While on my jaunt to the lunch hour hogging center, I came across this spanking building that houses these two singapore biggies: Aviva and NKF. And I also spotted the following on the building:

…Officially opened by:

MRS. GOH CHOK TONG…

I was flabbergasted. Here I am, in a country of equal opportunities, a “developed” country, a country that is flush with money and soon to be rich in casino cash, and they could only label the person who presided over the opening ceremony as a “Mrs. Goh Chok Tong”? Doesnt she have a name? And if they do not find her “worthy” in her own right, why invite her in the first place?

And it is very curious why would anyone consent to open a building that doesnt even respect the individual doing the ceremony but rather prizes her relationship with the ex-Prime Minister (as a wife). And all this in a country where “meritocracy” is prized the most.

And very curiously, all google results have “Mrs. Goh Chok Tong” rather than her name! And it seems to be a tradition to refer to all women married to celebrities to be referred this way! How come the men who get married to celebrities do not get this “privilege”? Can we have Mr. Zoe Tay standing up please?