Tan Cheng Bock
Politician
1940-04-26
Quotes by Tan Cheng Bock
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I'm not sponsored by anybody but myself... I'm not sponsored by the PAP.
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I believe the processes of good governance have gone astray. Specifically there is an erosion of transparency, independence and accountability.
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One of my key areas of unification is to champion multiracialism. Multiracialism is vital to unity.
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But at the end of the day, any president must try to unify Singapore... that must be in the heart of the man who wants to be the president.
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To be a unifying person, I think first you must have acceptance.
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For vocational workers, their pay should reflect their skills and difficulty of labour. To be skilled in a craft should be accepted as an alternative path.
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Never expect the votes to come.
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I think the president must be very watchful of what is happening. The president cannot deal with the bread and butter issues of Parliament, but he cannot be a sleeping president.
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