Too often, party colleagues were left to fight the fires after another round of good old plain-speaking from MM. He upset ethnic Malays by remarking they had not adapted well to Singapore.

行动党的同事经常在资政内阁一轮直率的讲话后出来灭火，他评论那些没有很好地适应新加坡的马来人令他烦恼。

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Too often, party colleagues were left to fight the fires after another round of good old plain-speaking from MM.

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