From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on sa.int.altlinux.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DNS_FROM_OPENWHOIS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.2.5 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent :mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=C+wu+EAEUuS7Xl8xFS78zz0gRFn2VR8qhD8OL0HUhBg=; b=xUWSnvWFAcrsACj9q7meUVsv9Vp4rC+RSZdgkbwEWXemiQjmLvCRCxifnfdwAVZl04 rMfaGcpIth1VLBCfnXF2jWdW/6gYMp04nEnPKQtcn8CS3ikYcNxSgGdGAm+JyTmrnvSj dQY1uljtx3+eECvaFUnbBexsnv6DcT5XMUzCg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ba654Q1WG3gp0VCGMxRvh4xyHl5Uu85mBIYFP2lQsQJBJHWekY5nfI/uniKS7BNJaE JazUXGNcVFPwpDL0+MoIT8qAoMCIl6G7Iv1hR25aP5GUsl/FU602ogEo/QukiznWPv40 sZ40aOMTMluiFddHXeUEdr5tCiuOu8tGvERh4= Message-ID: <4DBC4FAF.7090507@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 01 May 2011 02:06:39 +0800 From: =?UTF-8?B?IlNpbmdhcG9yZSBDaXRpemVuIE1yLiBUZW8gRW4gTWluZyAoWmhhbmcgRQ==?= =?UTF-8?B?bm1pbmcpIOW8oOaBqem4oyAi?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090814 Fedora/3.0-2.6.b3.fc11 Thunderbird/3.0b3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: community-en@lists.altlinux.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Comm-en] Public Apology to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore X-BeenThere: community-en@lists.altlinux.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: space.time.universe@gmail.com, "ALT Linux users \(in English only\)" List-Id: "ALT Linux users \(in English only\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:06:50 -0000 Archived-At: List-Archive: 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 Singapore 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, Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip BEng(Hons) Alma Maters: (1) Singapore Polytechnic (2) National University of Singapore