Comments on: Civil Society, QUANGOs and ASEAN

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By: TOC – a community of Singaporeans | The Online Citizen

TOC – a community of Singaporeans | The Online Citizen — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:40:48 +0000

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By: Donaldson

Donaldson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:52:12 +0000

Hi Happy Holidays,

Thank you for your concern. TOC is supported by part-time volunteers. We face resource constraints time to time, but we make the best of every opportunity we have.

Cheers
Donald
Deputy Editor

By: Political Salesman

Political Salesman — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:28:11 +0000

I think this blog is sub-sided!

By: Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:42:35 +0000

What has happened to The Online Citizen? Went on vacation? Since this article on 25 Oct 2009, for the last 4 days there have been no new articles forthcoming?

How to ‘challenge’ the MSM like that?

By: Arix (@UK)

Arix (@UK) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:57:18 +0000

*Sigh*

Always the same thing repeats itself … getting really tiring…

But I am surprised that the Thai Government rejected any sectoral groups at all.

I am also aghast at MFA’s non-response to the issue:-

“”"
“The 42nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Phuket in July 2009 agreed that each ASEAN Member State would choose its own civil society organisation (CSO) representative for the informal dialogue with the ASEAN Leaders at the 15th ASEAN Summit.

The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council in Bangkok in August 2009 further agreed that the CSO representatives should be chosen from humanitarian and development sectors.

Thailand, as Chair of ASEAN, had conveyed these decisions in advance to the organisers of the ASEAN Peoples’ Forum/ASEAN Civil Society Conference.

Singapore’s CSO representative, Mr T K Udairam, Chairman of Mercy Relief, is thus no “substitute” but was chosen in accordance with these decisions.

We are surprised that the organisers of the Conference now profess to be “shocked” as they cannot have been unaware of the basis on which he was chosen.

Mercy Relief is an independent non-governmental charity which is well-known for delivering humanitarian assistance in the region. It is not a “government-sponsored agency”.”
“”"

For goodness sake, the issue is not the basis on which Mr Udairam was chosen, but the basis on which Mr Sinadorai was rejected!!!

By: Hon Sen Tong

Hon Sen Tong — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:46:36 +0000

I beg to differ to #3 !
‘Greedy’ is such a strong word.

Doncha think that our highly well-liked and trusted leaders would have rejected the million-dollar salaries if they see that is too much or a problem?

So, we should continue to Trust them that such highest in the world salaries are appropriate.

We should work harder and not complain too much.

We should embrace new citizens and help them prosper , if we can.

By: all singaporeans

all singaporeans — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:37:22 +0000

VOTE PAP OUT

they are just greedy as year go by and never think of their own poor singaporeans

By: From The Online Citizen: Civil Society, QUANGOs and ASEAN « ASEAN Youth Rising!

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:21:02 +0000

[...] From The Online Citizen: Civil Society, QUANGOs and ASEAN 2009 October 26 by bennetthaynes Here’s a great piece of writing from our friend Donald, an activist-journalist at The Online Citizen: [...]

By: Oxford Dude

Oxford Dude — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:14:22 +0000

I think civil society in Singapore is a lot milder than what goes on at ASEAN.

Kudos to the civil society’s folks for championing our collective interest nonetheless!