Sunday, December 20, 2009 5:08

PM Lee addresses Govt’s position on climate change

In TOC TV, UNFCCC-COP15 • 2,336 views • 16 Comments

On the last day of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (COP15), the ECO Singapore delegation finally met PM Lee Hsien Loong for a short interactive session. In this 2-part video, PM Lee clarified the government’s position at COP15, domestic policies related to climate change and and whether Singapore will take on a leading role in ASEAN on climate change policies.


 

 

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Oxford Dude
Dec 20, 2009 5:27

This prime minister is willing to meet youths, but he is reluctant to meet Think Centre’s Samydorai at the most recent ASEAN Summit.

mon
Dec 20, 2009 9:30

LHL was a supporter of Bush.

And Bush is against all these environmental stuff.

I think his involvement is a precursor of increase household electrical bills.

He expects S’pore to have the same electrical consumption when the population size increase by 25%.

What a joke!

Ben Bland
Dec 20, 2009 15:06

Does Lee Hsien Loong really need that many heavies to protect him in an interview with some young environmental activists?

The muscle hiding behind the pillar looks likes he’s waiting to pounce on the poor interviewer if she asks any tricky questions.

How Sure?
Dec 20, 2009 23:15

Singapore is green? How?

1. Look at the amount of plastic bags, utensils etc used at hawker centres, foodcourts etc.
2. Green cars are so god damn expensive.
3. Gas prices all so high, same as petrol.
4. Rubbish of all sorts not sorted for recycling.

What crab is he talking?

Human Being
Dec 20, 2009 23:33

It’s surprising that some weeks ago and during the ASEAN summit the government was taking a wait and see stance on climate change. Almost an ignorant gesture on their part. But after superpowers like US, CHina and India started to look into this matter and developing cleaner energy, they decided to jump on the band wagon.
All this in matter of weeks.

All along, for years there are associations and groups trumpeting about energy conservation and how they were trying to push the government to invest on alternative energy. Always the follower and never the visionary. That’s our government. Countries around the world are harnessing the natural energies of the earth like wind farms, etc. And yet we are still dependent on fuel to feed our power stations. Time for the ministers to wake up and smell the roses before they are all gone.

Let’s just hope that this turnaround of attitude is not for economic reasons but reasons to ensure the future of our children’s earth.

woopaper
Dec 22, 2009 17:00

theres a dude behind the door….wahahahaha wassup with that??

Merobok
Dec 23, 2009 8:01

Do you really need a PM, a Deputy Minister and a Minister to attend the Copenhagen Climate Cahange Conference for a country of 5 million?

eatmoney
Dec 23, 2009 9:20

The highest paid political leader on the planet has to show up with his entourage and see if he can actually contribute to our planet.

One thing for sure, nothing worthwhile from him.
He should stay at home and send the old man instead to tell some stories.

Ganga
Dec 23, 2009 9:38

6) woopaper on December 22nd, 2009 5.00 pm

theres a dude behind the door….wahahahaha wassup with that??

Yeah, I felt the same way. If it were the US press interviewing him, I wonder if that jackass will still stand in such a ya-ya manner. The fool should realise he’s obviously in the shot and either get out of the way or stand in a respectful manner.

He should be some high level bureaucrat within the Security Branch – hopefully someone here will recognise this douchebag and identity him.

Swapping Cogs
Dec 23, 2009 12:47

I like what he said “…we may have other alternatives…”

Hong Kan Seng
Dec 23, 2009 13:04

thanks TOC for this video. It portrays mr Lee very well.

Donaldson
Dec 23, 2009 13:23

11) Hong Kan Seng on December 23rd, 2009 1.04 pm

thanks TOC for this video. It portrays mr Lee very well.

ECO Singapore is responsible for making this video. All credit should go to them.

Hong Kan Seng
Dec 23, 2009 14:19

You are right Donaldson. Thanks TOC for helping to spread the video.
Youths nowadays are all talking about go-green and save-the-planet.
This video shows the efforts made by Mr Lee to go green by attending the summit.

Keep up the good work.
Your future is bright.

FlyKitePAP
Dec 27, 2009 2:11

LHL will be using onion and chillies to reduce carbon emission since he has successfully prevented the rain from falling using these two cooking ingredients in our first F1 event !!!

bob
Jan 2, 2010 16:54

the govt is a hypocrite when it comes to climate change. for decades we had a wasteful HDB upgrading policy where good condition doors, windows, grills, bathroom tiles etc were thrown away, hacked, demolished. there was no incentive for the resident to continue using these items as they pay the same upgrading cost whether these items are replaced or not.

imagine the 30-40 years of wastage of resources and materials all because of the stupid HDB policy. so what crap is he talking now about saving the enviroment? it all a wayang, just talk to show that we are going to something but actually he does not know or pretend not to know what is happening in his own backyard.

Repeat after me...
Jan 3, 2010 11:25

Anthropogenic(caused by human activities) global warming/climate change is a lie, a scam. CO2 is essential to life on the planet and it is NOT a pollutant. Reducing your carbon footprint will not alter the climate in any way.

Al Gore and his green minions are laughing all the way to the bank as you engage in this foolish, unscientific fantasy. It’s all about control and transfer of funds when you purchase carbon credits, do cap & trade, buy ‘green’ products etc.

By all means, reduce pollution. But I have a zero tolerance for unscientific garbage masquerading as altruism. It pisses me off when overzealous but misinformed people want to raise awareness to a non-existent problem by doing inane things such as reusing shopping bags, or switching off lights for an hour. Bollocks! The whole global warming fuss is nothing more than a carefully orchestrated political movement.

A few decades ago, there was a global COOLING scaremongering in the mass media. Have we frozen to death yet?

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