I have been accused of many things in my life, but not even my worst enemy has ever accused me of being afraid to speak my mind.

The big nest was in Afghanistan, thats not quite cleared, then there are nests in the Philippines, there are nests in Indonesia, the Malaysians are clearing up their nests.

A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.

I have been accused of many things in my life, but not even my worst enemy has ever accused me of being afraid to speak my mind.

Without the elected president and if there is a freak result, within two or three years, the army would have to come in and stop it.

If, for instance, you put in a Malay officer who's very religious and who has family ties in Malaysia in charge of a machine gun unit, that's a very tricky business. We've got to know his background... I'm saying these things because they are real, and if I don't think that, and I think even if today the Prime Minister doesn't think carefully about this, we could have a tragedy.

The human being needs a challenge, and my advice to every person in Singapore and elsewhere: Keep yourself interested, have a challenge.