BBC: Singapore 'breaks protest deal'
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Canonised said:
Suntec remains open for business, ie ppl can still gather there
Canonised said:
I hv not read the MOU and I got no comments whether the organisers failed to see that the IMF/WB would accredit protesters or IMF/WB are twisting words ...
well, between "supposed to" and "actually do" may hv difference ... we ourselves dun do wat we are supposed to do sometimes too like "No jay-walking" etc
Canonised said:
hmmm, Suntec is still pretty open for peopole to gather ...
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paradigm said:
You have said it, "its not the 27 we are worried abt". Then why are we banning these highly wanted personnel by the Chiefs of IMF and World Bank? Are not we providing political ammunition to our critics for shooting at us?
If the "Thousands" you thought to be present in Singapore, are a bunch of willing and determine protesters, will banning 27 of them stop the rest from taking to the streets?
I personally think that it will be politically correct to import the 27 and bar the "Thousands" from our shore.
Has anyone considered why the government, knowing that the IMF would bring about problems, would agree to host it in the first place?
Isn't this just asking for trouble?
For something which affects Singaporeans strongly enough to raise this much discussion, one would think that this issue should have been debated long ago before we actually signed to take on this project.
It's abit late now.
Isn't this just asking for trouble?
For something which affects Singaporeans strongly enough to raise this much discussion, one would think that this issue should have been debated long ago before we actually signed to take on this project.
It's abit late now.
mattlock said:
someone probably thinks that the;
4 millions
,big plastic banners,
potted flowers,
local hotel curry,
IMF drinks,
baba culture tours,
discounted botox treatment,
local social escort,
new coat of paint,
re-surfacing of roads,
security fence,
fireworks,
bmw,
welcome ads,
8 by 8,
renovated night safari,
fountain of wealth, etc.... etc.... etc....
would provides a totally different brand new sensation (from previous meeting) so nice and appreciative that they'll ease all the troubles....
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/15/singapore.ban.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest
the entire article really makes me..... esp something like this;
and this.....
the entire article really makes me..... esp something like this;
and this.....
was wondering whether to goad or feel sad ..with all the public money spent...Dun thnk the garment will like this kind of report...DT_ said:http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/15/singapore.ban.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest
the entire article really makes me..... esp something like this;
and this.....
Yappy
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kiwitan said:
It is natural to behave this way. we sprue up our house when we are expecting guests.. do you do it?
They just said for the sake of saying. I would have stop them and tell them off!
Please! Please! It is Singapore we live in. I am proud to me one. No shame! I rather be safe then got my arm blown! Shops burnt!, Glass shattered.
We are a small country and we cannot have that happening here!
We have a record number of delegates attending. Do you know why?
I once had a German boss and he commented.."Singapore is one country where I can take a walk in the middle of the night(he was referring to Orchard Road) and don't worry.....!" He came to Sigapore and he was impressed.
Can you imagine walking in the middle of the night in...?
Please be proud of Singapore. I will vote for any political party that can govern our country well.
You are here today enjoying the fruit of a good government. You have a job, you have good education, you have a safe place to stay and what else do you want?
Obviously there are always rooms for improvement and we should suggest and give solution. Just like we do improvement at home!
Just to divert, what do you think the S2006 committee should do?
Allow undesire elements to enter Singapore and blow up your house? Maybe not your house but Suntec City so that the whole world know that it is unsafe to hold event like this in Singapore?
Please do not take it personnally when I said you, I actually meant we and me too!
We are Singaporean. This may not be the best place in the world to stay but she is surely one of the bests in the world!
Cheers!!!!!
latest news today...
S'pore agrees to admit 22 of 27 blacklisted activists
SINGAPORE will allow 22 of the 27 civil society activists it had objected to previously to enter the country after all.
In an unexpected statement last night, the Singapore organising committee for the International Monetary Fund-World Bank meetings said:
'Based on input provided by the IMF and World Bank this morning, the S2006 Organising Committee has reviewed the list of 27 CSO representatives whose entry was subject to interview by Singapore. The S2006 Organising Committee has decided to allow the entry of 22 of the 27 CSO representatives.'
CSO refers to civil society organisations.
The remaining five activists will be 'subject to interview and may not be allowed in', if they try to enter Singapore.
As in previous statements, the 27 were not named.
Singapore had earlier objected to their accreditation to attend the meetings, citing security and law and order concerns.
Hours before the about-turn, World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz said that Singapore had inflicted 'enormous damage' to its reputation. Describing its actions as 'unacceptable', he told a meeting with the CSOs that he had raised the matter with President SR Nathan and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
In the afternoon, 164 CSOs announced a boycott of all official IMF-World Bank events.
Mr Wolfowitz said that Singapore would have to decide whether to show it was 'authoritarian' or 'at the stage of success they have reached, they would do much better for themselves with a more visionary approach to the process'.
His comments, the harshest yet, came after a week of wrangling between the IMF, the World Bank and Singapore over the issue.
It began on Monday, when Singapore police announced that the activists could be barred, igniting widespread criticism from CSOs and the two institutions.
On Wednesday, the World Bank accused Singapore of breaking the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2003, when it was made the host of this year's meetings. It invited a response from Singapore that it would honour the pact, but that it also had to weigh security concerns seriously.
The decision last night was met with a muted response from activists - both in Singapore and among the blacklisted activists, many of whom are in Batam for a CSO forum. Some said it came too late.
Said Ms Shalmali Guttal of Focus on the Global South, from Batam: 'I think the Government really owes us an explanation for why there was even a blacklist in the first place... we will come to claim our space.''
S'pore agrees to admit 22 of 27 blacklisted activists
SINGAPORE will allow 22 of the 27 civil society activists it had objected to previously to enter the country after all.
In an unexpected statement last night, the Singapore organising committee for the International Monetary Fund-World Bank meetings said:
'Based on input provided by the IMF and World Bank this morning, the S2006 Organising Committee has reviewed the list of 27 CSO representatives whose entry was subject to interview by Singapore. The S2006 Organising Committee has decided to allow the entry of 22 of the 27 CSO representatives.'
CSO refers to civil society organisations.
The remaining five activists will be 'subject to interview and may not be allowed in', if they try to enter Singapore.
As in previous statements, the 27 were not named.
Singapore had earlier objected to their accreditation to attend the meetings, citing security and law and order concerns.
Hours before the about-turn, World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz said that Singapore had inflicted 'enormous damage' to its reputation. Describing its actions as 'unacceptable', he told a meeting with the CSOs that he had raised the matter with President SR Nathan and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
In the afternoon, 164 CSOs announced a boycott of all official IMF-World Bank events.
Mr Wolfowitz said that Singapore would have to decide whether to show it was 'authoritarian' or 'at the stage of success they have reached, they would do much better for themselves with a more visionary approach to the process'.
His comments, the harshest yet, came after a week of wrangling between the IMF, the World Bank and Singapore over the issue.
It began on Monday, when Singapore police announced that the activists could be barred, igniting widespread criticism from CSOs and the two institutions.
On Wednesday, the World Bank accused Singapore of breaking the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2003, when it was made the host of this year's meetings. It invited a response from Singapore that it would honour the pact, but that it also had to weigh security concerns seriously.
The decision last night was met with a muted response from activists - both in Singapore and among the blacklisted activists, many of whom are in Batam for a CSO forum. Some said it came too late.
Said Ms Shalmali Guttal of Focus on the Global South, from Batam: 'I think the Government really owes us an explanation for why there was even a blacklist in the first place... we will come to claim our space.''
mau_lovers
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DT_ said:http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/15/singapore.ban.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest
the entire article really makes me..... esp something like this;
and this.....
WHAT PUBLIC RELATIONS DISASTER??? Please lah - NO PROTESTORS, SO VERY VERY SAFE! Such a PERFECT place for the BIG BIZ BOYS - come on! This is extremely extremely good news for future BIG BIZ CONFERENCES man! If I were all these BIG BIG WIGS and RICH RICH RICH exclusive-old-boys-club / dictatorial-govt-linked organisations - I WILL CHOOSE SINGAPORE ANYTIME - I mean - no bloody protestors, disturbance, I have got FANTASTIC SECURITY, heck - we are all locked in a fortress to REALLY get down to business - and for fun - we get escorted safely to all these WONDERFUL cultural events put on for us by the FANTASTIC AND EFFICIENT Singapore Government / we get such a CLEAN AND GREEN CITY / and best of all we get greeted with 4 MILLION AUTOMATIC SMILES - THEY ALL MUST SMILE WITHIN SECONDS - even before we say anything - LIKE WOW!! WOW! WOW!
Our meetings run smoothly, we get to enjoy the culture and food, in future we can go gamble and watch topless women dancing! ABSOLUTELY, SMASHING MARVELLOUS!!
Who CARES about all those liberal-mongers who just want to disrupt BIG BUSINESS? And the press? All BS idiotic liberals who don't know about THE MONEY, man! You want the THINGS TO BE DONE - YOU WANT THE MONEY - COME TO SINGAPORE!!!
The above statements DO NOT REFLECT THE WRITER'S PERSONAL VIEWS. The writer is a very very very small fry/fly in Singapore - so her views DO NOT MATTER - she can probably only be one of the BIG BOYS in another life time, but she is hoping that she will not be re-incarnated as a human - so she might NEVER be a BIG BOY at all.
mau_lovers
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kiwitan said:
Exactly! I have got copies of letters I have written to the PM's office and VARIOUS other feedback channels - NO REPLY - not even - a computer-generated - 'we have received your feedback / thank you for your feed back' - well, maybe they got lost or something - or I am just a small fry and the matters I raise up are not important, money-generating or utilitarian matters - so no need to 'chap' - just ignore all small fries ...after awhile, they will shut up - esp when they realise they are small fries.
I want to feel 'belonged' to this country - I don't think one can ever 'love' a country in this day and age, because I think you are insulting the concept of love - but this country does not encourage me to feel 'belonged' - I can't seem to sink any roots here - maybe I can survive only if I am like those plastic flowers they put on Orchard Road ... be fake and hardy and plastic .... and SMILE WITHIN SECONDS ...
mau_lovers
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user12343 said:
I think the PW and the World Bank and IMF are all doing a WAYANG (putting on a show) - they CHOSE Singapore for SPECIFIC reasons - one of them being - there would be no pesky protesters or disruptions. If I were them - I would choose Singapore too - then I wayang a bit to appease all the pesky protestors - but by then, all the huffing and puffing of the protesters will be of no use - coz it would be too late - the damaging blow has already been inflicted. As much as I disagree with some of our anti - demonstration (NOTE - I wrote DEMONSTRATIONS - NOT RIOTOUS PROTESTS) - laws in Singapore, I think the Singapore government has LAID THE CARDS DOWN on the table RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING - and the WB / IMF Big Boys are NOT SO NAIVE - Come on! For all you know, the WB / IMF already warned the Govt that they are going to put on a wayang - protest a bit, 'raise the matter with the President and the PM', just SHOW the whole world in general that they do 'care' about what the protesters have to say ("The CSOs have always been a part of the World Bank agenda - YEAH ... RIGHT ...) - etc etc.
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