How Much is enough for Reserve- Minister Ng Eng Hen kept mum
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i respect your decision but from personal experience dealing with the establishment currrently and in the past our views - individually we are not really no taken seriously no matter how much sense one makes!
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The following is the response of Straits Times editor to a letter which was written giving comments on Minister's Ng Eng Hen's interview on GST/Reserve on TV.
It can be seen that Straits Times is too afraid to publish serious letters in the forum page questioning government ministers on major policies.
It is this sort of fear which has caused many NKF and Shin Corp problems which today are still begging for solutions.
It is quite doubtful that the non-publication of such letters are caused by too many letters being received or lack of space as one could easily see that only letters praising the government or those concerning minor petty issues are published.
However for public relation to show a good image of themselves, Straits Times' replies of rejection will thank the writers for writing and ask the they continue to write those letters without any meaning as to intention or honoring of promise.
QUOTE: "Thank you for writing to us. We do appreciate your making the effort.
We receive up to 70 letters each day. Limited space means we can publish only about a dozen every weekday.
This means having to make often-difficult editorial judgments on which letters to publish.
We regret we are unable to publish your letter this time.
Yours sincerely
Ms Noor Aiza
for Forum Editor
The Straits Times"UNQUOTE"
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In this country? Of course not. The Govt merely labels us as cowards.Originally posted by claudetnt:i respect your decision but from personal experience dealing with the establishment currrently and in the past our views - individually we are not really no taken seriously no matter how much sense one makes! -
In this country? Of course not. The Govt merely labels us as cowards.Originally posted by claudetnt:i respect your decision but from personal experience dealing with the establishment currrently and in the past our views - individually we are not really no taken seriously no matter how much sense one makes! -
Originally posted by robertteh:The following is the response of Straits Times editor to a letter which was written giving comments on Minister's Ng Eng Hen's interview on GST/Reserve on TV.
It can be seen that Straits Times is too afraid to publish serious letters in the forum page questioning government ministers on major policies.
It is this sort of fear which has caused many NKF and Shin Corp problems which today are still begging for solutions.
It is quite doubtful that the non-publication of such letters are caused by too many letters being received or lack of space as one could easily see that only letters praising the government or those concerning minor petty issues are published.
However for public relation to show a good image of themselves, Straits Times' replies of rejection will thank the writers for writing and ask the they continue to write those letters without any meaning as to intention or honoring of promise.
QUOTE: "Thank you for writing to us. We do appreciate your making the effort.
We receive up to 70 letters each day. Limited space means we can publish only about a dozen every weekday.
This means having to make often-difficult editorial judgments on which letters to publish.
We regret we are unable to publish your letter this time.
Yours sincerely
Ms Noor Aiza
for Forum Editor
The Straits Times"UNQUOTE"
So they rather print letters about noisy dogs and cats... dumb siah. She ought to be shot for being such a bad liar!!!! -
Just as you have said, our scholars in Straits Times and Today have replied to writers whose letters were rejected from publication on the ground of limitation of space or some other craps. They would rather print letters concerning stray or noisy dogs and cats. This is the extent of meritocracy where scholars were engaged to do the bidding of autocratic leaders to serve their own interest.Originally posted by bigmouthjoe:
So they rather print letters about noisy dogs and cats... dumb siah. She ought to be shot for being such a bad liar!!!!
Here is one as printed in Today (29.1.2007) :-
STRAY CATS POSE RISKS
Letter from Goh Kian Huat
"I refer to the letter, "'Because cats scare me', is not a good reason" (Jan 20-21). While I appreciate Dr. Tan Chek Wee's care and concern for stray cats, I do not understand the reasons for not supporting the way stray animals are treated - qualified verterinarian consultants carry out euthanasia humanely by lethal injection.
HDB dwellers are not allowed to keep cats as pets as they are nomadic in nature and it is difficult to confine them to flats. They shed fur, dirty public places, make noise and casue a disturbance.
While community cats could perform an important function in catching mice, their role is diminishing with the decline in the rat and mouse population in cleaner housing estate...(Letter quite long ..read for yourself" -
Hypocrisy, and shame. Just look at how our newspapers are being run nowadays. If scholars dare not publish letters which criticise government policies or actions, just say do and tell the truth.
Instead all scholars working in Straits Times and Today seem to be fond of telling lies to readers, for not publishing their truthfully written letters as can be seen from one of their template replies below:-
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your contribution to our VOICES section, but I'm afraid we aren't able to use your letter.
Please however continue to send your views to TODAY. We try to use as many letters as possible, space permitting.
Once again, thank you for your interest in TODAY.
Best Regards,
Shanthi R.
MediaCorp Press Ltd, TODAY
Tel: 6236 4888
-----Original Message-----
From: teh kok hua [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 23 January 2007 11:42
To: NEWS
Subject: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH RESERVE
Dear Editor, Today,
I enclose my comments on Minister Ng Eng HenÂ’s views and comments on GST hike and use of reserve. In view of the need to understand better the assumptions behind such views and comments, I hope you will see a way to gaining publication in forum page of your newspaper please.
Robert Teh Kok Hua -
Oei Stupid MIW AGENTS,
If you guys are reading this huh, tell your boss this. If you got the balls to say GST is good for the poor, farking show us how it helps. How many percent of this is actually help them and how much of it goes to where. I don't want to even farking hear about another dumb pay raise since I am seeing more and more dumb policies after the pay raise. If the pay raise brings such dumb policies, I say please lower your pay. Perhaps you guys can think better after that... -
The one characteristic of our gov that really pisses me is their NON COMMUNICATIVE actions. Meaning, they'll bluddy implement things without going into details on what they just decided to implement without even consulting us.
This, ANNOYS the crap out of all of us!!!
Since when have they automatically explain the actions? They just shove down our throats, and say we should take "medicine"...!!
WTF..!!
One of these days, we are gonna farking vote them OUT and tell them that's their "medicine"!!!
And all of their 'reserves', you think they will bother or even wants to explain to us how it will be used?? Personally, I wonder if there is a reserve in the first place. What if they turn out like the friggin NKF as well? Who is there to question them?
Farking tyrants...!!! -
Ya. Those who ask critical questions may not be a good problem solver. Politicans are there to solve problems, while ordinary citizens are there to ask critical questions. But when politicans patted themselves on the back and refuse to listen to ordinary citizens, problems will start to kick in.Originally posted by robertteh:Thanks for suggestion but I do not think I make a good politician so I intend only to offer my views as I am entitled to point out where things have gone wrong.
I would rather than citizens collectively exercise their role to check on shortcomings by offering views in all venues and forums. -
Yeah now they think they are so damn good. They have reach the point of ignorance!!! See how our Foreign minister replies to everyone, like he is damn big shot..Originally posted by Hogzilla:Ya. Those who ask critical questions may not be a good problem solver. Politicans are there to solve problems, while ordinary citizens are there to ask critical questions. But when politicans patted themselves on the back and refuse to listen to ordinary citizens, problems will start to kick in.