In our Country, with a little bit of observation, one would notice, each time when there is a mishap fallen upon some unfortunate victims, there tend to be a scene of concerto - where politicians would capture the front pages of the medias to cry over the victims' ill fates!
They would put up a show in the public place - like a cry baby, and cry their hearts out!
Then come with show time for all - the deepest condolences and the hugs around!
The recent tragedy of a dragon boat capsized while during a training stint had claimed six innocent lives amid the brilliant kids of Chung Ling High School, my Alma Mater, had also seen those crying faces on debut, immediately when the mishap happened, and during the life savers were still on their job to rescue the dying kids they had great ambitions in life.
Alas, God wish them back to be with Him, though it's unfair to their beloved parents and the families. I would sigh !!!
If the parents or the siblings were there on the scene crying, I can solely understand their sorrows and to burst into tears would be a natural reaction of one's true love and eruption of sentiments - grievously sad!
For an EXCO like Danny Low's position, why should he be there to cry together, seen to be captured in the snap shots of the journalists?!
He shouldn't be crying - at all - only after the mishap had happened and the several precious lives were drifting in the sea, under the whirl pool, with unknown destiny!
He should be there instead, hailing out cautioning orders to the ignorant kids upon seeing the disaster looming! He should even be there instead, not lonely, but with a herd of life guards or what not standing on close watch of the high spirited boys who had for the sake of the State function, had forgotten about what was - SAFETY!
When all these VIPs, EXCOs or what not going out to show their faces, even on the street, didn't we see there would be a phalanx of goons accompanying them, or their so-called aides?! And why there was none of these goons or boot lickers who were there with the Honourable YB, who is an EXCO some more, to do his duty of safeguarding the kids whom they were participating in the State event, at all?!
Doesn't Danny Low the EXCO in the portfolio of tourism, and such State event, is part and parcel of his department's baby? And why shouldn't he pay more concerns and be more responsible to the safety of the boys who would have known how to take orders since being disciplined enough when strict orders were being issued?!
In this context, I would angrily ask, did he Danny Low set out rules for the abidance of the kids while letting the leafy dragon boat out to the high sea, and try their luck?
In more advance Countries, the government officials from the meteorological department would have provided clues and alert, the dos and not dos for the public to when to get near to the calmly sea, or, when to keep away from the moody counterpart, whenever they have the capability to forecast and to forewarn!
Why was this not done, and without the least of tip off, here?!
Are we, and the Government we relied on, so fragile and impotent to this basic scientific approach?!
It's right, I concur with one of the boy's poor father who had just lost his beloved son cried out with tears and demand for a show cause of responsibility from our venerable EXCO Danny Low! And I do concur - Danny Low should answer not only to the father of the demised kid, but also, to the public at large!
Not only he should answer, how he monitored and regulated the safety measures and precautions on the training ground, by and large, should also he pledge all his best to step up, draw up safety guidelines and implementation to prevent another same or less tragedy from recurring, and no more next!
And this is his responsibility as the organizer of the State event, being an EXCO.
Having a charade like a cry baby in the public is not enough!
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