Dr Tan Cheng Bock said Mr Phillip Yeo was getting "too big for his boots".

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EDB chairman criticised by MPs (Dr Tan Cheng Bock) over naming scholars
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March 9 - Several MPs have criticised the recent move by the Economic Development Board and the National Computer Board to name scholars who break their bonds. The MPs felt the action by the two statutory boards would go against efforts to develop the best talent.
They said bond breaking was a breach of contract between the scholar and his sponsor, not a crime. "It is not gentlemanly, and should be discouraged, but not by naming them in public." Bishan-Toa Payoh MP Leong Horn Kee, who broke a bond himself, said many local leaders including MPs had done the same. But the most important thing was that they came back to serve the country.
Another MP said moral responsibility works both ways. "When a government agency uses the moral argument, it must remember that it owes a higher moral duty through its sheer size, influence and clout not to overuse its power on individuals it comes into contact with." And Mr Chng revealed that EDB chairman Philip Yeo had told him to resign when he disagreed with the EDB's action.
Fellow MP Tan Cheng Bock felt this was an insult to MPs, for asking an elected MP to resign simply because the MP did not agree with the chairman's views on naming the bond breakers. Dr Tan said that not even the Prime Minister has asked for the resignation of any member when they have differing views. This, he said, is an insult to the office and asked if the chairman, Mr Phillip Yeo was getting "too big for his boots".
He said the naming of bond breakers is a departmental policy and not a governmental one. Dr Tan said not even the PSC was agreeable to naming scholars who have broken their bonds. He said for Mr Yeo to have asked for MP of the East Coast GRC, Mr Chng Hee Kok's resignation is unfair. Quoting an interview given by Mr Yeo to Pioneer IT, a computer magazine, he said Mr Yeo himself had disagreed with the government's upgrading plans. Yet steps were not taken against him for his views.