I thanked the President [George W. Bush] for the steadfastness and resolve with which he's tackling the very complicated problems in the Middle East and Iraq, as well as the Israel-Palestinian issue.... It's critical for us in Southeast Asia that America does that.... because it affects America's standing in Asia and the world, and also the security environment in Asia because extremists, the jihadists, watch carefully what's happening in the Middle East and take heart, or lose heart, depending on what's happening.

You put out a funny podcast, you talk about bak chor mee. I will say mee siam mai hum.

There is no policy too sensitive to question, and no subject so taboo that you cannot even mention it.

Beijing residents joke that to get a free smoke all they have to do is open their windows!

People support CPF cuts because there are no protest outside parliament.

Our people should feel free to express diverse views, pursue unconventional ideas or simply be different.

I thanked the President [George W. Bush] for the steadfastness and resolve with which he's tackling the very complicated problems in the Middle East and Iraq, as well as the Israel-Palestinian issue.... It's critical for us in Southeast Asia that America does that.... because it affects America's standing in Asia and the world, and also the security environment in Asia because extremists, the jihadists, watch carefully what's happening in the Middle East and take heart, or lose heart, depending on what's happening.