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“5. We aim to report news accurately and fairly, in order to inform and educate the public, on issues such as the rising tide of global competition and its implications for ourselves, or the need for healthy habits during a pandemic, or to remind ourselves on what coheres us as a nation and the inherent invisible ethnic, religious and other forces which may divide and damage us as a nation. We want to help the public to decide and judge issues for themselves, and provide a valuable channel for them to voice their views. This will help to increase an understanding of the complexities of the many issues we face as a nation.

6. Our media must keep pace as Singapore becomes more globalised and more open, especially given the relentless change and emerging trends brought about by the latest new media communications technology and news content generated by citizens themselves.” (UNQUOTE)

Seems like SingaNews just want to take our attention away from more important HUMAN RIGHTS and ACCOUNTABILITY problems the LESSER MORTALS in Singapore faces…….like the LACK OF DUE PROCESS, INJUSTICES, LOSSES OF BILLIONS AND BILLION of our RESERVES etc etc etc since SingaNews would ONLY focus (QUOTE)

“on issues such as the rising tide of global competition and its implications for ourselves, or the need for healthy habits during a pandemic, or to remind ourselves on what coheres us as a nation and the inherent invisible ethnic, religious and other forces which may divide and damage us as a nation” (UNQUOTE)

Which of course is CONTARY to its DECLARED position that (QUOTE)

“Its five key pillars are:

I. Every Singaporean Matters”

“Every Singaporean Matters”?

What about those who are INCARCERATED at the Institute of Mental Health like the old man who set PAP MP Seng Han Tong alight?

What about Boon Suan Ban who is detained for life at IMH at the President’s pleasure.

As #1 has remarked, the MSM, Petir and YPAP are supposedly doing a better job

I note your comments. With regards to the article featuring Mathew Yap’s views, I am attempting to balance out the blogosphere’s criticisms of Yap with his own views.

With regards to the “PR release”, it is in fact an internal document sent to my by Mathew. He suggested I publish it, because I think it will be good for readers to see for themselves what SingaNews claim to be about. What the readers make of it is up to thm really.

Don’t you think its only fair that their views get represented. After all there’s already a lot of criticism out there.

they’re open to public scrutiny. They now know how what the expectations are of them, so they know what they’re up against.

Let them start publishing, and then we’ll see where they are heading. If they write sensible stuff, good for all of us. If they write mainstream stuff, or pro-Christian, we can comment and criticise. We can always write in to Matthew Yap.

better still, if you dont like what they write, just dont read. Just because u dont like what they write, they have to stop? thats a bit unfair to them, isnt it? its their money, after all.

I think it would be good for us to learn what freedom of expression is, learn to debate issues, and accept differing opinions.

1. Thio Li Ann was one of the pappy approved NMPs. Where is her loyalty likely to lie? Note that she is one of the main protaganists in the current religious thrust. Together with her feminist-mentor mother, who was once the Dean of the Faculty of Law, they’ll know how far they can go within the limits of the law.

2. Pinky doesnt have much to show for his current term in office. The ground is fast souring and time is running out till the next elections. Ditto WKS esp after Mas Selamat’s escape.

When the people cannot see a need for the leaders, any leader, who wants to keep his job, will have to CREATE that need.

Another strategy could be to let the identified problem fester till becomes serious enough for the public to BEG for intervention when the problem could have been easily nipped in the early stages.

Dont you find it strange that the media has been giving Thio-liban such inordinate amount of coverage? Are they giving her enough rope to hang herself?

When LKY was in charge, such buds wouldnt never even have had a chance to see daylight.

3. Who are the only ones who have the resources and power to solve such social problems? Who are the ones who are likely to benefit from such high publicity resolutions?

This opportunity allows for pinky & WKS to intervene and be seen to solve the public issue.

With the help of a compliant media, they can then trumpet their win to precede the imminent elections. With a co-ordinated media campaign, it is quite easy to sway the gullible middle ground voters.

As Shakespeare once wrote: “All the worlds a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”

Dont take things at face value.

People are not so stupid lah! If Singanews cannot sing the news, it does not mean TOC oso cannot. Just like everything else, there are good ones and there are lousy ones and people can differentiate, besides internet news sites are already established as the preferred source by many esp youngsters. It need not take Singanews to show people its bad or good.

Ask Wong Can’t Sing. He will teach you how to sing just like he sing about news on Mas Selamat. Why do you think “singing the same tune” comes from ?

Leedership’s orchestra and musicial that sing the same tune over and over again.

TOC shouldn’t be bashing everything but it should be careful publishing another entity’s PR blindly..

my 2 cents

big difference!