SDP/CSJ support SIA boycott?
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Do SDP and CSJ support calls for SIA boycott and protest?
In SDP site,it posts this
World's civil society calls for SIA boycott and protestIn order to show our protest against the Singapore Government's approach in this regard, we urge all citizen groups to do the following:
2.The site links to Call for Action: Boycott Singapore Airlines in protest against government repression during World Bank and IMF Annual Meeting. and this
- Immediately boycott Singapore Airlines (the national carrier) for all world travel
- Express our protest in front of the Singapore Airlines offices around the world calling on people to boycott the airlines in view of the policy of the Singapore government
We hope you will make all efforts to ensure that sufficient pressure is put on Singapore Airlines as a symbol of our collective protest against the Singapore Government.
3.I can assume SDP support this boycott.How can SDP do this?
Part of SIA's profits support running and reserve of this red dot country.
U really make me angry!!PS:I hold none SIA share.
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He's asking for more trouble
Now in court again -
Wait a minute. Won't boycotting SIA undermine our economy?
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exactly lah.Even Aussie dare not boycott SIA.
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I own SIA share leh...
That's a stupid thing to do. How can they urge Singaporeans to boycott their own National carrier??
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it's what I've been saying about the chap all along .....
he seems to be more interested in harming Singapore than working for it ....
i'd like to say he won't get my vote ... but I'm more and more convinced he's not really interested in getting people's votes anyways ....
ah well .... *filters the chap out of my mind .... -
Originally posted by Yi Peng:
How much of the profits that SIA make actually filter into our pockets ?
Wait a minute. Won't boycotting SIA undermine our economy?
It is supposed to be a PRIVATE Company - how much of its profits is returned to Temasek, GIC or the Ministry of Finance ?
How much of the profits made by Temasek or GIC is returned to Singaporeans - who have contributed to their operating funds through taxes paid to the MINISTRY OF FINANCE ?
Clever accounting seems to be practised at all levels of Singapore Inc.
In the recent Budget Debate in Parliament, it has been revealed that the Ruling Poliitcal Party a.k.a the Singapore Government had not been forthright in reporting the true picture of the Singapore income and revenue statements - with hidden funds left unreported in consolidated accounts and N.I.I.
Can we believe that another NKF event on a SUPER Scale is not already in the making ?
With the attitude of '$600,000 peanuts', and losing $500million is merely Tuition Fee in a failed investment at MICROPOLIS - can we believe that politics is not all about $$$$$ , about Profits and Losses ?
Is Singapore Politics about NATIONALISM, or is it about being the 'KING of the Pile' - so as to control the vast sums of money that can be milked from those that form the Pile that hold up the KING ?
I have always avoided flying SIA when departing Singapore, as its OUTBOUND RETURN airfare sold to Singaporeans are always higher than the INBOUND RETURN airfares sold to foreigners.
Are Singaporeans Second Class Passengers even in the Airline that is named after Singapore ? -
I'm always curious as to why SIA tickets cost more here than if I buy them overseas.
Anybody has an answer to this?
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Originally posted by charlize:
Don't you see - it is all up to PAPa ?
I'm always curious as to why SIA tickets cost more here than if I buy them overseas.
Anybody has an answer to this?
The POWER OF ONE decides if SIA shoud be profitable by keeping to its core business or to hive off its other businesses, tells the Pilots what is the pay that they 'should' accept, ensure the demolition of any opposition by any union member to SIA management, and decide if SIA will be sacrificed to keep Singapore running via Changi Airport.
Nothing in Singapore escape the micro-management of the POWER OF ONE. -
CSJ's approach in this case does him no favours, especially when his actions explicitly illustrate him as 'allying' himself to foreign interests intent on stirring trouble.Originally posted by sbst275:He's asking for more trouble
Now in court again
Attacking SIA does not resolve the fact that it is the GOVT in question whom will not change the hardline stance of zero tolerance for trouble-makers.
His firebrand tactics are not helping his party's cause. -
Originally posted by BillyBong:
As much as I agree with your post, I guess CSJ had followed the philosphies of those whom you have quoted so eloquently:
CSJ's approach in this case does him no favours, especially when his actions explicitly illustrate him as 'allying' himself to foreign interests intent on stirring trouble.
Attacking SIA does not resolve the fact that it is the GOVT in question whom will not change the hardline stance of zero tolerance for trouble-makers.
His firebrand tactics are not helping his party's cause.
CSJ has thrown everythiing into the wind, and to 'normal' beings like us - it is absurd, even stupid.
Blind belief in authority is the single greatest enemy of truth~ Albert Einstein
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear~Mark Twain
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them~Walt Disney
However, from those more illuminated and worldly wise - these are their comments:
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955),
'Treasury for the Free World,' 1946
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.
Ernest Benn
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
Paul Valery (1871 - 1945),
Tel Quel 2 (1943)
In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves.
R. A. Butler
(1902 - 1982)
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004) -
Originally posted by Atobe:
Unfortunately, he has chosen to take a rather extreme view of the quotes that i enjoy most.
CSJ has thrown everythiing into the wind, and to 'normal' beings like us - it is absurd, even stupid.
However, from those more illuminated and worldly wise - these are their comments:
[b]It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955),
'Treasury for the Free World,' 1946
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.
Ernest Benn
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
Paul Valery (1871 - 1945),
Tel Quel 2 (1943)
In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves.
R. A. Butler
(1902 - 1982)
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
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Pursuing the stuff of dreams must be balanced with a degree of focus.
When it is determined that a course of action will only reap ruin or futility, the prudent choice is to disengage and attack from a different angle. There is no point continuing inconsequential battles if there is no light at the end of the tunnel.
In your choice of R.A Butler, it is interesting to note that in Chee's case, because of massive character assassination by our ruling party and through his own self-styled beliefs, it is not the 'rest of the pack' that is turning on him, but the very people he sought to champion. -
Why do you say SDP supports the call for a boycott? That article was not written by SDP. SDP merely reproduced it under their column "News and Articles". Is it not fair for SDP, who takes a keen interest in civil rights, to collect all articles under that topic which are relevant to Singapore?
Please don't be too quick to condemn.
I too think it is ludicrous for our government to have issued such a warning. Our inflictions of corporeal and capital punishments are nothing to be proud about. -
If they do so, those in Singapore can't go Australia, considering that Australia is a pretty popular destination for Singaporeans and other tourists. They won't do it because it will harm their economy.Originally posted by lionnoisy:exactly lah.Even Aussie dare not boycott SIA. -
Well, why not?Originally posted by Shigemichi Take:I own SIA share leh...
That's a stupid thing to do. How can they urge Singaporeans to boycott their own National carrier??
It could be a plot within a plot. If he dares to say it and do it, he must be pretty confident of restoring things back.
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If he wants his support, he should not boycott
Though nothing much of the profits goes to us, many at least know buy SIA shares to have a stake in it -
2.This is a indirect act of showing support boycott.SDP shall makeOriginally posted by Rexdriver:Why do you say SDP supports the call for a boycott? That article was not written by SDP. SDP merely reproduced it under their column "News and Articles". Is it not fair for SDP, who takes a keen interest in civil rights, to collect all articles under that topic which are relevant to Singapore?
Please don't be too quick to condemn.
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its stand clear and loud if SDP support boycott. -
It looks like SDP want to support a boycott but dare not openly say it.
We need an opposition that is clear on its policies and stand. -
the idiot CSJ would boycott oxygen if he thought it'll gain him some publicity!
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csj may be an idiot but then again, what has sia done for singaporeans? they don't sponsor anything really...their ticket prices are not local friendly...their services are geared towards the ang mohs...u want to fly, go take silkair.......
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Good point.Originally posted by countdracula:csj may be an idiot but then again, what has sia done for singaporeans? they don't sponsor anything really...their ticket prices are not local friendly...their services are geared towards the ang mohs...u want to fly, go take silkair....... -
dumb......i will do something useful for myself or the society rather den getting involved in boycotts......
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Could it be that CSJ's 'rather extreme view of the quotes' that you enjoy most is probably due to the fact that he is very focus in the energy that he applied for his cause in challenging the Politics that is practised by the Ruling Political Party ?Originally posted by BillyBong:Unfortunately, he has chosen to take a rather extreme view of the quotes that i enjoy most.
Pursuing the stuff of dreams must be balanced with a degree of focus.
Your observation is exactly the course that I believe CSJ has taken.
When it is determined that a course of action will only reap ruin or futility, the prudent choice is to disengage and attack from a different angle. There is no point continuing inconsequential battles if there is no light at the end of the tunnel.
He is currently exposing to the Global Community - the sham democracy that the Ruling Political Party is practising in Singapore, suppressing and keeping Singaporeans enslave to the political and economic systems that perpetuate the rule of the POWER OF ONE.
Actually those people whom he sought to champion IS the 'rest of the pack' .
In your choice of R.A Butler, it is interesting to note that in Chee's case, because of massive character assassination by our ruling party and through his own self-styled beliefs, it is not the 'rest of the pack' that is turning on him, but the very people he sought to champion.
The 'rest of the pack' prefer to remain blind to the abuse of the Political Rights that Singaporeans are entitled, and prefer to be cowed by the strong sense of insecurity that the Ruling Political Party has allowed to perpetuate to benefit the Ruling Party and the POWER OF ONE.
Is it any surprise that the 'rest of the pack' find it safer to wait at the side of the table of the POWER OF ONE, and wait for crumbs to fall from the table at the pleasure of the POWER OF ONE ?
It is unfortunate that CSJ's delivery lack polish, seemingly crude, impolite, and brash despite his tertiary professional qualification as a Psychologist.
This unpolished manner could actually be taken as sheer honesty, compared to the guile propaganda speeches made with a glib tongue by the Ruling Political Party.
Is CSJ the only one who began a political career in this manner ?
LKY was exactly like CSJ in the 1950s, and was disliked by the largely Chinese educated population towards a fellow Chinese - who behave arrogantly brash, and could not speak a word of Chinese dialect or even Mandarin. -
Originally posted by the Bear:
Yes, he will "boycott oxygen if he thought it'll gain him some publicity" - but he will not be foolish if it brings him to the edge of death.
the idiot CSJ would boycott oxygen if he thought it'll gain him some publicity!
Yes, I believe he will - but how many Singaporeans - for the sake of Politics, for personal beliefs will take a strong stand and sacrifice family life, and bring hardship to one's family ? -
Only fools from Malaysia will support CSJ.