Following the hullaballoo about last Saturday’s Hong Lim Park drama involving Roy Ngerng’s #ReturnOurCPF protest marching at a YMCA charity carnival (with equal support and condemnation online for the protest’s organisers), the Minister of State at the Ministry of Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck has also been thrown into the spotlight.
The 46-year-old politician had been the guest-of-honour during the YMCA Proms @ the Park event, when unhappy protestors led by political bloggers Ngerng and Han Hui Hui marched through the carnival grounds to express their vexations about the existing CPF system. Teo was confronted several times by the protestors, and allegedly geared the brunt of vulgarities and disruptive behaviour.
In response to the brouhaha online, Teo expressed his dismay on his Facebook page regarding Ngerng’s actions — but in a social media blunder, he edited his post six times throughout the whole of yesterday, prompting Mothership.sg to take a dig at him in an article calling him either a “wishy-washy MP” or one that suffers from OCD.
Netizens have also dug up a classic YouTube clip from back in 2011 of Teo expressing extremely cringe-y over-enthusiasm during a PAP rally.
Awkward gaffes notwithstanding, it seems that he’s won a sliver of admiration from netizens for being a sport when local playwright and humorist Alfian Sa’at took a jibe at him for being, like, a total jock. Deconstructing several Facebook posts made by Teo, the writer lists the similarities between what a stereotypical athlete would say and the minister’s social media updates — which turn out to be cloyingly full of relentless optimism and sports references.
Teo himself replied in the comments section, laughing it off and asking if he could share it on his own page. It’s a rare occasion to find Singaporean politicians who can take a joke, and Alfian along with other netizens have expressed their surprise and appreciation for Teo’s cordial responses. Perhaps his luck’s not that bad after all.
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CPF protestors and YMCA eventgoers clash in Hong Lim Park drama
Following the hullaballoo about last Saturday’s Hong Lim Park drama involving Roy Ngerng’s #ReturnOurCPF protest marching at a YMCA charity carnival (with equal support and condemnation online for the protest’s organisers), the Minister of State at the Ministry of Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck has also been thrown into the spotlight.
The 46-year-old politician had been the guest-of-honour during the YMCA Proms @ the Park event, when unhappy protestors led by political bloggers Ngerng and Han Hui Hui marched through the carnival grounds to express their vexations about the existing CPF system. Teo was confronted several times by the protestors, and allegedly geared the brunt of vulgarities and disruptive behaviour.
In response to the brouhaha online, Teo expressed his dismay on his Facebook page regarding Ngerng’s actions — but in a social media blunder, he edited his post six times throughout the whole of yesterday, prompting Mothership.sg to take a dig at him in an article calling him either a “wishy-washy MP” or one that suffers from OCD.
Netizens have also dug up a classic YouTube clip from back in 2011 of Teo expressing extremely cringe-y over-enthusiasm during a PAP rally.
Awkward gaffes notwithstanding, it seems that he’s won a sliver of admiration from netizens for being a sport when local playwright and humorist Alfian Sa’at took a jibe at him for being, like, a total jock. Deconstructing several Facebook posts made by Teo, the writer lists the similarities between what a stereotypical athlete would say and the minister’s social media updates — which turn out to be cloyingly full of relentless optimism and sports references.
Teo himself replied in the comments section, laughing it off and asking if he could share it on his own page. It’s a rare occasion to find Singaporean politicians who can take a joke, and Alfian along with other netizens have expressed their surprise and appreciation for Teo’s cordial responses. Perhaps his luck’s not that bad after all.
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CPF protestors and YMCA eventgoers clash in Hong Lim Park drama