SINGAPORE: Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan said on Wednesday (Sep 15) that he has called Progress Singapore Party's (PSP) NCMP Leong Mun Wai to apologise for his "private comments to a colleague" in Parliament on Tuesday.
"I disagree with him on the issue, but I should not have said what I said," Dr Balakrishnan wrote in a Facebook post. "Mr Leong has accepted my apology."
Mr Leong was involved in a 10-hour debate in Parliament about foreign labour, Singaporeans' jobs and livelihoods, as well as free trade agreements.
The debate started on Tuesday afternoon and stretched past midnight.
In a video of the sitting, which was livestreamed on the Ministry of Communications and Information's YouTube channel, a voice can be heard saying "he's illiterate", after Manpower Minister Tan See Leng replied to a question from Mr Leong.
A voice is then heard a few minutes later asking "seriously, how did he get into RI?".
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"I disagree with him on the issue, but I should not have said what I said," Dr Balakrishnan wrote in a Facebook post. "Mr Leong has accepted my apology."
Mr Leong was involved in a 10-hour debate in Parliament about foreign labour, Singaporeans' jobs and livelihoods, as well as free trade agreements.
The debate started on Tuesday afternoon and stretched past midnight.
In a video of the sitting, which was livestreamed on the Ministry of Communications and Information's YouTube channel, a voice can be heard saying "he's illiterate", after Manpower Minister Tan See Leng replied to a question from Mr Leong.
A voice is then heard a few minutes later asking "seriously, how did he get into RI?".
Continue reading...