Its unbelievable to me that Wong Cunt Stink is paid multimillion $ salary to come up with this kind of experiment. What a clown. Our friend parks 9 cars rigged to look like car bombs in Orchard Rd, Shenton, Marina Bay, etc. What makes him think that of these 7200 people that passed the vehicles, all are S'poreans? Are not a percentage of them tourists and FTs? Do tourists and FTs care whether S'pore gets bombed or not? Some locations like Marina Bay I would imagine have a very high portion of tourists and FTs there. Of the native sinkies that passed the cars, some of them must children who would not have called the police anyway, and another portion must be senior citizens who are half blind, deaf, etc., who would not have noticed the supposed bombs anyway. This kind of methodology is flawed. For all I know, maybe out of the 7200 people who passed by, 1000 only are real adult age sinkies. 260 out of 1000 is more accurate I would say. Anyway, I think the last asshole in the world to talk about complacency should be this cheebye face who was himself so complacent that a limping, uneducated Muslim chap can escape from the highest security detention facility by himself.
Singaporeans complacent about possibility of terror attacks here
By Hoe Yeen Nie | Posted: 09 November 2010 1017 hrs
SINGAPORE: Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said an experiment conducted recently by the police showed Singaporeans were "generally complacent" about the possibility of a terrorist attack here.
In the experiment, cars rigged with tell-tale signs of a bomb were left parked at nine locations, including Orchard Road, Shenton Way and Marina Bay, from 8am to 7pm.
Of the roughly 7,200 people who passed within 10 metres of the vehicles, only 260 or 3.6 per cent noticed the vehicle.
And of these, only 52 people acted immediately and alerted police or civil defence officers.
Another 44 people had noticed something amiss, but admitted they did not intend to report it.
Mr Wong said the experiment showed Singaporeans were "generally complacent" about the possibility of a terrorist attack, though it gave authorities "some satisfaction" that there were some who did act on their suspicions.
Mr Wong said security planners in Singapore must rethink ways to best engage the community to remain vigilant.
In his first address as Coordinating Minister for National Security, Mr Wong said rather than attain a uniform level of preparedness across society, it may be more pragmatic and sustainable to develop an activist cadre in specific domains.
In this respect, he said the Community Engagement Programme started in 2006 has been successful in grooming a small but active pool of grassroots volunteers.
He said a change of mindset is needed, because over time, people become less vigilant about security matters.
And this was an observation made not just in Singapore, but also in other countries that had experienced terror attacks.
Mr Wong also cautioned against becoming "overly preoccupied" with the latest terror attack, and neglecting to place them in context of past terrorist incidents.
"The fact is while these threats demonstrate creativity and an adaptive quality, they are seldom completely brand new. Often they are revisions of past efforts in the same vein," Mr Wong said.
So for instance, parcel bombs like those recently discovered onboard flights from Yemen to the US, were already popular among Palestinian terror groups in the 1980s.
And here, academics and researchers can offer valuable insight and historical perspective into how future threats may evolve, says Mr Wong.
Mr Wong was speaking at the annual National Security Seminar, held at the Civil Service College.
-CNA/wk
Singaporeans complacent about possibility of terror attacks here
By Hoe Yeen Nie | Posted: 09 November 2010 1017 hrs
SINGAPORE: Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said an experiment conducted recently by the police showed Singaporeans were "generally complacent" about the possibility of a terrorist attack here.
In the experiment, cars rigged with tell-tale signs of a bomb were left parked at nine locations, including Orchard Road, Shenton Way and Marina Bay, from 8am to 7pm.
Of the roughly 7,200 people who passed within 10 metres of the vehicles, only 260 or 3.6 per cent noticed the vehicle.
And of these, only 52 people acted immediately and alerted police or civil defence officers.
Another 44 people had noticed something amiss, but admitted they did not intend to report it.
Mr Wong said the experiment showed Singaporeans were "generally complacent" about the possibility of a terrorist attack, though it gave authorities "some satisfaction" that there were some who did act on their suspicions.
Mr Wong said security planners in Singapore must rethink ways to best engage the community to remain vigilant.
In his first address as Coordinating Minister for National Security, Mr Wong said rather than attain a uniform level of preparedness across society, it may be more pragmatic and sustainable to develop an activist cadre in specific domains.
In this respect, he said the Community Engagement Programme started in 2006 has been successful in grooming a small but active pool of grassroots volunteers.
He said a change of mindset is needed, because over time, people become less vigilant about security matters.
And this was an observation made not just in Singapore, but also in other countries that had experienced terror attacks.
Mr Wong also cautioned against becoming "overly preoccupied" with the latest terror attack, and neglecting to place them in context of past terrorist incidents.
"The fact is while these threats demonstrate creativity and an adaptive quality, they are seldom completely brand new. Often they are revisions of past efforts in the same vein," Mr Wong said.
So for instance, parcel bombs like those recently discovered onboard flights from Yemen to the US, were already popular among Palestinian terror groups in the 1980s.
And here, academics and researchers can offer valuable insight and historical perspective into how future threats may evolve, says Mr Wong.
Mr Wong was speaking at the annual National Security Seminar, held at the Civil Service College.
-CNA/wk
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