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Seet Ai Mee, Dr (b. 31 March 1943, Singapore -), became the first female cabinet minister in Singapore when she was named Acting Minister for Community Development, in a cabinet reshuffle in July 1991. However, she was also the first cabinet member to lose a parliamentary seat when she lost by a narrow margin to Ling How Doong of the Singapore Democratic Party in the 1991 general elections.

 

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Only acting minister mind you. She had potential but blew it because of certain events during the election walkabouts.

 

Heard some stories of her shaking hands with fishmongers at a wet market, and then immediately washing her hands in plain view of everyone. In those days (not too long ago actually), that was political suicide.

 

Nowadays, your MPs can be ministers even without ever having a single real election campaign. Hooray for GRCs.

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So should we be celebrating for her? Will life here be better now?

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Heard some stories of her shaking hands with fishmongers at a wet market, and then immediately washing her hands in plain view of everyone. In those days (not too long ago actually), that was political suicide.

 

That's actually the dumbest reason ever not to vote for a politician. Common sense will tell you that the fishmonger's hand is dirty (when they are at work) so what's wrong with washing it? I challenge those people who claim that such behavior is arrogant to shake a fishmonger's hand and leave the fishy smell on their hands for the whole day.

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wash your hands by all means. but doing it immediately, and in plain view...

And the fact is she lost her votes. rational voters or not.

 

Also, I don't think it's a dumb reason not to vote for someone. not washing ostentatiously would have been an act that symbolises solidarity between social classes.

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wash your hands by all means. but doing it immediately, and in plain view...

And the fact is she lost her votes. rational voters or not.

 

Also, I don't think it's a dumb reason not to vote for someone. not washing ostentatiously would have been an act that symbolises solidarity between social classes.

Yeah, hence the term "politically correct".

 

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