www.studysingapore.com
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Talk about the mother of Cheapshots. Not only are they using our name, but the way the paste the Malaysian flag all over the website is like as though Singapore is part of Malaysia.
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Pathetic.
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I know, I saw the frontpage article on ST today. CHeap baskeeet.
They are trying to capitalise on their proximity to Singapore and the success of Singapore's education (success insofar as results in international tests are concerned). I wonder if the Singapore government will do anything about it. -
Maybe we should respond with a little tit-for tat.
www.screwmalaysianchicks.com
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Originally posted by laser51088:I know, I saw the frontpage article on ST today. CHeap baskeeet.
They are trying to capitalise on their proximity to Singapore and the success of Singapore's education (success insofar as results in international tests are concerned). I wonder if the Singapore government will do anything about it. It's cheap. But I don't think it's illegal, though. 
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haha, how you know the malaysians haven't already bought such a url??Originally posted by Shotgun:Maybe we should respond with a little tit-for tat.
www.screwmalaysianchicks.com
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i dun see why they mus have us "autopsied" from their point of view
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at the first place.... isit RIGHT for them to use the word "singapore" on their domain name? ..... i think can not rite? and ... if can not.... then which organisation or who can actually ask them to change the web site domain name? 
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Think of it this way, they were smart and cunning in business sense. One of the few pre-requisite in business world survival. Instead of condoming their actions, think of how we can do the same way thru legal means.
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eh... nay... i may stop at nothing to make money, but i've got a sense of decency u know...Originally posted by Quad:Think of it this way, they were smart and cunning in business sense. One of the few pre-requisite in business world survival. Instead of condoming their actions, think of how we can do the same way thru legal means.
smart and cunning is one thing... this is plain cheating. why call the site studysingapore.com when it is a site promoting education in malaysia? well, the operator may argue that they intend to include Sg institutions in future, but presently, the only have one participating institution and its in malaysia.
besides, if they were in a mind to expand in the future, why not register for www.studyasia.com outright? if the domain is not available, they could always go for another variation.
their current domain serves no other purpose than to mislead the gullible.
and why plaster pictures of the lion before their flag?
even though the lion is intended for informal use, i do believe that this contravenes the MICA guidelines for its use.
http://www.sg/flavour/symbol_guide_lion.asp
a few questions comes to mind now...
(1) did they ask permission to use it?
(2) if so, did they ask permission to modify it?
(3) where is the website hosted?
(4) can we get them to remove it?
well, we can't do much about the url, unless somebody decides to sue them for deceptive advertising.
but its obvious that they have not adhered to the forms of the guidelines in displaying OUR national symbol on the website.
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Apparently, it seems like they have no governing body that goes through what their people put on their corporate sites. How can their Ministry of education in Malaysia not even check on those sites?
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eh, remember the issue about some s'pore political website that got hacked? something about mature sex...? do the same la... this time SAF hack
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malaysia strikes again.
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i think it will only piss people off. imagine it is some malaysian who wants to study in singapore and visits the page only to then find out that it is about some malaysian company offering education in malaysia! even their own malaysians would hate it! poetic justice , of sorts.
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all loyal Singaporeans with knowledge on this matter should write a letter or send an email to MITA to put pressure on them to act vigorously on this matter!
we cannot allow our National Symbol to be used by those with less than loyal intentions and in ways which might affect our good name!
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let mi help u:Originally posted by Mazohyst:malaysia strikes again.
Malaysia strikes again
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i know i'm not good in words... but on the very first day when i get to know this.... i write liao lor.....Originally posted by CX:all loyal Singaporeans with knowledge on this matter should write a letter or send an email to MITA to put pressure on them to act vigorously on this matter!
we cannot allow our National Symbol to be used by those with less than loyal intentions and in ways which might affect our good name!
how would THEY like it if someone placed their flag and crest on a porn site!
btw, i send to this email [email protected]
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how you know they themselves haven't already done it?Originally posted by CX:all loyal Singaporeans with knowledge on this matter should write a letter or send an email to MITA to put pressure on them to act vigorously on this matter!
we cannot allow our National Symbol to be used by those with less than loyal intentions and in ways which might affect our good name!
how would THEY like it if someone placed their flag and crest on a porn site! -
Originally posted by CX:eh... nay... i may stop at nothing to make money, but i've got a sense of decency u know...
smart and cunning is one thing... this is plain cheating. why call the site studysingapore.com when it is a site promoting education in malaysia? well, the operator may argue that they intend to include Sg institutions in future, but presently, the only have one participating institution and its in malaysia.
besides, if they were in a mind to expand in the future, why not register for www.studyasia.com outright? if the domain is not available, they could always go for another variation.
their current domain serves no other purpose than to mislead the gullible.
and why plaster pictures of the lion before their flag?
even though the lion is intended for informal use, i do believe that this contravenes the MICA guidelines for its use.
http://www.sg/flavour/symbol_guide_lion.asp
a few questions comes to mind now...
(1) did they ask permission to use it?
(2) if so, did they ask permission to modify it?
(3) where is the website hosted?
(4) can we get them to remove it?
well, we can't do much about the url, unless somebody decides to sue them for deceptive advertising.
but its obvious that they have not adhered to the forms of the guidelines in displaying OUR national symbol on the website.
this, i think, is a serious issue. -
Agree. As I say, do it the legal way, but with ingeniunity. Sometime, you have to think crooked to reach an answer in business world.
There was a saying, circulating in the market. We produced scholars to run the system. Scholars are not natural enterprueners thus they think straight due to the teaching system, too sterotype and systematic that weeded out those who are not vested with scholastic skills. Bcos of straight thinking, they follow too closely to the procedures and systems due to teaching conditioning and thus now, we are in this state. They are not flexible enough to think laterally. Not my opinion but I somewhat agree with it. As the saying goes, think like a crook and beat the crook.
This incidence is still not serious enough as it was not commited by a govenment body. Moreover, there is no media reporting on this issue as well. -
Aren't they just shooting themselves in the foot? Any student worth his salt would instantly see that this reflects badly on malaysian educational insitutes as a whole and would instead point out to him that Singapore has indeed earned it's reputation for people to jump on her name. So hence it would point any good student towards us.
As for students who fall for this cheap trick, well, they probably aren't worth having around our schools in the first place, and guess who gets them... Truly "asia"... -
Those clever guys, that defaced the web site that belong to Singapore Democratic Party, should be encouraged to pay a visit to this pseudo-Singapore site.
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Originally posted by Quad:
i think thats just coffee shop talk... i've heard it tons of times before as well... paradigm shifts, KBE, innovation, entrepreneurs, etc, etc... i think it only applies to some extent... not unconditionally as some people like to put it...
Agree. As I say, do it the legal way, but with ingeniunity. Sometime, you have to think crooked to reach an answer in business world.
There was a saying, circulating in the market. We produced scholars to run the system. Scholars are not natural enterprueners thus they think straight due to the teaching system, too sterotype and systematic that weeded out those who are not vested with scholastic skills. Bcos of straight thinking, they follow too closely to the procedures and systems due to teaching conditioning and thus now, we are in this state. They are not flexible enough to think laterally. Not my opinion but I somewhat agree with it. As the saying goes, think like a crook and beat the crook.
but think about it... thats what we taxpayers pay bureaucrats for! to follow the rules and facelessly perform the tasks... especially with regards to gov't investments and spending taxpayers money... we'ld rather they didn't get too adventurous i think...
this hampers the scholar-executives at the GLCs though... its true... they're not as nimble as they should be...This incidence is still not serious enough as it was not commited by a govenment body. Moreover, there is no media reporting on this issue as well.
u don't need the media to report something for it to be considered serious or worthy of the gov'ts attention. the use of national colours and symbols are controlled by regulations as i pointed out...
a breach of those regulations constitutes an insult to the nation.
like i said, the domain name is a bad business decision and the use of the lion head symbol to bolster the deception is offensive.
we shouldn't just sit around and complain. if it means anything to anyone, write in to MITA.