Somebody got the hint, apparently. Time for SM to play catch-up to MM? Or was it coincidental?

Response on the Net has not exactly been compassionate towards him.

Would our prolific Chua sisters care to comment about the Netizen’s response to this issue?

I’m sure their blood must be boiling and they must be full of vitriol now.

It would be nice to read their express their views now.

We all know the problem: A political that has been in power for far too long.
We all know the solution: To build up a credible alternative party to govern.
Do we know the result?: Yes, we do. It is in your hand.

When and if the PAP collapses Singapore will also collapse because there is no credible alternative party to take over. We must think of our future generations and the future of Singapore. It is imperative to educate our people to vote more opposition party members into parliament.

The decade before WW1 Argentina was one of the 10 richest countries of the world but by the end of that century it was almost bankrupt. Like Singapore, Argentina also had a dominant party – the Peronistas.

Singapore becomes bankrupt in the year 2049? Our golden years 1959 – 2009?

A few months ago, I wrote to the WP, SPP & SDP to encourage them to do exactly what you have suggested. There are many ways to fight against tryanny and oppression.

if you believe strong enough, it becomes real in your mind.
this does not have to mean in reality.

Articles like these are thought provoking and they bring about the awareness of many minds that have gone into the snooze mode.

There are 3 articles that have been of great interest to me and many Singaporeans.

1) its this article on Chua

2) Second is the article about town councils…. “show me the money”

3) MSK aka John Rambo, Singapore’s great escape

Once again, TOC and its contributors. Thank you!

http://www.pranaygupte.com/article.php?index=199

At least, the comments you are referring to can only made known to those people who make an active effort to come into this site.

As for what she wrote, it is inserted into a national newspapers which has a much wider coverage.

You reap what you sow.

You may think so but not others. I had the fortune (or misfortune) of living in a time where MSM had the huge advantage of moulding perception with so many years of head start when internet was non existent.

It is through reading other sources (not the mainstream type of course) that alerted / shocked me to a change of view on the way management of national perception has been done here.

“No one who is a supporter of the government and/or CLH will all of sudden come a realisation by reading what’s here. Heck, no cynics are likely to have been made more cynical.”

Your statement definitely holds true for those people that befit nicely the pre existing conditions necessary for them to behave as such. Some people do change their views as their conditions do change as they meet new life experiences and especially when they have been jolted out in a rather unusual way by shocking events because they believe too much of the followings : -

1) Faith that nothing is impossible.
2) Faith that well known institutions are to be trusted.
3) Faith that you will never loss a job.
4) Faith that all people wearing uniform of authority are always right.
5) etc, etc.

No wonder Sg cannot change.

The 183 comments on this page, including mine are engaging in a pointless debate. Everybody coming to the party has arrived with a closed mind, and everybody leaves with one. No one who is a supporter of the government and/or CLH will all of sudden come a realisation by reading what’s here. Heck, no cynics are likely to have been made more cynical.

They just love reading things that mirror their own point of view.
This is mass masturbation.

If this is so, why not allow other potential start-ups to have their own print publications to cater to the other rest.

Varying levels of competency in English ? Allow other local print publications as mentioned above and all of this varying competency will be solved in no time. Out of a sudden, english may not be in vogue and you may begin to have more independent Mandarin, Malay, Tamil tabloids, etc to satisfy the varying langauge (not english competency only) taste of the many different people here..

“Third, the ST isn’t a badly written paper. There’s no such thing as a “quality sentence”, only good and bad writing. Unlike you, the ST has respect for the rules of writing simply and clearly. It is in fact a very well written paper for its demographics (very wide ranging) and its purpose (propaganda). ”

Some of us here, as you may have noticed, have stopped buying or reading The ST. And the reason for this is not about the competency in English of ST reporters but about The ST being a mouthpiece for the ruling party. Do you agree or disagree that The ST is a mouthpiece for the PAP?

If you have been a regular reader of The ST going back to the time when LKY was the Prime Minister, have you noticed that everything LKY uttered was given front-page treatment? I have no qualms that LKY was special, not only for being the PM but also for being highly eloquent, and therefore deserved front-page. But have you noticed that when Goh Chok Tong was the PM, rarely was he given front-page; most of GCT’s public statements went into prime page. Was this a result of bias of The ST? You don’t know or probably you have not noticed? Maybe you yourself are prejudiced – yes/no?

Now recall when LKY became SM and later MM, has The ST stopped giving him front-page? Compare GCT and LKY, in their capacity as SM – which one has been given front-page treatment most of the time? Why? Prejudice or what? Or you don’t know, or have not noticed?

Now to CLH – some of us here have come to the realization that she is one reporter who has written consistently with one purpose – in favor of the PAP. Do you agree or disagree?

Pl give us your answers, without any equivocation.