leadership should perpetuate such unbecoming behaviour.
We want an election campaign which addresses the pertinent issues of Singaporeans, rather than one which is marred by, primarily by the vilification of any one person.
This letter is signed by 30 people…people from all walks of life who simply want a fair election campaign.”
The appeal to the Prime Minister signed by 30 prominent individuals said:
“We are a group of Singaporeans who have been following the progress of the current Bukit Batok by-elections.
We would like to categorically state that we do not condone the personal attacks and character assassination made by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob, and Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu, against Dr Chee Soon Juan of the SDP.
We are deeply saddened at the manner in which the campaign is run, having deteriorated to a level that undermines our Singaporean values. It is indeed a sad state of affairs when people who have been entrusted with positions of power and leadership perpetuate such unbecoming behaviour.
We want an election campaign that addresses the pertinent issues facing Singaporeans, rather than one that is marred primarily by the vilification of anyone’s person.”
The individuals signing the appeal are:
1. Alfian Sa’at
2. Alfred Dodwell
3. Andrew Loh
4. Ariffin Sha
5. Braema Mathi
6. Dana Lam
7. Fong Hoe Fang
8. Glen Goei
9. Goh Ming Siu
10. Howard Lee
11. Jasmine Teo
12. Jeanne Lim
13. Kevin Ho
14. Lee Hui Min
15. Leona Yuen
16. Leslie Low
17. Lim Kay Siu
18. Lynn Lee
19. M. Ravi
20. Neo Swee Lin
21. Peter Low
22. Pingjin Thum
23. Rachel Zeng
24. Ravi Philemon
25. Siew Kum Hong
26. T. Sasitharan
27. Tay Bee Pin
28. Terry Xu
29. Vanessa Ho
30. Vivian Wang
31. Yeng Pway Ngon
Members of the public may sign the appeal to the Prime Minister at this link:Â http://chn.ge/1rtlg38. Â At the time of writing this report over 800 individuals have signed the appeal to PM Lee.