I WAS on my way to Parliament House yesterday when I heard that the wait to pay respects to former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew had extended to 10 hours.
It is indeed admirable that many still joined the queue despite being advised not to.
We all want to honour the man; it is the least we could do for all that he had done for us.
However, I heard over the radio that an unfortunate twist is that the "ugly Singaporean" has emerged. Rubbish piled up from the free drinks and food provided, to the point that the authorities had to mobilise a small army of cleaners to maintain the area.
I asked myself: What would Mr Lee have thought of all this?
Maybe a better way of honouring Mr Lee is to give him what he spent his lifetime creating - a beautiful, clean and green Singapore, where all its citizens and residents live in harmony, regardless of race, language or religion.
Let us all make this place a clean and green Singapore from now on, without campaigns, without armies of cleaners. It is only if all this comes from within each person living here that we can give this place a First World environment.
Let us, once and for all, banish the ugly Singaporean, and keep Singapore clean in honour of Mr Lee's hard work in cleaning up our home.
Ng Kei Yong
It is indeed admirable that many still joined the queue despite being advised not to.
We all want to honour the man; it is the least we could do for all that he had done for us.
However, I heard over the radio that an unfortunate twist is that the "ugly Singaporean" has emerged. Rubbish piled up from the free drinks and food provided, to the point that the authorities had to mobilise a small army of cleaners to maintain the area.
I asked myself: What would Mr Lee have thought of all this?
Maybe a better way of honouring Mr Lee is to give him what he spent his lifetime creating - a beautiful, clean and green Singapore, where all its citizens and residents live in harmony, regardless of race, language or religion.
Let us all make this place a clean and green Singapore from now on, without campaigns, without armies of cleaners. It is only if all this comes from within each person living here that we can give this place a First World environment.
Let us, once and for all, banish the ugly Singaporean, and keep Singapore clean in honour of Mr Lee's hard work in cleaning up our home.
Ng Kei Yong
