The Straits Times has been quick to report on 7th September 2007 what two MPs, advisers to the Young PAP, have said about a move by the Young PAP to delete two outdoor events from its calendar.
The Workers' Party has recently organised a cycling event at the East Coast Park to mark its 50th Anniversary. It applied for a police permit for that but was promptly refused. So, the Chairman of the Workers' Party brought up this issue in the most recent Parliament session and was given a controversial answer, seen more as a lame excuse by bloggers online.
Singapore bloggers have been asking the question, "Why the Young PAP could be allowed to organise a similar cycling activity on 28 July 2007 and another outdoor activity on 1 October 2007 without police permit (or given police permit) but the Workers' Party could not?" Immediately, the two particular events on the calendar of Young PAP were "conveniently" erased. Singapore bloggers again asked why they deleted the events from their calendar? Is it because it wanted to hide the facts from the public or what?
In response, the two MPs came out to explain. You can read their explanations in the Straits Times.
Looks like it was another "honest" mistake of a mixed-up, or poorly planned event, or lack of support from its own members.
I had thought I am a mixed-up kid but I am surprised to know that there are also many other mixed-up professionals out there who claimed to be advisers and so forth. This makes life really very fascinating and intriguing, I must say.
Remember what the boyish-looking millionaire Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said when he delivered a speech to the Foreign Correspondents Association Lunch Time Talk on 22 March 2007? Source:
http://blog.harro.com/2007/03/22/speech-by-dr-vivian-balakrishnan-second-minister-for
-information-communications-and-the-arts-at-the-foreign-correspondents-association/
"The most potent impact that the new media will have on politics is that, politicians will find it impossible to lie in the future. The truth will always be out there, because somewhere, someone has the facts, or has seen something, and will publish it. Fortunately for us in Singapore, we have run a clean system, and hence have nothing to hide."
It is really good to be assured by "honest" people that Singapore has got nothing to hide. That is really a great blessing. Yes, whether it is a blessing in disguise or not, I believe it is still a great blessing. More so with the new media created by the advent of the Internet. Not only politicians but also senior civil servants, professionals, judges, magistrates and ministers would have to be very careful with their facts, analysis, reasoning, rationalizing and judgments. We can now find out more honest as well as dishonest mistakes. We can also find out honest mistakes which are actually dishonest and dishonest mistakes which are actually honest, e.g. the NKF saga. That is a real great blessing to all of us!
Majulah Singapura!
The Garuda - 8th September 2007.
3 comments:
Well said garuda! We now know the Internet is very revealing, but after knowing all the facts of 'honest' mistakes or otherwise and may I add witting and unwitting wrongs, what can the public do? Not that I am latently inclined towards defeat, it is just that I did not see any remedy, apology and admission of guilt, culpability and responsibility. Worst of all is that mistakes keep recurring, repeating with impunity. Is the Masses so impotent and if so when will Nature amend the flaws of human mistakes? Pardon me for my silly question; much thanks from scb.
Hi, SCB, the public comprise of people. And people are of 5 main categories:
1. Those who make things happen = 5% (POWER).
2. Those who help to make things happen = 15% (BALLS CARRIERS).
3. Those who want to make or help but are not able to because of lack of capabilities or lack of courage = 45% (NATO).
4. Those who watch things happen and simply couldn't careless because they don't affect them = 25% (NO HUE).
5. Those who don't know what is happening = 10% (ZOMBIE).
If you add up 1,2,4 +5 = 55%. So, what does this mean? It means that those in power will always be in power, unless something very drastic happens, right?
That is why human beings are always dis-united and the weak are always exploited.
If you are a rich man, would you want to do your own cooking and washing? No, right? You will employ others to do work for you, right? Would others do work for you? Yes, if they are paid, right? So, the rich can always exploit the poor and hard-up (no choice).
That is life! Welcome to REALITY!
The Garuda.
Just a rejoinder Sir; welcome to Sin Galore! From scb.
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