Originally posted by Gollum's RIng:
One day, there was this man who spoke to the media.
A day in the last quarter of year 2003,
CT: Year 2004 will be a better year for all singaporeans, given the
rise in export and manufacturing indexes in our last 3 months of
2003.....
HL: Yeah, yeah. That's look promising. Year 2003 is a worst year with
SARS and wars spoiling the world's market.....
Another day in the first quarter of year 2004,
HL: I'm so sorry. What I had said last year dos not look good this
year. Blame it in the bird flu. We have no control over such an
epidemic.....
CT: Yeah, yeah......same like last year when we told all singaporeans
it will be a good 2003 but again due to SARS, it crippled.....right?
Singaporean: Gan Ni Na Buay Chao Chi Bye.....then I give taxes to you
for F**K. I as well keep them myself and run the country myself.
(Extracted from people in coffeeshops throughout the island.)
those events were beyond their control what. but CT sounds less convinced by HL in his 2nd dialogue.