I LOVE YOU LTK!!! You really debate well, even though only a snippet. Anyone 
can post the video on youtube?

LKY looks like having a heart attack when rebutting LTK..ha ha

How come need Papa Lee to rebut? Where is PM Lee and the P65 Hip Hop MPs?? 
Why all tiam tiam?

MM Lee, opposition MP Low Thia Khiang debate increase in salaries
By Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 09 April 2007 2118 hrs


SINGAPORE : Opposition MP Low Thia Khiang questioned the need for such high 
salaries for ministers and top civil servants to prevent corruption.

He said Singapore ranked below Finland, Denmark and Switzerland, in a UN 
report on how corrupt a country is, but these countries pay their top civil 
servants less than Singapore.

This had Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on his feet and challenging his 
statements.

"Does he realise that Singapore's GDP is only one-third of its external 
trade? Our external trade is 3 1/2 times that of our GDP, higher than Hong 
Kong. And if this economy ever falters, that's the end of Singapore and its 
First World status. Denmark, Switzerland and Finland are part of Europe. You 
can fail and you're still caught in the European situation. If you fail 
here, you go back to a Southeast Asian situation. Just look around you," 
said MM Lee.

"So is the Minister Mentor saying that without paying such a high salary, we 
are bound to fail? And even if we pay top earners' salary, can the present 
government bring Singapore up to superpower (status), as what he has 
mentioned for those in Denmark?" challenged Mr Low, MP for Hougang.

"I am putting a simple question and asking for his clarification. He has 
compared Singapore as if it were Denmark, Finland or Switzerland. Their 
systems and governments never produced the kind of transformation that we 
have, and their system and government have a broader base and can afford a 
mediocre government," said the Minister Mentor. - CNA /ls

LKY ASSUME THAT DENMARK, FINLAND AND SWISS GAHMEN ARE ALL MEDIOCRE GAHMEN?? 
WOW LETS SEE IF ANY OF THESE COUNTRIES REBUT BACK!!