Went to buy New Paper today..and happened to see the Chinese evening newspaper with this screaming headlines...oh my gosh! Our President had passed on...Somehow,feel so sad.He was the President when I came to know who's who in the local political scene.You can say he's the first President I knew.I don't really understand what a President do,but his fatherly smiles brings the people so close to him.I guessed that was why he was dubbed the "People's President'.... I remembered an interview of him.He related that when he stepped down from the Presidency,he ask his aide to help him purchase a Honda car.His aide sugguested he get a mercs cos it would fit in his image better.Afterall,he had always travelled in a mercs provided by his office when he was the President.His response very humble...something like,people respect you for what you did for them,how you treat them,not what vehicle you drives.That really put his aide to shame.In the end,he still had a mercs...an old one...think he bought over the mercs he used for his offical duties,not becos of the image,but for econimical reasons...
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He was really a wonderful president. Very fatherly figure. He would be another important figure in Singapore history...
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