[Afternoon Coffee and Kaya Toast]
1. The Young PAP organised an afternoon 'coffee with George'. Ahem, that's me. It was held at Ya Kun's coffee shop at the basement of Hougang Mall.



2. The subject was: Do our views matter? Taking the cue, I did not speak much by way of introduction and quickly opened the floor to questions. They covered a wide range, from foreign affairs, the Opposition, promotion in the Civil Service, handling public complaints, lack of freedom, the blogosphere to the challenge of China and India. Although we ended at 4.30pm, as the coffee and kaya toast were getting cold, many stayed back to ask more questions or to offer comments. It was a lively section. Shoppers paused to observe the proceedings which was what we wanted. I told the media reporters that one objective of the public meeting was to be accessible and seen to be so.

3. Joy and her YP members had designed a nice T-shirt made of dry fit material. Not the usual PAP T-shirt, this, but one looking quite trendy. To introduce it, four girls from Damai Secondary School did a hip-hop dance which drew a sizeable crowd. They choreographed the dance themselves. When I asked who was the leader, they said they had no leader; it was a group effort. Not bad.



4. Our first public meeting was at the Ben and Jerry's ice-cream parlour at Cathay. This was our second. I wonder what we are going to do next. I told the YP that I will do as told.

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