Finally Singapore in Google News Top Stories - wrong reasons
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http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn&ncl=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/16/AR2006091600138.html
Singapore police, opposition in park standoff
Reuters India, India - 2 hours ago
By Fayen Wong. SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore police and opposition activists were locked in a stand-off in a downtown park as authorities ...
Singapore blocks pro-democracy march
Bangkok Post, Thailand - 10 hours ago
Singapore (dpa) - Singapore police thwarted on Saturday a group of pro-democracy activists from marching to the convention centre where the International ...
Activists say might take legal action against Singapore
Reuters - 7 hours ago
By Koh Gui Qing. BATAM, Indonesia (Reuters) - Activists are considering legal action against Singapore, accusing the government of ... -
BATAM, Indonesia (Reuters) - Activists are considering legal action against Singapore, accusing the government of violating human rights after police held members incommunicado before deporting them, an activist said on Saturday.
Lidy Nacpil said several NGOs that gathered on the Indonesian island of Batam are considering taking legal action in international courts or appealing to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
Singapore, which is hosting the annual World Bank-IMF meetings, initially blacklisted more than two dozen activists who had been accredited to attend the event.
The government said late on Friday that it would allow 22 of the 27 blacklisted activists to enter, following strong criticism of its actions by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
"The point is we have to show that we are serious, that they can't get away with this," Nacpil said on the sidelines of a three-day forum in Batam, a short boat ride from Singapore.
"We are still in the exploratory stage as to what our options are," added Nacpil, international coordinator of Jubilee South, a network of non-governmental organizations.
She said NGOs including Jubilee South and the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID) were discussing the "appropriate action" to take.
"The fact is that they detained all these people without giving them a chance to inform their colleagues or their family" or to make any telephone calls, she said.
Singapore police declined to comment. -
To all CEOs of MNCs:
If you want to conclude a business deal or invest in a business without drawing the attention of protest groups in your own country, come to Singapore. Even if the activists attempt to follow you here, they will be arrested and deported.
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To all CEOs and MNCs, now that our gov has self-inflicted ill-repute of Singapore, coming here may taint yourselves as well...
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Originally posted by onceinabluemoon:
Our "authorities" decades-old habit of NOT giving any reasons or explanations for their actions have and are finally receiving World Attention.
BATAM, Indonesia (Reuters) - Activists are considering legal action against Singapore, accusing the government of violating human rights after [b]police held members incommunicado before deporting them, an activist said on Saturday.
Lidy Nacpil said several NGOs that gathered on the Indonesian island of Batam are considering taking legal action in international courts or appealing to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
Singapore, which is hosting the annual World Bank-IMF meetings, initially blacklisted more than two dozen activists who had been accredited to attend the event.
The government said late on Friday that it would allow 22 of the 27 blacklisted activists to enter, following strong criticism of its actions by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
"The point is we have to show that we are serious, that they can't get away with this," Nacpil said on the sidelines of a three-day forum in Batam, a short boat ride from Singapore.
"We are still in the exploratory stage as to what our options are," added Nacpil, international coordinator of Jubilee South, a network of non-governmental organizations.
She said NGOs including Jubilee South and the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID) were discussing the "appropriate action" to take.
"The fact is that they detained all these people without giving them a chance to inform their colleagues or their family" or to make any telephone calls, she said.
Singapore police declined to comment.[/b]
Will their ways change? They will be foolhardy - NOT to.
They have already been given a choice: to be Internationally recognized as an Authoritarian State, or one that is truly an International player with real Democracy. -
There is a 3rd way as far as they are concern... they can be the ass sniffers sniffing China communists asses and expect all Singaporeans to be running dogs as well.Originally posted by ShutterBug:Our "authorities" decades-old habit of NOT giving any reasons or explanations for their actions have and are finally receiving World Attention.
Will their ways change? They will be foolhardy - NOT to.
They have already been given a choice: to be Internationally recognized as an Authoritarian State, or one that is truly an International player with real Democracy. -
To all CEOs of MNCs:
If your business draws the attention of activists, because you are exploiting cheap labour or damaging the environment, you are not welcome here. Not every singaporean is prepared to sell our soul for money. -
Singaporeans workers are the best in the world but you get them at this price only because they are exploited by dictators shutting up people who dare to speak up.Originally posted by sgdiehard:To all CEOs of MNCs:
If your business draws the attention of activists, because you are exploiting cheap labour or damaging the environment, you are not welcome here. Not every singaporean is prepared to sell our soul for money. -
we need freedom and justice gundam
kira and athrun where are you???? -
here:
n here
enjoying... u c? -
YEah finally singpore make headline but in a bad way
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Now even gundam get into the picture . where is project meteor?
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Lol..
how the topic become like "Singapore seek for Gundam Help".. -
Well, we did achieve our objective of spreading Singapore's name and our reputation is "enhanced".
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why enhancedOriginally posted by sgheartland:Well, we did achieve our objective of spreading Singapore's name and our reputation is "enhanced".
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more like enriched.
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who dares? Look at the lawsuit and look at Chee...Originally posted by onceinabluemoon:Singaporeans workers are the best in the world but you get them at this price only because they are exploited by dictators shutting up people who dare to speak up.
The game the govt play is "fear"
The game the people should play is "numbers" but people are just too fearful, complacent and stagnanted
Hail to the Gods! -
Have you worked in Malaysia and Thailand and Indonesia before? Singaporeans work 10 times harder than them and get 2-3 times their salaries and if you compare the buying power of their salaries, Singaporeans are negative 2-3 times.Originally posted by mistyblue:who dares? Look at the lawsuit and look at Chee...
The game the govt play is "fear"
The game the people should play is "numbers" but people are just too fearful, complacent and stagnanted
Hail to the Gods!
I mean, their executives can buy freehold properties and pay off in less than 10 years. Buy a nice car to drive without having to pay COE... free medical if the want or they can go to private doctors... so on and so forth
Best of all, they can express themselves freely when their govt tries to screw them.. -
Sigh.....
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the sg govt seems to do things in the interest of singaporeans but somehow restrict us alot of freedom...kinda like parents-children situation...
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The majority of Singaporeans welcome them, so long as they bring in jobs and money.Originally posted by sgdiehard:To all CEOs of MNCs:
If your business draws the attention of activists, because you are exploiting cheap labour or damaging the environment, you are not welcome here. Not every singaporean is prepared to sell our soul for money. -
Indeed, I said many times; THEY had us all by our testes....Originally posted by mistyblue:who dares? Look at the lawsuit and look at Chee...
The game the govt play is "fear"
The game the people should play is "numbers" but people are just too fearful, complacent and stagnanted
Hail to the Gods!
.. one wrong move - squeeze squeeze...
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Originally posted by mistyblue:who dares? Look at the lawsuit and look at Chee...
The game the govt play is "fear"
The game the people should play is "numbers" but people are just too fearful, complacent and stagnanted
Hail to the Gods!
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even if they expliot workers and damage environment???Originally posted by oxford mushroom:The majority of Singaporeans welcome them, so long as they bring in jobs and money.
hmm.... let the haze from indonesia covers singapore for a few days if indeed the majority of singaporean need to learn there is much more to life than money. -
Just ask how many Singaporeans give their maids a day off? How many of them expect their maids to work 12 hours a day, 365 days a year for $300 a month. Environment? Excuse me...how many hybrid cars do you see on the road?Originally posted by sgdiehard:even if they expliot workers and damage environment??? hmm.... let the haze from indonesia covers singapore for a few days if indeed the majority of singaporean need to learn there is much more to life than money.