Giving S'poreans a voice vital, says SM Goh
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SINGAPORE: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said giving Singaporeans a stake in the country goes beyond the issue of home ownership.
He said it also involves giving the people a voice in and outside Parliament.
Mr Goh said that's where channels like REACH, which is the official feedback channel for citizens to air their views and give suggestions on government policies and national issues, come into play.
He said when he became deputy prime minister in 1985, he decided to start the feedback unit to foster participatory democracy and consultative government.
Mr Goh said he found the process useful.
This has now become a two-way process, with ministers taking part in forums with citizens to address the challenges that the country faces.
Mr Goh made these comments at the annual Reach Contributors Forum on Saturday.
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Originally posted by QX179R:
SINGAPORE: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said giving Singaporeans a stake in the country goes beyond the issue of home ownership.
He said it also involves giving the people a voice in and outside Parliament.
Mr Goh said that's where channels like REACH, which is the official feedback channel for citizens to air their views and give suggestions on government policies and national issues, come into play.
He said when he became deputy prime minister in 1985, he decided to start the feedback unit to foster participatory democracy and consultative government.
Mr Goh said he found the process useful.
This has now become a two-way process, with ministers taking part in forums with citizens to address the challenges that the country faces.
Mr Goh made these comments at the annual Reach Contributors Forum on Saturday.
-CNA/wk
Government should hire independent organisation to do opinion poll to gauage public sentiment on their policies.Almost all democratic countries have opinion poll.
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Giving S'poreans a voice vital, says SM Goh
Don't make me laugh lah Goh.You dare to allow people to criticise PAP on state media?You also don't dare.These PAP bastards have been suppressing and stifling the voice of Singaporeans and creating the repressive atmosphere and the culture of fear and self censorship for decades already now come and talk cock. -
REACH is not really a voice platform.
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Ah Goh thinks he's talking to primary schoolkids......................
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Then how come SDP wasn't invited for talking point? What about their proposed debate about the budget? I also wonder why ST Forum is so heavily edited and censored.
Haha take $3m a year to live and talk in dreamland.
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
Then how come SDP wasn't invited for talking point? What about their proposed debate about the budget? I also wonder why ST Forum is so heavily edited and censored.
Haha take $3m a year to live and talk in dreamland.
Why should the SDP be invited? They can only spout rhetorics but no common sense. -
A voice vital with NO SOUND.
When talking abt REACH, when minister refer to is ALWAYS referring 2 PA/grassroots leaders.
Naturally, results is also positive.
Even when results is not favorable, d news media will publish/edit it till it is positive.
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did they own the country? or are they just to govern it?
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Giving Singaporeans a voice but taking away the ears of the PAP government.
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Start doing opinion poll lah.
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Next, you will require licence to post political topics online like Hong Lim Park.
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Originally posted by Nelstar:
Next, you will require licence to post political topics online like Hong Lim Park.
If so tmr I protest at parliament.No freedom of speech ah !!!
Gazzette TOC is already too much !!!
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Originally posted by Singapore AFOL:
If so tmr I protest at parliament.No freedom of speech ah !!!
Gazzette TOC is already too much !!!
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