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March 11, 2008
Betwixt prose and poem, 'twas but a clever tweak
MP's speech
He was found by the Feedback Unit to be one against whom there was no official complaint.

He was married and added three children to the population, which our Government says was the right number for a parent of his generation.

And our teachers report that he never interfered with their education.

Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd:

Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard.

MP SAM TAN, whose adaptation of parts of a poem into parliamentary prose won him plaudits for making the 'Speech Of The Day' on Day 1 of the Budget Debate from Feb 26 to last Thursday

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