Dear The Real Singapore,
I woke up this morning and the first thing I saw is this Facebook status by our Environmental Minister Vivian Balakrishnan (refer to the screenshot I took above for evidence):
Again. Hot spots increasing dramatically in Sumatra, with 458 visible today. Haze may worsen when the winds weaken next week. Some rain expected, but not enough to douse the fires.
We will try to encourage them to take action - but we all know the welfare of close neighbours is not their priority. Hard truths of regional politics.
How can a PAP minister react this way with other foreign countries? My friends use to always laugh at Malaysia and Indonesian political leaders for talking rubbish and offensive stuff about Singapore towards International media and we always praise the PAP leaders for doing the exact opposite.
We have to understand that we are a small country and we should not offend any other countries this way.
Is it also true that PM Lee Hsien Loong unfriend Indonesia Prime Minister Susilo and untag him in all the photos on Facebook?
Such behaviour is highly unprofessional and I am really very disappointed by our leaders for their childish actions.
I used to be a PAP supporter and hate your website for all the anti-PAP content but I think I no longer think this way anymore.
Joe Tan
TRS Contributor
Editor's Note: It is reasonable that Minister Vivian made such statements since Singapore has repeatedly tried to improve and solve the issue of forest burning in Sumatra.