Like most poor Singapore peasantsЇ, I felt utterly insulted by Mrs GohЇs statement that Mr TT DuraiЇs S$600K salary is peanut. Having worked very hard to get my university education and present job I still earn less than 10\% of that peanutЇ. If IЇm making only less than 10\% of a peanut does she mean poor peasantЇ like me and perhaps most of Singaporeans earn only dirt? Is this how the high government officers and their wives feel about the income of their people? Does that mean normal hard working honest peasantsЇ like us are worth only dirt in their eyes? Do we still expect people like that to help us in our lives? I have known many rich people who make that kind of money through business or working for MNC but no one has ever told poor peasantЇ like me a few hundred thousands is peanut to them, so far no one I met is that arrogant. Does she owe an apology to Singaporeans for that demeaning and arrogant comment?
I leave for you to decide. I urge common honest and hardworking Singaporeans who could not even make 10\% of a peanut to petition for Mrs Goh to apologize to us.