Offence to subscribe FEER
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boss of Banyan Tree Hotels and Resort Pte, former Chairman of Spore Power
and Chairman of SMU.......He(Ho Kwong Ping) has now given a full account of how he[b] became of Marxist,his pro-communist activities in the US and in Singapore,and how he made use of the FEER as a vehicle to promote his pro--communists ideas.
---Press release of Spore government ,1977,yes 1977.
''THE INTERNAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT DETAINED HO KWON PING, FORMER EX-CORRESPONDENT FOR THE FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW (FEER) ON MARCH 12, 1977''
Pl read my postings dated 29.09.2006 for reasons of diggind this old case in this thread...
Internal Security Department
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be careful---It is also an offence under Section 28 of the NPPA for any person to subscribe to the FEER.
REVOCATION OF APPROVAL FOR CIRCULATION OF THE FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW IN SINGAPORE
MICA revokes approval for circulation of Far Eastern Economic Review
The Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts has revoked with effect from 28 September 2006 the approval given to the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) for sale or distribution in Singapore. This follows the failure by the publisher of FEER to comply with the conditions imposed under Section 24 of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act (NPPA). FEER had not complied by the 11 September 2006 deadline, nor has it complied till today, despite a reminder sent to FEER on 14 September 2006. The FEER remains a declared foreign newspaper under the NPPA.
2 With the revocation of the approval under Section 24 of the NPPA, it becomes an offence under Section 24(5) for any person to sell or distribute, or import or possess for sale or distribution, the FEER in Singapore. Reproduction of the FEER for sale or distribution in Singapore will also be an offence under Section 25(4) of the NPPA. It is also an offence under Section 28 of the NPPA for any person to subscribe to the FEER.
3 It is a privilege and not a right for foreign newspapers to circulate in Singapore. If any foreign newspaper fails to comply with the law, including the NPPA, they cannot expect to enjoy this privilege.
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS
28 SEPTEMBER 2006
2.FEER ban from spore does not mean sg is without freedom of
speech.Spore provide u few things for u to seek 'freedom'
if u want:
-----education and English
-----Citizenship
3.Dunt be shy if foreigners critize sg to ban FEER.
FEER dunt play game by rules.
Why so many other publications follow the rules??
4.n December 1987, the Government here cut Feer's circulation from 9,000 to 500 copies, over an article on arrests under the Internal Security Act.
---By Arul John email: [email protected] THIS magazine editor knows what it's like to get into trouble with governments.
The circulation was later gradually restored.
30 November 2003
Getting into trouble with South-east-Asian governments is not something new for Far Eastern Economic Review editor Michael Vatikiotis -
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2.i tot subscribe to digital also not allowed,strictly speaking.Originally posted by Ito_^: -
fuc king hell. i seriously dont know what the fu ck is wrong with our government. ban feer over the chee soon juan interview? what about the millions of interviews where the government is praised to the heavens? why arent they banned?
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digital is different from printed media.Originally posted by lionnoisy:2.i tot subscribe to digital also not allowed,strictly speaking.
and besides, very hard to check. its not even picture, its an application dat can display multiple subscriptions, not just FEER.
thirdly, i feel this is another law that they won't exercise simply because of the trouble, on the individual basis la. -
Singapore gazetted FEER as "a declared foreign newspaper" on Dec 26, 1987 "for interfering in the domestic politics of Singapore" and later classified it as an offshore newspaper following an amendment to the NPPA.
--/www.bernama.com,September 28, 2006 .By Jackson Sawatan
In December 2004, FEER changed from a weekly to a monthly publication and, as a result, it ceased to be an offshore newspaper and was allowed to circulate in Singapore without having to comply with the conditions for offshore newspapers.
The magazine, with a circulation cap of 10,000 copies, however remained "a declared foreign newspaper" but in August, the ministry said: "It is an anomaly for FEER, which is a declared foreign newspaper, not to be subjected to the conditions that apply to the other declared foreign newspapers".
Following that, the government issued notice to FEER to comply with the conditions under the NPPA by Sept 11.
2.n December 1987, the Government here cut Feer's circulation from 9,000 to 500 copies, over an article on arrests under the Internal Security Act.
---By Arul John email: [email protected] THIS magazine editor knows what it's like to get into trouble with governments.
The circulation was later gradually restored.
30 November 2003
Getting into trouble with South-east-Asian governments is not something new for Far Eastern Economic Review editor Michael Vatikiotis
3.n 1987, the PAP government detained 22 highly educated and intelligent young citizens under the Internal Security Act on the grounds that they were party to a "Marxist" conspiracy. Some of those arrested were actively working for and supporting the Party although they were not card-carrying members.
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As a condition of their subsequent release, they were all banned from taking part in any political activity. While the Party does not subscribe to Marxist philosophy, it believes that some of the detainees could have been persuaded to join the Party's cause and helped the Party in its struggle for change within the constitution and under the law. The effect of barring them from political activity was to deprive the Party of potential members and candidates for the 1988 General Election.Soon the government slashed the circulation of another Dow Jones publication, the Far Eastern Economic Review, from 9,000 to 500 copies a week -- a cut that amounted to nearly a fifth of its total circulation -- for not publishing a reply to coverage of the arrest of Catholic activists. When the Review announced that it was pulling out of Singapore as a result, the government printed a pirate edition of the magazine.
5.Lee said that if foreigners "interfered" in Singapore politics and sold their products there he would "hit them where it hurts, in their pockets.".....
''The Justice Game'',
and the Far Eastern Economic Review famously defended itself in a libel case brought by Lee over a story about arrests of Catholic activists. Lee was awarded extra damages by his court on account of the grilling he received from the Review's counsel, the well-known London-based human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson......
By Geoffrey Robertson,Vintage 1999 ISBN 0099581914----Pages 229 - 240 (part of Chapter 10: Show Trials) are about Singapore. "Never have I acted for such good people ..." Robertson tells of the 1987 arrests and alleged Marxist conspiracy as well as his cross-examination of Lee Kuan Yew in the Dow Jones/FEER case
6.The 1987 Marxist conspiracy
The arrests began in early hours of the 21st May 1987, and within weeks a total of 22 people were detained, for varying periods of time.Most were social workers, dramatists, and Catholic church welfare workers, detained on the pretence that they were part of a 'Marxist conspiracy' intent on overthrowing the government. (Emergency Committee for Human Rights in Singapore, 20 July 1987, p. 7)
While there is little doubt that the 1987 arrests had a big impact on the lives of the detainees and their families and friends, its effect went much further than this. Outside of Singapore, a myriad of individuals, informal groups and NGOs, for the first time, found themselves united by an issue.
Such overseas attention was particularly strong during the 1987 arrests, much more so than in similar events in the 1960s and 1970s. A mere five weeks after the initial arrests, the then Foreign Minister Rajaratnam complained that over 200 organisations from around the world had sent protest letters to the government. (ECHRS, 31 August 1987, p. 3)
Apart from the very important and active role played by detainee support groups and several opposition political parties in Singapore, overseas Singaporeans, small and large international groups, and even Malaysians (their support predates the Malaysian governments own detentions several months later) played a disproportionately large role in highlighting and publicising the inequities of the PAP government arrests.
So, why did foreign organisations and expatriate Singaporean communities played such a prominent role while public opinion in Singapore remained largely muted?
The concept of a 'pacific community' gained popularity by the early 1980s mainly via governmental, business and intellectual circles. This lingo naturally seeped into community circles soon after and was taken up in earnest by some NGOs, based in various capital cities in the region.
Growing regional economic success brought with it greater economic interdependence between communities, which in turn fueled local versions of 'regionalism'. NGOs were set up and grew stronger under this growing climate of regionalism.
In previous times, such organisations would have sufficed to handle issues delineated by nationalist or domestic concerns. However, by the 1980s, these concerns began to encompass issues outside traditional nationalistic boundaries.
It was this up-and-coming NGO movement that helped to highlight the plight of the Singaporean detainees in 1987.
Singaporean exiles network
Former student leaders of the Singapore University (1974-75), some of whom were implicated as ring-leaders of the Marxist conspiracy, were instrumental in drumming up opposition to the Singaporean government during 1987 arrests.
Mr Tan Wah Piow, based in London, and Mr Tsui Hon Kwong, in Hong Kong, and several other........ -
Our gahmen is just scared.
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so i was right,, they did ban FEER..
i wud rather subscribe to online feer than to SPH online.. -
Sg has 30 years long history of engagement with FEER.
He(Ho Kwong Ping) has now given a full account of how he became of Marxist,his pro-communist activities in the US and in Singapore,and how he made use of the FEER as a vehicle to promote his pro--communists ideas.
page 3 of the press release
pl read the details 'THE INTERNAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT DETAINED HO KWON PING, FORMER EX-CORRESPONDENT FOR THE FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW (FEER) ON MARCH 12, 1977''
With deep respect for Mr Ho Kwong Ping,i list below the history to show
---his love to spore even though detained for sometimes under ISA
---the rare chance to view how ISA put in action
---the danger to change govt not by ballots,but by bullets,
..... any time,any where
---spore has been and still the targets of many westers,esp now we have
.......billions of reserve.
See for urself the essays quoted.
Never mind u was detained by ISA for some time.Sg really forgive
and give chance to detainee .
1.Now u will become an international biz man
(Banyan Tree Hotels and Resort Pte, the Singapore-based hotel management and investment group)owned by Singaporean businessman Ho Kwong Ping, had been looking to expand aggressively since 1997...
2.Board of Trustees Member of SMUPrior to joining the Wah Chang Group in 1981, KP worked as a journalist with the Far Eastern Economic Review.
Claire Chiang was an Nominated MP.
KP was educated in Tunghai University, Taiwan, Stanford University, California, and the University of Singapore. He is married to Claire Chiang and has two sons and a daughter.
3.former Chairman of Singapore Power
4.The road to detention centerhttp://stars.nhb.gov.sg/stars/public/
type FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW,select Press Release,click the first file.
''THE INTERNAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT DETAINED HO KWON PING, FORMER EX-CORRESPONDENT FOR THE FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW (FEER) ON MARCH 12, 1977''
Type Press Release(by Ministry of Culture,Spore)
Speaker
Date of Speech 16/04/1977
Occasion
Document No. 777-1977-04-16
Microfilm No.
Source MINISTRY OF CULTURE
Access Code Open Access
u can copy ans paste on Words file etc and enlarge.
CHECK ON 03.OCT 2006
USE THIS LINK TO SEARCH THE OLD sg PRESS RELEASE,very
resourceful.
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Strictly speaking, that's a loophole they failed to consider.Originally posted by lionnoisy:2.i tot subscribe to digital also not allowed,strictly speaking. -
Typical of our gov... always shutting out LIGHT that can shine through their DARKNESS!
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2.pl explain....Originally posted by ShutterBug:Typical of our gov... always shutting out LIGHT that can shine through their DARKNESS! -
dun be surprised if there is a change in the bill to ammend this loopholeOriginally posted by ditzy:Strictly speaking, that's a loophole they failed to consider. 
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If TIME magazine were to ever interview CSJ, hohoho, what will happen?
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a free nation is about a marketplace of different ideas, and no monopoly on news.Originally posted by lionnoisy:2.pl explain.... -
MIW cannot stop someone from spewing nonsense to cause our neighbours distress, how can MIW stop another publication from doing their job and people from reading them?
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I consider them a big stain on the reputation of Singapore in all aspects that are not related to corporate arena..Originally posted by mistyblue:MIW cannot stop someone from spewing nonsense to cause our neighbours distress, how can MIW stop another publication from doing their job and people from reading them? -
Actually, I find it all so LPPL....
Without FEER or CSJ, the our Great One already defamed himself by the remarks he made of Malaysia and Indonesia.
There's no need for anyone to say anything - they'd do it to themselves...
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In singapore, anything is possible.Originally posted by mistyblue:MIW cannot stop someone from spewing nonsense to cause our neighbours distress, how can MIW stop another publication from doing their job and people from reading them? -
why FEER thinks it can above laws and above all its peers
In August, Singapore imposed tighter restrictions on foreign publications, including FEER, Newsweek, Time, the Financial Times and the International Herald Tribune.
FEER missed dead line
2.can u tell me if other publications have paid the $200,000??
3.FEER just want play the game but not gollowind rules,like a kid. -
Originally posted by lionnoisy:
those rules are, in my opinion, childish and unnecessary.
why FEER thinks it can above laws and above all its peers
[b]FEER missed dead line
2.can u tell me if other publications have paid the $200,000??
3.FEER just want play the game but not gollowind rules,like a kid.[/b] -
http://stars.nhb.gov.sg/stars/public/
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With this latest tarnish to our supposed claim that Singapore aims to be a internationally renowned media hub, we can kiss our dreams goodbye.
It is now officially an offence to have a different train of thought with Lee Senior and Junior. How preposterous to think they can ban a magazine for being critical of the system here.
In retrospect, their actions only dictate their ridiculous stand that ANYTHING could be an OB marker.
Of course Lee senior is above such 'hidden guidelines' with his recent remark regarding Malaysian Chinese and Indonesian Chinese.
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Coz he got his press secretary to issue an apology, I mean his son.Originally posted by BillyBong:Of course Lee senior is above such 'hidden guidelines' with his recent remark regarding Malaysian Chinese and Indonesian Chinese.
Yet i don't see him getting sued.