PSC Scholarship Holder Apologises for Racist Remarks, 22 April 2005

I refer to your article “Scholar Under Fire For Racist Blog Entries” in the Sunday Times dated 17 April 2005.

PSC has investigated the issue and Mr Chua Cheng Zhan has given us his explanation for this incident.

PSC does not condone the making of any racist comments by our scholars. PSC views this matter seriously and has issued a letter of reprimand to Mr Chua. We note that Mr Chua has taken full responsibility for the comments made on his personal blog and has apologised publicly for his insensitive remarks.

We would like to take this opportunity to remind all PSC scholars to conduct themselves in a manner becoming of holders of a PSC scholarship at all times.

Mrs Choo Lee See
Director, Public Service Commission Secretariat
for Secretary, Public Service Commission