S'pore media is credible, widely read
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He said: "Are there no Singaporeans who want to ask a question?"
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I kind of think that Singaporeans have heard too much from him and PAP compared to foreigners and do not feel the noveltyOriginally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Say, isn't this to be expected or not expected?
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You should have heard the way he engaged that intrepid literature undergraduate in a debate over censorship. The way he deflected her questions is just pure sophistry.
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Hi Fireice,
I am not sure where to post this message but I was wondering what are the advantages of signing up as Premiere Member.
$10 for 6 months look like a good deal but my main draw is a decent forum for decent discussion. Never mind occasional acts of "arson" but it should ideally not rise above a quarter of the discussions.
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Oh yes, he also said Singapore ministers exceptionally talented and must be paid many times more than those of the world #1 economy!
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There's such a thing called "pm"...Originally posted by Melvin Tan:Hi Fireice,
I am not sure where to post this message but I was wondering what are the advantages of signing up as Premiere Member.
$10 for 6 months look like a good deal but my main draw is a decent forum for decent discussion. Never mind occasional acts of "arson" but it should ideally not rise above a quarter of the discussions.
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Oh, yes. ApologiesOriginally posted by dakkon_blackblade:There's such a thing called "pm"...
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No problem.Originally posted by Melvin Tan:Oh, yes. Apologies
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Straits Times won't publish Dr Chee's reply to M M Aung
The media, which the Minister Mentor yesterday described as "credible", will not even give Dr Chee Soon Juan his right of reply to a forum letter written by Mr M M Aung (see the letter below). Below is Dr Chee's letter which was faxed to the Straits Times yesterday.
To: Forum, Straits Times,
It seems strange that M M Aung feels that signing a petition to the Singapore Government demanding whether it is selling arms to the military junta and doing business with Burmese druglords is exploitation of innocent people.
Analysts and experts have documented this insidious relationship between the two regimes. Even European parliamentarians have expressed their concern over this matter. Such information is available on the Internet but, of course, censored by the state media of Singapore.
As a Burmese-Singaporean, one would think that M M Aung would be especially alarmed at such information as these weapons and funds are used by the generals to commit their atrocities. And yet instead of demanding answers from the Singapore Government, the writer chooses only to praise it.
M M Aung also points out that the on-going signature campaign outside the Burma embassy is unlawful. He forgets that in Burma, it is also unlawful for the monks to protest in public. Has he wondered why the only places in Asia that have not had public protests against the killings in Burma are Vietnam, Laos, and Singapore? The truth is that only dictatorships make it illegal for their citizens to assemble in public because they fear the people.
The reason why the SDP has chosen to collect signatures at St Martin's Drive is because the embassy is the military's representative office. What better place than for people to express their outrage there? Notes have been posted on the entrance of the embassy, candles lit and prayers said. The ambassador could not have missed it.
It is curious that M M Aung has suggested that Peninsula Plaza be the place for another petition. He may like to know that the Singapore police have visited the building, stopping Burmese nationals from surfing the Internet and ordering them to remove their T-shirts with pro-democracy slogans.
If protests need to be conducted, let them be done openly and boldly, not furtively holed up in some building. The former serves the people, the latter serves the autocrats.
Chee Soon Juan
Secretary-General
Singapore Democratic Party
4 October 2007
http://www.singaporedemocrat.org/articleburmaprotest12.html
Straits Times, print Dr. Chee's reply lah, don't be a spineless dog.
PAP propaganda print, SDP, don't print.
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statistic can be manipulated, how we know it is correct, we can't ask them to proveOriginally posted by Gazelle:ofcourse. majority of the anti-PAP thread are all started because of information from local media what...no?
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I wrote to rebuke M M Aung's letter through ST online, but I could not post it despite several attempts through on line letter. ST online has banned me posting letter
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Originally posted by 798:
Some year back a similar talk n ask session was conducted in NUS by MM Lee
Singapore News // Friday, October 5, 2007
[b]MM: No S'poreans want to ask a question?
THE issue of homosexuality cropped up again during a question-and-answer session (picture) with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew at the Nanyang Technological University's Ministerial Forum last night.
An English language undergraduate asked Mr Lee this question: Whether there was a "mutual contradiction" between Singapore's censorship laws and artistic expression, specifically on homosexuality and politics.
Mr Lee replied: "I cannot answer you on that. I just find it unbelievable that your artistic expression, or the desire and impulse in you, is suppressed because of the censorship laws. It cannot be.
"We are in a stage of transition ... I see no profits in having gay parades. If you are born homosexual, so be it. But must you parade it, or go out of your way to antagonise, embarrass or defy the more conventional view?"
During the one-hour session, he addressed issues such as press freedom and censorship. But when the session came close to an end, Mr Lee was concerned that only two out of the nine questions were asked by Singaporeans. He said: "Are there no Singaporeans who want to ask a question?"
Two Singaporean undergraduates then stood up to ask whether he was concerned with the high turnover rate of the teaching profession and what Singapore can do in the fight against global warming.
Mr Lee replied that the teaching profession is "unglamorous" but the Government's efforts to attract talents has paid off. He also revealed that the Cabinet is studying a paper on climate change. — Loh Chee Kong
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/215092.asp
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he's challenging us!
who dare to challenge him given dat the chief judge, media r behind him? die 10 life also not enough!
everything reflect negative against MIW or Lee, the media will censor it. sinkaporeans r bunch of fishes, open mouth but no sound.[/b]
with NUS students, one of them asked him how come Spore has no sense
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Why Singapore students did not ask questions during the MM forum? It is because the students know the there will be no answer from MM or the answer is negative, so no point asking. Only foreign students like to ask questions, because they might settle here in future
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'We do not block any access to any website, nor do we trace you on Yahoo or Google,' he said, to laughter.
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If they want to clamp down on dissenting voices, Sgforums will be blocked and folks like Atobe will be in Changi prison by nowOriginally posted by fai:'We do not block any access to any website, nor do we trace you on Yahoo or Google,' he said, to laughter.
True story.
But I suppose it is in their interest to keep the ignoramuses around here to show how silly most of the anti-government rhetoric is. Good to cultivate more clowns like CSJ....it builds support for the government knowing how weak and myopic the opposition parties are.