Thursday, August 24, 2006

In case you missed it...

From Tuesday's ST page H6

PM LEE'S SPEECH: NO 'HARM' IN MEE SIAM

PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong meant to say 'laksa, mai harm' - 'laksa, no cockles' - when illustrating a point in his National Day Rally speech on two competing sides' podcasts.

Asked about it, the PM's press secretary said yesterday that Mr Lee had inadvertently said 'mee siam, mai harm' instead. That dish, of course, does not have cockles as an ingredient.

The quote came about when Mr Lee was speaking about new technology and podcasts, and warned that if politicians were to start competing on the basis of whose podcast was funnier, the tone of public debate would be lowered.