Are Singaporeans hopeless ?

[Kingcopa]

Hopeless for peasants and full of opportunities for the elites and FTs

[Gabriel]

its not that we are hopeless...

its more to being given 'false hopes'...

and not able to voice it out knowing fully that it is all 'false hopes'

 

but fret not..the 33.3% will eventually be the 66.6%...

so yeah..by then..hope we wont be termed 'hopeless' like wad u mentioned anymore

[Liquidh]

Don't be ridiculous, you can't protest just because the Govt is not paying for your gas.

[Relagsingh]

 

sibeh nonsense leh u...

[Nkps]

nb lah... being friendly u say i nonsence....

 

[Dipstick]

If you read this article, will you feel singaporean are hopeless ? didnt even dare to protest ?

 

 

 

Mon, Aug 27, 2007

AP (Associated Press) Protesters keep marching over fuel price hikes

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Dozens of pro-democracy activists kept up a rare show of defiance against Myanmar's military regime Monday, marching to protest the rising cost of basic goods in the impoverished nation following a fuel price hike, witnesses said.

 

They said about 50 people, wearing white, marched in the bustling township of Bago, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of the country's commercial center, Yangon.

 

Demonstrators shouted slogans calling for lower consumer prices, as plainclothes police watched from a distance without intervening or making arrests, the witnesses said.

 

The demonstrators dispersed without incident after marching along a busy street in Bago for more than half an hour.

 

News also emerged of a protest in Mogok, about 680 kilometers (420 miles) north of Yangon, in an area famous for gemstone mining.

Mogok residents said more than 200 people, including members of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, marched Saturday to protest the fuel price hike and dispersed peacefully without any arrests.

 

Earlier this month, gas pump prices doubled after Myanmar's military junta slashed state subsidies that had kept domestic oil prices low for years. The hikes resulted in increases in prices of public transport -- some since rolled back -- and also higher prices for some basic commodities due to higher transport costs.

 

The move triggered a number of small, peaceful protests last week, mainly in Yangon. Police subsequently detained at least 65 activists, including several leaders of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement.

Myanmar's ambassador to the Philippines, Thang Tun, told The Associated Press on Sunday that Myanmar could no longer afford to subsidize fuel so heavily due to steep oil price increases worldwide. He said cutting the subsidies was not a political move.

 

Myanmar activists have speculated that the government needed to slash the subsidies to remedy a cash shortage. Some analysts said the measure could be a prelude to privatization, or that it may even reflect conflict within the junta -- and could be a deliberate attempt to provoke unrest, further stalling the approval of a long-awaited constitution and embarrassing military ruler Gen. Than Shwe.

 

Myanmar's ruling junta has been widely criticized for human rights violations, including the extended detention of Suu Kyi and more than 1,200 other political prisoners.

 

Economic dissatisfaction sparked the country's last major upheaval in 1988, when mass demonstrations broke out seeking an end to the military rule that began in 1962.

 

The army violently subdued those protests. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people were killed.

 

The current protests are nowhere near the scale of those in 1988, and the junta appeared to be taking no chances in trying to clamp down on them.

 

The military rulers held a general election in 1990, but refused to honor the results when the National League for Democracy won in a landslide.

 

 

Someone tried to organise one and then chickened out....... this "hero" must have had a reality check.

 

http://forums.delphiforums.com/sammyboymod...s/?msg=150645.1

[Kingcopa]

No Lah. Permit reject by MATA.

[J96949]

Btw, Most Singaporeans except Mr C and gang are famous for talk only, no action.

Tat's why so many forums here. Talk talk talk and talk.

Haha.

[Kingcopa]

It is interesting to read the explanation given by Ho Peng Kee in rejecting Workers' Party application to hold an outdoor cycling event.

 

The government lauds its elite police force in handling terrorists, ensure safety over IMF meetings and holding back pesky anti-globalisation NGOs. But when it comes to a group (who in their own belief) are arguably keen to ensure that the welfare of the state is improved, they seem unable to cope with safety of a public cycling event.

 

According to Ho Peng Kee (a seasoned PAP parliamentarian and a leading figure in legal education in Singapore), this rule applies to all political parties for their events to be held indoors instead of outside in the open.

 

This is indeed a strange rule.

 

It implies that Singapore (and Singaporeans by implication) are still politically immature. It suggests that we are easily roused to turn into riots and public disorder by politicians. We are a docile branch.

 

I think in reality the reverse is true. Singaporeans are apathetic. We allow the government to govern the way they run their lives. We believe longer working lives are acceptable. We think GST is good for the poor. And more ERP gantries actually improve traffic conditions on the roads.

 

Outdoor political parties' events are not allowed. Strangely, Residents' Committee's (RC) events take place out in the open all the time.

 

Oh yeah, I forgot. But of course, these events are not political. They just happen to involve PAP MPs and their supporters.

 

 

Singapore Police Reject Permit For Opposition Party's Cycling Event

 

By Jackson SawatanSINGAPORE, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Plans by Singapore's main opposition

party, the Workers' Party, to hold a cycling event in conjunction with its 50th anniversary, hit a dead end after its application for a police permit was rejected.

 

The mass cycling event was to be held on Sept 9 at the East Coast Park, a popular beachside park located along the east coast highway here.

 

Party chairman Sylvia Lim raised a question over the issue in Parliament today and was told that such activities "have the potential for public disorder and mischief, and may disrupt community life."

 

"Police requirement is that such party activities be held indoors or within stadiums, so that any law and order problems will be contained. This policy applies to all political parties," Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs Ho Peng Kee said in reply to Lim's question.

 

Ho said the East Coast Park was a recreational park for Singaporeans and their families and not meant to be used by a political party to promote its cause.

 

The Workers' Party was set up in 1957 by David Marshall, the first chief minister of Singapore.

 

It has two representatives in the Singapore parliament, namely its secretary-general, Low Thia Khiang who is MP for Hougang and Lim as the non-constituency member of parliament (NCMP).

 

NCMPs are appointed from among the best performing opposition losers in a general election.

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Like that also can hahahahaha

[Stary]

what a joke...RC activities are always in the open what....

[Kingcopa]

Buay pai sei leh. This sort of excuses also can say in public. They think we idiots?

 

They are trying to curb ppl interest in Worker Party lah. They dun wan them to be too popular esp during this period when all the farkup policy come out. They dun wan to lose power in the parliment. downright scum

[Weichien]

they also scare lah.

gov also need some wrks party mah for show.

if not hw can. sure die.

 

nvm jbj is coming back the nxt election. woo.

too bad i cannot vote at all : ( if not they will deserve my 2cent vote.

[Mdfaz]

Isn't it normal?

 

Cannot believe.. this kinda thing also get permit rejected...

[Typhoonz]

Singaporeans are scared of the "Red Ice Cream Truck"...

[Kingcopa]

Not when u R WP instead of PAP

[Silver_blade]

This is really a joke.

[Curahee]

Must protest then not hopeless ?

 

Protest shows the country's instability. It will effect investments...which translate to lesser jobs or lower pay jobs.

 

Be glad that we are staying in our tiny island with no resources and yet most of our fellow countrymen have a roof over our heads and 3 meals. We may not be rich...but if you really want to compare...there are much richer people than us and much poorer people than us as well.

 

Hopeless are just that some of our countrymen still have the I, Me and Myself mentality when it comes to showing grace.

 

I tot many first world countries also protest? LIke US, UK, Jap, South Korea, HK. They can protest until no tmr in their country.

[Kingcopa]

There got human Right, here onli "P*P right". That is the diff.

 

There u made a mistake, u will be force to explain and step down, Whr got finish term liao move up become mentos .............

Edited August 28, 2007 by Kingcopa