Chan Chun Sing’s cotton and sheep blunder brings back memories of PM Lee’s “mee siam mai hum”
Chan Chun Sing’s recent slip-up about cotton coming from sheep has recalled memories of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s infamous “mee siam mai hum” for several netizens.
During a virtual doorstop interview on Saturday (30 May), Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing spoke about how important international trade is to Singapore’s survival and said that even a “simple” surgical mask cannot be made without supply from other parts of the world, to make his point.
Explaining that Singapore cannot produce the cotton that goes into making three-ply surgical masks, he said with a snicker: “Don’t have too many sheeps [sic] in Singapore to produce cotton.”
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Userdvqq 05/06/2020
slip of the lounge lah.don't take it so seriously ma.
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