OPPOSITION MP Low Thia Khiang shot back a terse response last night to recent remarks by Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong.

The Workers’ Party (WP) chief said he was already kept on his toes by the residents of Hougang. There was no need for grassroots leaders of the ruling People’s Action Party to do the same, he told reporters after his weekly Meet-the-People session.

Said the Hougang MP: “All my residents are keeping me on my toes so far. They are very kind, they give feedback and I take that as positive.”

Mr Low’s retort follows SM Goh’s call to grassroots leaders at a National Day dinner in Hougang last Saturday.

Keep the MP on his toes, he told them then. He suggested that, among other things, they scrutinise the town council’s accounts and check on the maintenance of the estate.

Last night, Mr Low was unable to resist injecting a dose of sarcasm in his reply[...]