Very soon the news of her being fielded, online netizens were quick to "dig" out personal details or "rumours" about her. Questions were raised on her competency and experience given her relatively young age. There were even scandals on her ditching her ex-boyfriend so she can be with the her current husband - a 40 year-old Mr Ng How Yue who is the Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photographs of her personal private life were even posted on public blogs and forums, inviting criticism over her extravagant lifestyle.
I personally feel some of the comments unfair to her. The person to marry is a decision she personally made and we should not question that. Comments targeting any candidate should be just purely focusing on competency and not interfering into somebody else's private life. Just plain politics.
Relevant reads:
- Ms Tin dumped her ex-boyfriend to marry PM’s Principal Private Secretary?
http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/03/29/ms-tin-pei-ling-dumped-her-ex-boyfriend-to-marry-pms-principal-private-secretary/ - Tin Pei Ling: PAP's youngest woman candidate ever introduced
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAaZBVo6jgI
- Tin Pei Ling vs Chen Show Mao – and a very scary thought
http://onesingaporean.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/tin-pei-ling-vs-chen-show-mao-and-a-very-scary-thought/
- Is Tin Pei Ling a victim of ‘gutter journalism’?
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/tin-pei-ling-victim-gutter-journalism-20110330-014441-579.html - Tin Pei Ling Speech on Income Disparity
http://hongjun.blogspot.com/2011/03/tin-pei-ling-speech-on-income-disparity.html - Siew Kum Hong views on recent criticism on Tin Pei Ling - Gutter Journalism
http://hongjun.blogspot.com/2011/03/siew-kum-hong-views-on-recent-criticism.html
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