of pap mp charles chong: you "lesser mortals" are just envious of tan yong soon

PAP MP Charles Chong: you “lesser mortals” are just envious of Tan Yong Soon !: In response to Perm Sec Mr Tan Yong Soon's Paris cooking holiday at the Le Cordon Bleu culinary school, PAP MP Charles Chong You Fook agreed that the rebuke in Parliament was “harsh” and he noted that Mr Tan didn’t “brag” about how expensive the trip was in the article.

MP Charles Chong then commented,

Maybe it made lesser mortals envious and they thought maybe he was a little bit boastful. Would people have taken offence if his wife (a senior investment counsellor at a bank) had paid for everything?

Read more at Today Online ("Ill-timed article cooks up a storm").

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- Lesser mortals, unite and remove the GREATER mortal!
- MP Charles Chong: maybe lesser mortals jealous of Perm Sec's French holiday

Update: MP Charles Chong has replied to Eugene Yeo, Chief Editor, Wayang Party Club. ("BREAKING: Charles Chong reply to Wayangparty")

MP Charles Chong said in the email reply,

After hearing Minister Teo Chee Hean read out the salary scales of senior civil servants in response to a question by NMP Siew KH, I can safely say that I am not in the same league as any Permanent Secretary or any Office Holder.

After I re-read Mr Tan’s article, I noticed that he did not really brag about the cost of his holiday and the cooking lessons. However other information he revealed about himself and his family that were unrelated to cooking, left me with the impression that he was a bit boastful and maybe insensitive to (us) lesser mortals. This may naturally lead to unhappiness and even envy especially during difficult times.