Wee Siew Kim
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Wee Siew Kim (黃守金, born 19 August 1960) is a current Member of the Parliament of Singapore in the Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (Jalan Kayu) since 2001, representing the current ruling People's Action Party. He is currently serving through his second term after winning in the 2006 general elections. He had his education in Raffles Institution, followed by the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, followed by a MBA in Stanford University. Currently, he is the president of the defence business section in Singapore Technologies Engineering since the year 2000. Wee is married with four children.
[edit] Elitism scandal
One of Wee's daughters, Wee Shu Min, found herself at the centre of an Internet scandal in October 2006 for posting on her blog what is viewed by some Singaporeans to be elitist[1], naive and insensitive statements against heartlanders.[2] Dismissing the views of Derek Wee who voiced concerns on job security and age discrimination on his blog, she shot back with a take-no-prisoners diatribe[1][3], that Derek was a "stupid crackpot", "the sadder class", overreliant on the government, and that Singaporean society was "far too survival of the fittest" and for Derek to "get out of my elite uncaring face".[4] Following intense criticism by netizens on her post as highly insensitive at a time when, coincidentally, a high-profile suicide of an impoverished heartlander at Chinese Garden MRT Station was being heavily publicised[5][6] and her name topping Technorati's search terms for a week, she has since appeared to have apologised[7] on another blog and shut down her own.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Time to learn that sorry isn't the hardest word to say", Ong Soh Chin, The Straits Times (Saturday Review), 28 October 2006, p. S10
- ^ a b "Teen blogger counselled for her 'elitist' remarks", Ken Kewk, The Straits Times, October 24, 2006, p. H5
- ^ "“精英”博客的省思", 社论观点, Lianhe Zaobao, 31 October 2006 (Chinese)
- ^ Quotation from actual post, "Please, get out of my elite uncaring face.", Wee Shu Min, Tomorrow.sg
- ^ "妻子连搭车去认尸的钱都没有…… 跳轨男子山穷水尽走绝路", 林晓玲、杨荣发, Lianhe Zaobao, 20 October 2006 (Chinese)
- ^ "Political elitism enhances class divide", Seah Chiang Nee, The Star (Malaysia), 29 October 2006
- ^ Wei Kiat's blog: Wee Shu Min's apology, 19 Oct 2006. Accessed 13 Nov 2006.
