Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 May 2011 06:29:13 +0800 | Subject | Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Sing-a-pore | From | "Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)" <> |
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Dear Members of the Linux-Kernel Mailing List,
I was misconstrued as having insulted Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. My words were twisted and misinterpreted and I feel that there is a need to explain myself and set the record straight.
[b]What really happened[/b]
It was sometime in Aug/Sep in the year 2009. The setting was in the Tampines Central office of Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd. I was having a ***verbal*** conversation with Melvin Lee, my new I.T. department manager, when he challenged me to complete an I.T. assignment within a specified period of time. In response to his challenge, I replied in Mandarin: "If I cannot complete the I.T. assignment within a specified period of time, then Lee Kuan Yew is wang ba dan". I used to be fond of using other people's names to "bet" with people but now no more. The Minister Mentor's name came into my mind spontaneously and I used it to "bet" with my I.T. department manager.
[b]Explanations[/b]
1. It was not my intention to insult the Minister Mentor at that time. Please note the use of the IF... THEN... statement in my verbal conversation.
2. I did not know wang ba dan [hanyu pinyin] means bastard at all until I consulted Goh Meng Seng much later.
I would like to apologize to the Minister Mentor and the Prime Minister of Sing-a-pore if I have offended them in any way. I swear it was not my intention to insult the Minister Mentor. Please forgive me for using your name carelessly to "bet" with my former I.T. department manager.
Yours sincerely,
Sing-a-pore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering) Alma Maters: (1) Sing-a-pore Polytechnic (Graduated 1998) (2) National University of Sing-a-pore (Graduated 2006) Sing-a-pore Identity Card No/NRIC: S78*6*2*H Location: Toa Payoh Lorong 5, Sing-a-pore 310031 Mobile Phone: +65-8369-2618 Date of Birth: 5th March 1978 For Photographs of Sing-a-pore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming), please google/search for "Teo En Ming" with the double quotes.
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