Great Show by Prof Jayakumar at the Q & A session in M'sia
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Watch tomorrow night's CNA telecast of the Q & A session, in which our SGP Foreign Minister Prof Jayakumar had spoken openly to all the questions that the Malaysian News Reporters were raining on him - at the signing ceremony between Malaysia and Singapore to send the Pedra Branca dispute to ICJ.
Prof Jayakumar was finally able to openly address the Malaysian audience, on the low down methods and double standards of the Malaysian attitude towards Singapore's actions.
Great show coming - 20:00hrs - Friday - 7 January 2003 -
yah, saw a small segment on channel eight news just now. dun forget to catch m'sia's FM's face .
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No doubt the malaysian press tried to get the two into a sparring match over Jaya's release of the confidential correspondence in the papers.
But overall a calm and peaceful showing by both sides to the signing of the agreement.
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it will be interesting to see how the msia media reflect this........
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The Malaysian Foreign Minister was very uncomfortable, and was very sheepish in his reply, grinning all the time - as if it was such a joke that he has created.
The Malaysian News Reporters were taking the best opportunity to pound Proj Jayakumar with all the questions that they thought will put our SGP Foreign Minister in a tight corner.
Proj Jayakumar made them all looked so stupid with his straight forward, detailed, no nonsense statements - in the calm, clear and concise manner that he showed in SGP Parliament one week ago.
Will be great to see how the Malaysian News Papers print the Q & A sessions in their Friday morning editions. -
read about their session on the papers this morning. can't believe they (m'sians) even dragged out the saga of our ex-president devan nair in a feeble effort to demonstrate singapore's "preferred" act of publishing private correspondence.
the good thing that came out of this whole petty affair is that everyone (bar one particular m'sian minister
) knows that war is not a solution. the bad thing that is water will never cost the same again.
geez.... wish i was working in Hyflux now. -
Actually I was hoping that the Malaysian reporters were allowed toOriginally posted by Atobe:The Malaysian News Reporters were taking the best opportunity
to pound Proj Jayakumar with all the questions that they thought
will put our SGP Foreign Minister in a tight corner.
"grill" Jaya. However, it has become clear that it was the Malaysian
FM who became uncomfortable hving to challenge Jaya's assertion
with the facts that he cut short the reporter questioning session.
Even though it was just 30 mins, the event clearly demonstrated 2 things:
1) Malaysian's media apparent interest in directing tough queries
to Singapore's officials on the issue (Which I welcome). Whether
they will publish in full the Jaya's response, is another matter
however. Reporters report, it is the editors who control what will be
published in their final print.
2) The defensive nature of responses that Malaysian FM gave
during the Q&A session from "good fishes" round PB to Sultant
historical link. Didn't he know the ICJ threw out Malaysia's similar
arguement when presenting their case against the Indonesian ?
They got the 2 island based on their administrative activities
on the islands.
{PS: I certainly would like to see Jaya given a more senior position
in the next cabinet portfolio (Deputy PM ? ). Alas, like he had said
during the news conference, his is just carrying out his duty as a FM
in defence of his country's position..) -
i like that part when Jaya say that when malaysia does all those is alright and when Singapore does the same is all wrong...look at the face of the malaysian FM...look so "cnt do much and malu" makes me feel shiok
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LEt the world know the facts and truth!!!!!!