Singapore government to tighten laws against protests
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Originally posted by charlize:
Last time, the aim was to increase the wages and earning power of singaporeans.
These days, the aim is to decrease the wages and earning power.
Go figure.
Yes, decrease wages and earning power of the poor and common folks but they still continue to draw super high obscene pay. We are still feeding them with their undeserved high world class pay. -
Originally posted by charlize:
From Third World to First in the first 40 years of independence.
Then I read somwehere that sg is slowly reverting back to Third World status.
Come to think about it, it is starting to look like it.
From globalisation to localisation..hehehe, that is why i said, come to patronise my local pub, why go to foreign operate disco and pub, support local entrepreneurs. -
Originally posted by Fantagf:
Yes, decrease wages and earning power of the poor and common folks but they still continue to draw super high obscene pay. We are still feeding them with their undeserved high world class pay.
Their pays will get higher this year, cos they claimed that we need them more and they hv to work harder to overcome the current crisis.They alway said "we hv to work together to turn the downturn into upturn, we hv to bite the bullet" but they never said they are biting served abalones everyday while we bite the bullet, if not already swallowed the bullet liao
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Originally posted by 4sg:
Singapore's deputy prime minister said the island state, which is hosting a summit of Asia Pacific leaders this year, may further tighten laws against public protests, according to reports.
Wong Kan Seng, who is also Home Affairs Minister, said the government is reviewing public order laws and may pass legislation to deal more effectively with illegal protests and other acts of civil disobedience.
The legislation is expected to be passed in time for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in November which could attract both local and overseas protesters, he said.
US president-elect Barack Obama, due to take office next week, is among the 21 leaders scheduled to attend the summit.
Public order laws are already tight in Singapore, where protests require a police permit if held outside a designated free-speech zone and gatherings of five or more people are illegal.
Nevertheless, Mr Wong said fresh legislation is needed to deal more effectively with political activities, while relaxing regulations on people gathering for social and recreational purposes.
He said police could be granted power to take action before protesters could gather at specific areas such as Parliament, and cited protests by the political opposition, and by Myanmar nationals against their country's ruling military government.
"They make a show of breaking the law," Wong said of the protesters.
"The police watch and do nothing and can only follow up with investigation after the show is over when they pack up and leave. This cannot go on," he said.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/403068/1/.htmland he is still unable to find mas selamat, can this go on?
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Originally posted by lotus999:
and he is still unable to find mas selamat, can this go on?
How many times must he tell you?
MS is either hiding in Singapore with help from his allies.
Or hiding outside Singapore with help from his allies.
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Originally posted by charlize:
How many times must he tell you?
MS is either hiding in Singapore with help from his allies.
Or hiding outside Singapore with help from his allies.
I think he tired liao
n must be asuming we also forget Mas and also took down his pic for us to forget even faster... -
This is just follow Australia Move On laws--
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/ILB/2006/62.html
Move on Laws: A New Mechanism for Police Control
by Dennis Eggington and Kate Allingham
Western Australian (‘WA’) ‘move on laws’ are used by police as a mechanism for the social control of Aboriginal people. The laws are used to move individuals from well known public places in city areas where Aboriginal people congregate. The laws have become another example of discriminatory policing of an already over-policed Aboriginal population and are further contributing to the huge overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in the WA criminal justice system. The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (‘ALSWA’) has repeatedly asked that the move on laws be repealed.
In 2004, the Police Act 1892 (WA) was amended under the Criminal Law Amendment (Simple Offences) Bill 2004 (WA) to enable police to issue individuals with move on notices ordering them to leave a specified area for a period of up to 24 hours.[1] If a person returns to the area prohibited by their move on notice, they are in breach and can be arrested. The penalty for breaching a move on notice is a fine of up to $12,000, or imprisonment for up to 12 months.[2] Under section 50 of the Police Act, police can issue a move on notice if they ‘reasonably suspect’ that the person is ‘just about to’ commit an offence. This leaves the implementation of the move on laws largely up to the discretion of the police.
ALSWA has sent four letters to WA’s Attorney-General Jim McGinty outlining the disproportionate effect the laws have on Aboriginal people. Included in these letters are the non-confidential details of all ALSWA clients who were arrested and charged for breach of a move on notice. The record of circumstances for the issue of the move on notices and reasons for subsequent arrest demonstrate disturbing trends in the police implementation of the move on laws......EOQ
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SG opposition party shall read more oz info in this new laws
and feed back to SG gavaman.
Oz Parliment on this laws
POLICE MOVE-ON POWERS
http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/downloads/submissions/LA02%20Civil%20Liberties%20Australia%20police%20powers.pdf
last page
RECOMMENDATIONS: That the committee finds:
- That the Emergencies Act 2004 be amended to make it clear – so as to ensure appropriate home/property owner communication in terms of move-on or ‘crowd’ control procedures - that in the event of a major fire and/or bushfire the ACT Policing Commissioner be NOT appointed as Territory Controller.
- That in the circumstances of a major fire/bushfire, either the ESA commissioner be appointed the Territory Controller acting on the advice of the Rural Fire Service or Urban Commissioner, or the Territory Controller be appointed from either the Rural Fire Service Commissioner or the Urban Fire Brigade Commissioner.
- That the AFP-ESA evacuation guidelines should be reviewed to make it clear that, in the circumstances of major fire/bushfire, fire-fighting authorities are the lead decision making agencies, and the AFP is only to undertake a subordinate role, primarily acting on the advice of the lead fire-fighting agency in relation to evacuations.
- That the right of an individual in relation to property or the contents of property in which he or she has a pecuniary interest shall be pre-eminent in any personal or group decisions on whether or not to evacuate, or be evacuated by any authority under crowd control, move-on or like powers.---EOQ