Update 19 Feb 2022: Ho Ching calls out ‘entitled’ customers, calling them worse than a ‘Yaya Papaya’
Prolific Facebook commentator Ho Ching offers her views on the wave of people exhibiting unjustified superiority and self-entitlement, as described in a New York Times Magazine article by contributing writer Maggie Jones. The article headlined “See (the Worst People in) the World” retells the stories of how Covid-era passengers have turned the job of flight attendant into “a total nightmare”.
The well-travelled Madam Ho condemns these passengers from Hell as being worse than a Yaya Papaya, a Singlish slang term describing people who are arrogant gloating braggarts. Well, you get the picture. And here’s the point. One would think that Madam Ho, being the wife of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and a corporate bigwig in her own right, would feel, well, entitled to feel entitled. But her sympathies are definitely with the downtrodden.
Madam Ho makes quite plain her sentiments towards people insisting on “more” rights, and how their sense of entitlement affects other people who are just doing their job. She says:
- “Somehow, if we veer towards demanding more and more ‘rights’ for ourselves, we become an ungracious society that does not respect the rights of others and become abusive of others.
- “Being abusive to nurses who look after us or our families in hospitals, or being aggressively demanding on-air stewardesses who serve us on board flights, reflect poorly on ourselves.
- “Perhaps people do this to show their “superiority”, but it shows them up to be inferior people who drag society down the path of anarchy, distrust, and abuse.
- “It’s one thing to be a yaya papaya.
- “It is quite another to tell lies, abuse our position of trust, and then wrapping ourselves up in the cloak of victimhood to excuse our bad behaviour.”
Somehow, if we veer towards demanding more and more “rights” for ourselves, we become an ungracious society that does not respect the rights of others, and become abusive of others.
Being abusive to nurses who look after us or our families in hospitals, or being aggressively demanding on air stewardesses who serve us on board flights, reflect poorly on ourselves.
Perhaps people do this to show their “superiority”, but it shows them up to be inferior people who drag society down the path of anarchy, distrust, and abuse.
It’s one thing to be a yaya papaya.
It is quite another to tell lies, abuse our position of trust, and then wrapping ourselves up in the cloak of victimhood to excuse our bad behaviour.
Ho Ching on Facebook - Stop the Bitching
Stop the bitching, said Ho Ching on Facebook on Wednesday (Oct 27)
The former CEO of Temasek Holdings was addressing the unhappiness raised by many after the report that Bloomberg New Economy Forum delegates coming here next month will be permitted to dine in groups of up to five, while household members are not permitted to do so under the existing restrictions.
Ms Ho was expressing how stretched healthcare workers are in Singapore and around the world.
"So folks who bitch about their freedom to dine in bigger groups, whether as a family or as friends, just stop it!" Ms Ho wrote.
Long Queues On 1st Day Of Mask Collection
At 11.50am, Temasek CEO Ho Ching put out a Facebook post asking Singaporeans not to be kiasu.
She shared that there are plenty of masks left so there’s no need to flock down all at once. Additionally, Madam Ho added that the collection lasts for a month so there’s absolutely no need to rush.
Addressing criticism about collection methods, she also said it was not possible to deliver the masks directly to households as they are too bulky. She also urged the public to be kind to counter staff at the distribution centres.
HO Ching 25 August at 20:50
Hello, kiasu Singapore!
There are plenty of stocks for the medical grade masks, so don’t come and Q with your bag and SP bill, unless it is your birthday today, tmrw and this weekend.
This will help reduce the Q and crowd for everyone’s safety!
Temasek Foundation has plenty of stock, and collection is over one month.
Why not make it a birthdate treat to go collect on your birthday, on behalf on your household?
If you are born on 26 of whichever month, come down and collect today.
If you are born on 27 of whichever month, come down and collect tomorrow.
That way, we collectively help to manage the queue - each one make a simple decision to collect on the date of our birthdays.
Sorry, lah, cannot send to your letterboxes, for one practical reason.
‘Sorry lah, cannot send to your letterboxes’: Ho Ching on free mask collection
Under the initiative, each household can collect 50 medical-grade surgical masks and 25 N95 respirator masks at selected malls and supermarket outlets islandwide The Straits Times
Even though we previously said don't kan cheong, mention free goodies to any Singaporean and it will surely cause a major stir.
So much so that Ho Ching has chimed in on Facebook on Thursday (Aug 26) to remind "kiasu Singapore" that Temasek Foundation has plenty of medical-grade masks available for their fifth distribution exercise which started on the same day.
To some who suggested distributing these boxes via post, she said: "Sorry, lah, cannot send to your letterboxes, for one practical reason. "Almost all the letterboxes are just a teeny tiny wee bit to small to fit even one box of mask, not to mention three boxes!"
Ho Ching urges S'poreans to stop 'coming up with all sorts of excuses' to avoid clearing tables at hawker centres
On Sep. 1, Temasek Holdings chief executive Ho Ching took to Facebook to urge people in Singapore to channel their creativity into thinking of ways to keep hawker centre tables clean instead of finding reasons not to do so.
Ho, who is also the wife of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, wrote:
"Come on, lah, folks!Coming up with all sorts of excuses not to clean up after ourselves at hawker centres, food courts and coffee shops?Very creative, but better to direct the creativity to finding ways to clean up better, and leave a clean table after we have finished our makan."
Ho also shared a post from the National Environment Agency (NEA) which stated that the elderly persons, persons with disability and children aged under 12 will not face enforcement action if they are unable to clear their tables.
HO Ching 23 hrs
Come on, lah, folks!
Coming up with all sorts of excuses not to clean up after ourselves at hawker centres, food courts and coffee shops?
Very creative, but better to direct the creativity to finding ways to clean up better, and leave a clean table after we have finished our makan.
Even more important - to set a good example for our kids, and to care for our elders as well.
After 17 years as CEO of Temasek Holdings, Ms Ho Ching finally stepped down on 1 Oct 2021
We look back at her journey from being "Student of the Year" at National Junior College to marrying Singapore's Prime Minister.
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