Hip Hopping Dumb....
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I think they're being directed to make fools of themselves....
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So you think you're hip?
DOES hip-hop equal hip? Does blogging equal belonging? People are talking about a group of younger PAP MPs' planned hip-hop dance at next year's Chingay, as well as their blogs.
We ask for the comments of three of the 12 MPs who call themselves the P65 team - born after 1965. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had given them the task of changing the party's image from the high-and-mighty to the 'hip and happening' to better appeal to the young.
We also seperately got the views of three young readers. CLARENCE CHANG reports
By Clarence Chang
October 17, 2006
TNP: What do you think of MPs hip-hopping and blogging?
YOUTH (from left): Ms Karen Lee, 28, a Monash University business graduate Ms Nurjannah Saharuddin, 23, a Nanyang Polytechnic diploma-holder Ms Nurliana Supa'at, 22, a Singapore Polytechnic banking diploma-holder -- HEDY KHOO
Nurliana: Personally, I don't think it'll work. Hip-hop only attracts secondary school youngsters, and mostly Malays. Many 20-somethings, like me, prefer pop and R&B. Also, they shouldn't blog out of a sense of obligation, just to get our attention.
Karen: I would say it borders on desperation. I don't think this is what young people want. None of these superficial things are going to affect policies in Singapore and their understanding of Singaporeans. They're still out of touch, I feel.
Nurjannah: I just don't buy it. Anyway, kids these days do hip hop because they're naturally passionate about it, not to put up a one-time show for attention. Instead of having a once-off, one-minute Chingay show themselves, why not organise more spontaneous hip-hop contests for the young?
TNP: So what else do you want the MPs to do to convince you that they're one of you?
Karen: I would prefer it if they do something radical like take public transport for an entire year, so they'll understand how it feels when fares are raised. Live as the majority of Singaporeans live.
Nurjannah: They should have online forums rather than blogs so that youths can respond to them instantly. Even have a webcam so we can see each other talk - not as MP to voter, but as friend to friend.
TNP: What about going to one of their public dialogues or to their Meet-the-People sessions to voice your concerns?
Nurjannah: I don't go because I don't have the time. Even if I go and say whatever I want, they still need the 'boss upstairs' to approve before they can do anything.
TNP: Is that because they're representing the PAP? Why do you have a set impression of them?
Karen: Like at walkabouts, everything is so staged. Before the MP comes, his minders would go round reminding everyone to shake his hand.
The hip-hopping MPs at the Chingay 2007 preview earlier this month. -- THE STRAITS TIMES
Also, don't just hit us with numbers lah. The Government always says: According to statistics, blah blah blah - whether it's jobs, foreign talent, the education system or whatever. Even when we speak up, there's always this stigma (of lack of information) attached to our views.
Nurliana: I think before they start Parliament (next month), they should really understand how things are for Singaporeans. My advice would be: Please stop doing all this extra stuff if it doesn't come from the heart.
Karen: Since they're new and young, they must be more vocal. Speak to the media, tell the public how you really feel about policies, and dare to bring things up to your bosses.
Nurjannah: It's good that they're making an effort to know what youngsters like and to join in the fun. But if they're doing it out of duty, not passion, they might lose credibility and even make fools of themselves. -
If the next in thing this coming chingay turns out to be sentimental ballads, what are they gonna do?
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Offer free mee siam mai hum to all those who turn up.Originally posted by ditzy:If the next in thing this coming chingay turns out to be sentimental ballads, what are they gonna do? -
should ask what if the next in thing is some crazy horse thingy.Originally posted by ditzy:If the next in thing this coming chingay turns out to be sentimental ballads, what are they gonna do? -
Gutter politics..
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Asking them to be displayed as ghosts during the seventh moth next yr!!! -
Originally posted by hisoka:should ask what if the next in thing is some crazy horse thingy.
Arrgh... must not think about it... must not think about it!!! -
If its cynthia phua doing the hippy hoppy thing, hope she slips a disc or something. Ouch I better watch that mouth of mine.
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wait long long ah, this hip hop sh.it is for young and new MPs only
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dats y its gay.
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If dirty dancing, then how?Originally posted by ditzy:If the next in thing this coming chingay turns out to be sentimental ballads, what are they gonna do? -
huh TNP got publish this?
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Say, the lighthouse light is getting dimmer eh?
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it just goes to prove they dont really understand who singaporeans are
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When you are nominated to be a Poodle, it is not because you can hunt or guard the door, it is because you are a wayang king.
So, it is like a vicious cycle where the wayang king pick the wayang lackey.
Therefore, it is no end of a bunch of wayang king and lackeys trying to show their master their loyalty through doing a monkey show instead of guarding the door.
It is kind of sad when these lackeys and poodles are still fooling around and merry-making instead of tackling the real social and economic issues.
They are really living in a world of their own - a crystal glass world with cracks showing on the outside.
Only the human can see the cracks on the outside, where fools and idiots dwell within and ignorant of the hidden danger. -
Why cant just tell me here? Why must PM me har?Originally posted by Medicated Oil:True Singaporean are the 66.6% and the PRC and the Indian and the indo Millionaire.
The rest are just transparent or plain slave. -
Ya they should act their age. So ridiculous! So old still want to hip hop & wear metal chains!
That's not the way to connect with the young. -
this is proof that the govt has no clue how to 'connect' with the masses. they are assuming people of the same age group will have that connection.... the p65ers i know like myself don't do hip hop or any of the inane dance movements.....it's the inside that matters more than the psuedo appearance....
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Remembering NTUC promotes line dance last few yrs!!!
Only cow pay cow pu (old ppls) like it n put on a cow boy cap dancing at PP stage.
Making our whole family n the crowd laughing till tear dropping ,they r like monkey from left2 right ,n from front to left finally hit the post!!!! -
When will they ever learn? When?
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Why should they ever need to learn?Originally posted by ditzy:When will they ever learn? When?
They get paid big money just by following instructions, however ridiculous they are, from their bosses.
Do you? -
they are desperately out of touch!!!
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I say again.Originally posted by dragg:they are desperately out of touch!!!
They are the ones making the big bucks.
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Good pointOriginally posted by charlize:Why should they ever need to learn?
They get paid big money just by following instructions, however ridiculous they are, from their bosses.
Do you? -
Do u want 2 be a dog n be called as a dog????Originally posted by charlize:Why should they ever need to learn?
They get paid big money just by following instructions, however ridiculous they are, from their bosses.
Do you?
Not me man!!!!