I came across Dr Lam Pin Min’s Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/lam.p.min, and was amazed to see that he recently embarked on a “holiday retreat” to Taiwan with his grassroots people.
For those of you who don’t know who he is, he’s the MP for Sengkang West and the Minister for State for Health.
You can see that he and his grassroots leaders are truly enjoying themselves in Taiwan:
Some more guided local tours provided:
Great makan too:
Dr Lam and the grassroots leaders brought their family members with them, supposedly for their grassroots “retreat”.
I would like Dr Lam to answer the following questions:
- Who is paying for the “holiday retreat”?
- If there is subsidy, please tell us how much it costs the public
- Who pays for the family members? Did they receive any subsidies?
- Why go to Taiwan for retreat? Why not go to a government chalet at Pasir Ris?
- Why must go with grassroots leaders and family members? Why not Dr Lam invite the poor elderly in his constituency to go instead?
- Including travelling time, I reckoned it was a 4-day trip. Why need 4 days for a retreat?
- Other than sightseeing and having fun, what did you guys do there and how did the retreat help the residents in Sengkang West?
If everyone in the photo is paying from their own pockets, then I have nothing to say. But if even 1 cent has been used to sponsor this retreat, I would like to Dr Lam to tell us more about it.
Desmond Lee has been demanding opposition members to be open and transparent so as to gain trust from the residents. I hope Dr Lam will likewise be open and transparent about who is financing this holiday retreat to Taiwan!
A resident