Shocking! NUS students to stage protest at ASEAN Summit.
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It is the same old recurring argument that we can bring change to Myanmar if we get them to hop on the bandwagon with us. For starters, we have to look at the composition of the bandwagon - the record that these individuals possess on issues such as human rights and democratic freedoms aren't exactly sterling by any stretch of the imagination.
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So whats new? They want to stop all protests by Singaporeans in case Singaporeans all go down on the streets and ask them to give back the public money they took and are taking... dishonorable public money grabbing despots...
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Inconvenience is a small price to pay for their cause.Originally posted by LazerLordz:Eh, please if you want to protest, don't disturb the diners at The Line.
That's almost akin to blasphemy towards good food.
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You might get a shell clamp popping up in revolt to the air of pestilence surrounding it.
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once the diner's mouth is clamped, let's see how he's gonna protest.Originally posted by Quincey:You might get a shell clamp popping up in revolt to the air of pestilence surrounding it. -
Flying Lobsters?Originally posted by Quincey:You might get a shell clamp popping up in revolt to the air of pestilence surrounding it. -
so much for the 'new changes and new direction' of Asean Summit..
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That will be an interesting sight. I think they are at liberty to be a lot more vocal and precise as to what they stand for, i.e 'Don't eat me!'
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The buffet is a symbol of having to pay to have the right to choose.Originally posted by Quincey:That will be an interesting sight. I think they are at liberty to be a lot more vocal and precise as to what they stand for, i.e 'Don't eat me!'
But if you like oysters and they are not fresh, sometimes complaining may not work if the kitchen cannot resupply in time.
So what do you do if The Line got terrible oysters? Go Hilton lor. But not easy to get there, a lot of barriers. -
What to expect when the main opposition party in Parliament, WP has publicly endorsed PAP's laws as "fair and just" ?
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Expect a merger?Originally posted by thinkpeople:What to expect when the main opposition party in Parliament, WP has publicly endorsed PAP's laws as "fair and just" ?
Sorry, an acquisition. -
From Asiaone: Irene Ng to hand petition to Georgie Boy?!
Sun, Nov 18, 2007
The Straits Times
MYANMAR activists here want the United Nations Security Council to bring 'tangible results' in the national reconciliation and political reform process in their country.
In a petition released yesterday, they asked the council to do this through promoting dialogue between the junta, opposition and civil society groups.
They also want political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, released.
The document - signed by 3,626 people, or just over 10 per cent of the 30,000 Myanmar people here - was crafted this month after UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari's second mission to the country.
The junta's crackdown on anti-government protests in September brought international condemnation and angered the Myanmar people overseas.
The petition was handed to Tampines GRC MP Irene Ng at a forum attended by some 600 people. Ms Ng, a member of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Defence and Foreign Affairs, attended and spoke in her personal capacity.
Asean should support Professor Gambari's efforts, she said. But it must not be slow 'to take Myanmar to task, including suspending it, if its rulers continue to refuse international and domestic demands for reform'.
She said later she would hand the petition to Foreign Minister George Yeo tomorrow and 'leave it to his good judgment to decide how he will go forward'.
The activists, the 'Overseas Burmese Patriots', hope that Singapore will give the petition to the Security Council.
Their spokesman, business student Myo Myint Maung, 22, said it was a plea to help Myanmar's quest for democracy.
The group, which had a police permit for the forum, has no plan to demonstrate against Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein here.
'But within Singapore's legal boundaries, we will do our utmost to voice our feelings, objectives and requests,' he said.
Last night, police warned against staging outdoor protests after learning of a bid by foreign students to do so on Monday at the Shangri-La Hotel, the Asean Summit's venue.
Police told organisers that their action would be illegal, and advised them to apply for a permit to hold an indoor event. -
Oh, there is such thing as indoor 'portest' wan ah?
'portest' to who, for who to see, who will see and any impact can come from indoor 'portest'?
can televise or mediumize this kinda 'portest' or not?
....knn today I makan meesiam without mee and u knoe what,
I lau sai until cannot lau sai... very cbcbttk. -
Indoor protest = just another panel discussion.Originally posted by reddressman:Oh, there is such thing as indoor 'portest' wan ah?
'portest' to who, for who to see, who will see and any impact can come from indoor 'portest'?
can televise or mediumize this kinda 'portest' or not?
....knn today I makan meesiam without mee and u knoe what,
I lau sai until cannot lau sai... very cbcbttk.
We've had tons of these. -
ha ha, indoor protest = just another panel discussion. Sigh, the old man can't even be patient and open when he held discussion with the people. Very ugly!Originally posted by LazerLordz:Indoor protest = just another panel discussion.
We've had tons of these.
PAP disallows protest to protect their selfish interests, they are too kiasu, kiasi to allow protest. Vote them out! -
Well, the annual PAP convention also threw up a lot of jokes. But I must say at least they held it indoors, and not inconvenience those of us who don't particularly like to have our posh dinners held up by a large rally of people in white along the roads.Originally posted by qlqq9:ha ha, indoor protest = just another panel discussion. Sigh, the old man can't even be patient and open when he held discussion with the people. Very ugly!
PAP disallows protest to protect their selfish interests, they are too kiasu, kiasi to allow protest. Vote them out! -
NUS. *Thumbs down*
You are wasting your time. -
At least they're doing something about it.Originally posted by kawasaki2:NUS. *Thumbs down*
You are wasting your time.
This is a global issue.
Some of us hold or attend panels and forums, some want to protest in the streets.
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NUS, good try, you have my support! NUS you are not wasting your time as you are brave to step out to do so. This is just the beginning, I hope to see more of such movement. Bravo, NUS! Keep it up!Originally posted by kawasaki2:NUS. *Thumbs down*
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Students stage anti-Myanmar protest in S'pore
ABOUT 10 students on Sunday staged a quiet protest in Singapore calling for the release of Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as Southeast Asian leaders gather to discuss the crisis there.
The students released 12 red balloons into the air, each tied to a black and white photo of the Nobel peace laureate bearing the slogan 'Free Burma' - Myanmar's former name.
The number of balloons symbolises the number of years that Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), has spent under house arrest at her lakeside home in Myanmar's main city Yangon.
The protest, a rare sight in Singapore, which imposes strict rules on public assemblies, took place at the end of a human rights forum held on the sidelines of this week's summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), set to begin on Monday.
The 10-nation bloc is under global pressure to take tougher action against Myanmar's ruling generals after their bloody suppression of mass pro-democracy protests in September, the biggest against their rule in nearly two decades.
At least 14 people died in the unrest in Yangon, the junta told visiting UN rights envoy Paulo Sergio Pinheiro last week. A Japanese journalist also was shot dead while filming a protest in Yangon.
In signs of possible progress, Aung San Suu Kyi recently met members of her party for the first time since 2004, and also held talks with a junta official appointed to work with her and her NLD. -- AFP -
That is a good one, creative.Originally posted by LazerLordz:Students stage anti-Myanmar protest in S'pore
ABOUT 10 students on Sunday staged a quiet protest in Singapore calling for the release of Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as Southeast Asian leaders gather to discuss the crisis there.
The students released 12 red balloons into the air, each tied to a black and white photo of the Nobel peace laureate bearing the slogan 'Free Burma' - Myanmar's former name.
The number of balloons symbolises the number of years that Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), has spent under house arrest at her lakeside home in Myanmar's main city Yangon.
The protest, a rare sight in Singapore, which imposes strict rules on public assemblies, took place at the end of a human rights forum held on the sidelines of this week's summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), set to begin on Monday.
The 10-nation bloc is under global pressure to take tougher action against Myanmar's ruling generals after their bloody suppression of mass pro-democracy protests in September, the biggest against their rule in nearly two decades.
At least 14 people died in the unrest in Yangon, the junta told visiting UN rights envoy Paulo Sergio Pinheiro last week. A Japanese journalist also was shot dead while filming a protest in Yangon.
In signs of possible progress, Aung San Suu Kyi recently met members of her party for the first time since 2004, and also held talks with a junta official appointed to work with her and her NLD. -- AFP -
Students defy Myanmar protest ban at ASEAN summit
Small anti-junta demos near Asean meeting
SINGAPORE - A HANDFUL of foreign students protested against Myanmar's junta on the fringes of a Southeast Asian summit on Monday, prompting intense police action as they marched up Singapore's main shopping strip.
Nine activists marched in groups of three up the city-state's glittering Orchard Road to avoid arrest under strict rules that say any outdoor gathering of five or more people requires a police permit.
Most carried candles and wore red t-shirts with the slogan 'We pursue peace, justice and democracy for Burma' on the back.
Ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) formally opened their summit nearby at the heavily guarded Shangri-La Hotel with the adoption of the bloc's first-ever charter.
But the situation in Myanmar is expected to dominate this week's proceedings, in the wake of the junta's suppression of mass pro-democracy protests in September, which claimed at least 15 lives.
'We wanted to do something in some small way to show that the world hasn't forgotten,' Pia Muzaffar, a 22-year-old British student at the National University of Singapore, said.
'We want to send a clear message,' she said. 'As you can see, we're completely peaceful.'
Protests are rare in Singapore - and those by foreigners even more unusual - but on the eve of the summit, police designated the meeting venues as 'security zones,' meaning a single demonstrator can be expelled if deemed to be creating an unacceptable stir.
The three groups were outnumbered more than five to one by police, some of whom recorded the proceedings on video. The demonstrators were advised that they could not go up the road leading to the Shangri-La.
'It isn't our intention to break the law. We have no issue with the Singapore government or the policy,' said 20-year-old Daniel Babiak from Canada.
The three groups later dispersed without incident.
'We believe it's a good opportunity to raise awareness and keep the focus on human rights in Burma,' 22-year-old Dylan Bird from New Zealand said.
The other protesters hailed from the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States.
'We want to send a message to them as citizens of the world, as human beings, that we don't tolerate their actions in Burma,' Mr Bird said, calling on Asean to take tougher action against its most troublesome member. -- AFP -
wonder how the protest went?
i guess the local students wont be bothered with protesting, not that they dont care, but they just care more about their exams. it's not an excuse!!! They just dont have the time now
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is it? but if really so ugly, why the people cannot see it? sg'lians eyes got standard or not?Originally posted by qlqq9:ha ha, indoor protest = just another panel discussion. Sigh, the old man can't even be patient and open when he held discussion with the people. Very ugly!
PAP disallows protest to protect their selfish interests, they are too kiasu, kiasi to allow protest. Vote them out!
i must say have standard. But u know what i mean.
Like this , I think sg'lians really got future, they can see with their eyes. So, got chance to compete with foreign talents. -
Er...how can this intended protest actually help?
Who will directly feel the effect of the protest?
I think the Foreign Minister of Myanmar will just leave and say that Spore ppl are out to embarassed him in this visit.