Thailand cannot guarantee the safety of football fans who travel to Bangkok to attend Sunday's final match of the Asean Football Championship Final, Tourism and Sports Minister Suvit Yodmani told Singaporeans yesterday.
Mr Suvit, in Singapore for an Asean tourism meeting, said police will do their best, but it is up to fans to "take necessary precautions."
"We will do our best to ensure safety ... but I cannot say please come cheer for your side because I really don't know what's going to happen."
Mr Suvit's comments were made to reporters at the five-day Asean Tourism Forum taking place all this week in Singapore.
"You never know when something could be started," he told the Singapore media. "So, let us lean more on the cautious side than on the complacent side."...
Originally posted by lionnoisy:Could Sinkapore provide guarantee for their safety in sinkapore?
You are now formally warned:Thai cant gurantee your safety.Take care.
[b]Football security 'can't be guaranteed',(BangkokPost.com, from reports)02 Feb 2007
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Dont be trigger happy.Originally posted by SiamesePatriot:If I go to Singapore, can you guarantee that I'll not die or get hurt there? Will my son or my parents get all Temasek's stock if I die in Singapore?![]()
For goodness sake, did you hear of any Thais complaining that they were hurt?Originally posted by SiamesePatriot:If I go to Singapore, can you guarantee that I'll not die or get hurt there? Will my son or my parents get all Temasek's stock if I die in Singapore?![]()
Thank you for your force for doing so. I believe Thai police must do the same. You might not believe so and I don't force you. We'll see it soon anyway.Originally posted by Pitot:Dont be trigger happy.
I was there and i saw how the police protected your people. They escorted them out of the stadium. Our guys uphold their duty to protect and serve. I don't know if your police will.
Oh, wad if there are bombs going off?![]()
All thanks to the kiasi culture.Originally posted by laurence82:The CISCO police practically surrounded the Thai fans, to protect them
And if you read the papers, anyone from anyside trying to pick a fight was immediately removed from the scene and given a warning.
So far, has there been any mob in Singapore that specifically target Thais recently? Yeah, Singaporeans are better behaved, and I am proud of it
I hope they will do the same. But I am not sure of the military.Originally posted by SiamesePatriot:Thank you for your force for doing so. I believe Thai police must do the same. You might not believe so and I don't force you. We'll see it soon anyway.
However, no guarantee of any kind can be given, especially in the atmosphere like this. It might be police's mistake to said it out loud, but even unsaid it should be known by default. It wasn't threatening, it just the notification to all Singaporean to go to watch the match to be careful, so you won't be ended up getting hurt if anything would really happened. Thais get nothing by threatening you or hurting your people, right? or we do?
Might be fistfights here and there, its normal, but I hope we dont see mob attacksOriginally posted by SiamesePatriot:Thank you for your force for doing so. I believe Thai police must do the same. You might not believe so and I don't force you. We'll see it soon anyway.
However, no guarantee of any kind can be given, especially in the atmosphere like this. It might be police's mistake to said it out loud, but even unsaid it should be known by default. It wasn't threatening, it just the notification to all Singaporean to go to watch the match to be careful, so you won't be ended up getting hurt if anything would really happened. Thais get nothing by threatening you or hurting your people, right? or we do?
Hanor.. like the Galatasaray mob stabbing a Leeds fan in Turkey.Originally posted by laurence82:Might be fistfights here and there, its normal, but I hope we dont see mob attacks
Depends larOriginally posted by Gackt247:All thanks to the kiasi culture.![]()
Our hooligans also kiasi one wat.Originally posted by laurence82:Depends lar
Sometimes its kiasi, sometimes there is no need to act like hooligans
I think she has hit it right on the nail.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:The Temasek incident has nothing to with most Singaporeans; Singaporeans' money are in it as well. What makes you think that they are more happier when this whole incident was blown?
Originally posted by bigmouthjoe:Is there anything in life that is guaranteed?
Yah PAP sure win again one!
All of I think of is that the GST will guarantee to go up once again...