Chee Soon Juan & SDP attempt to mislead with out-of-context quotes

So Chee Soon Juan must be running out of material these days for him to have to resort to the lousy tricks employed by the usual opposition mouthpieces like STR.

In a FB post, Chee says " Don't they discuss these things during cabinet meetings before speaking in public?"

Well, the question I would like to pose to Chee is , "Do you even know the context of each of the Mininsters' statements?"

Afterall, as a "Dr" and as a leader of a political party who aspires to lead Singapore, Chee must know that selectively quoting words can be easily mangle its meaning and make the original statement have another meaning that is totally out of context.

Minister Khaw's statement, as quoted by Chee, was made in the context of how Singaporeans can still be successful, even without having a degree. (See full ST Report here) . Khaw was speaking to an audience in Singapore.

"Singaporeans do not need to be university graduates to be successful,"  said National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday. 

What is more important is that they get good jobs after leaving school, Mr Khaw told some 160 students and young adults in an Our Singapore Conversation dialogue. 

"If they cannot find jobs, what is the point? You own a degree, but so what? That you can't eat it. If that cannot give you a good life, a good job, it is meaningless," he added. 

Mr Khaw was responding to a participant who said the Government should set aside more university places for Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and polytechnic graduates. 

Said Mr Khaw: "Can you have a whole country where 100 per cent are graduates? I am not so sure. What you do not want is to create huge graduate unemployment."

Then Chee's post very mischievously and misleadingly quotes from Vivian Balakrishnan who made the following remarks in Jakarta, Indonesia. (See full CNA report here)

JAKARTA: Singapore and Indonesia have expressed interest to enhance cooperation in areas such as manpower development, and this includes a scheme to help companies from Singapore recruit talent in Indonesia. 

Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore's Foreign Minister, said this during a meeting in Jakarta with his counterpart Ms Retno Marsudi.

"We believe Indonesian universities and technical institutes will produce many graduates with digital skills and we are thinking of launching a scheme, in which Singapore companies - which are looking for talent - will be able to recruit talent here, deploy them here, and provide services for the rest of the world," he said.

Min. Balakrishnan's words were made in Jakarta. The "here" that Minister was referring to, is in fact in Indonesia. He was simply saying that Singapore companies who wished to set up business in Indonesia, could find qualified graduates and deploy them in INDONESIA.  Who said anything about deploying them to Singapore?

So Chee tries to be devious and makes use of the seemingly discordant statements from the two ministers and implies that the Govt is going to bring over Indonesian graduates to Singapore and employ them in Singapore.

See what I mean when I say Chee seems to be running out of material? 

Such devious tactics of selectively quoting without giving a context to the words were are the domain of Hate & Lie-generating sites like ASS, STR and the former TRS.

But then again, that's nothing new coming from Chee. He already has a long history of lying and misquoting out of context to mislead his supporters.

After all, if Chee can justify that he is still on a hunger strike while drinking glucose water, then anything is possible.

References:

CNA: Singapore, Indonesia express interest in manpower development cooperation
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-indonesia/2419520.html

ST: University degree 'not vital for success': Khaw Boon Wan
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/university-degree-not-vital-for-success-khaw-boon-wan