Taking a free ride

Some Singaporeans have the habit of taking a free ride. They are not prepared to join the class action now. If the class action succeed, they want to join later. But this is not possible.

When the investor groups were being formed a few months ago, they did not register or join the groups. They wanted to wait to get compensation from the bank or FIDREC. When FIDREC rejected their case, they approached me for the contact persons for these groups. It is too late.

If Singaporeans want to have a just and fair society, they cannot sit back and ask for help at the last moment. They cannot take a free ride.

They have to act early and join others in a collective action. This bad character of some (perhaps many) Singaporeans have to change, if we are to be a strong nation.

Tan Kin Lian