With so much money being collected by the Finance Ministry, that allow GIC and Temasek to go on foreign shopping sprees - do you think that the amount of resources is of any significance to be wasted in another Streats event .... again ?Originally posted by sbst275:Why would they wanna go waste resources like Streats again?
Till today, TODAY only relies on ads to keep it afloat...
End up, for consumers, do we care? If news content is good and the paper can survive, no one will go calculate all this extras from the govt
I dunno why you want to politicise the newspaper...Originally posted by Atobe:With so much money being collected by the Finance Ministry, that allow GIC and Temasek to go on foreign shopping sprees - do you think that the amount of resources is of any significance to be wasted in another Streats event .... again ?
Put yourself in their shoes, and you probably can understand that the resources amount to loose change - when compared to the Peanut - and is a much better investment to mould the impressionable minds of those who grab things for FREE.
Even if you 'dun wish to politicise this issue' - it is out of your control.Originally posted by sbst275:I dunno why you want to politicise the newspaper...
If PAP wants to politicise politics and upgrading, that's them
I dun wish to politicise this issue
Originally posted by Atobe:If SPH's boss Dr Tony Tan says of launching the free Chinese paper on Jun 1, it is decided by the board of SPH to publish it. Afterall, at the end of the day, they are accountable for the finanical status of the co
Even if you 'dun wish to politicise this issue' - it is out of your control.
The Ruling Political Party aka the Government has never believe in allowing the Press - or any form of print or broadcast media - to be controlled by any Private Enterprise, ever since it realised that the Media allows it to have effective control over the Population.
The print media is the most popular and cheap source for the dissemination of information to the governed, and in private hands such information can work with or against the government as when the private interests do not meet that of the Government.
When a Government do not believe in [b]PRESS FREEDOM or an INDEPENDENT PRESS, it has already POLITICIZE the issue.
The sad reality in Singapore occurred when all the different vernacular newspapers - English, Chinese, and Malay - were consolidated under one roof in SPH; chaired by a retired senior member of the Ruling Political Party, while its daily operation is overseen by the retired Head of the ISD - (as seen so far todate).
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As I have mentioned, it is not for YOU or ME to say whether you are "going to stay out of politicising the issue..." or not; and neither is it for me wanting "to carry on doing so for everything" - as the issue HAS BEEN POLITICISED since the day all the print and broadcast media has been targetted by the Ruling Poilitical Party to be controlled by them, and not by any Private Enterprise with their own agenda and business goals.Originally posted by sbst275:If SPH's boss Dr Tony Tan says of launching the free Chinese paper on Jun 1, it is decided by the board of SPH to publish it. Afterall, at the end of the day, they are accountable for the finanical status of the co
And again, I am going to stay out of politicising the issue... If you want to carry on doing so for everything, I'm not going to be bothrered anymore