"Guess the other 9" Contest for the New Civic/Political Group

[scroobal]

To lighten the atmosphere and to challenge your political acumen and the reading of the local political ground, guess the names of 9 other "fellow travelers" for the new group Singaporeans for democracy besides JG.


DR JAMES Gomez, the Workers' Party (WP) candidate for Aljunied GRC who caused a controversy during the 2006 general election, has quit the party.
He has also submitted an application to set up a civil society group called Singaporeans for Democracy, but the application has yet to be approved by the Registry of Societies (ROS). Dr Gomez told The Straits Times yesterday that the group he plans to form will aim to promote civil and political reforms among Singaporeans here and abroad using new media tools.
The group submitted its application in April last year but has yet to hear from the ROS, he said. Under ROS rules, 10 names need to be submitted in any application to start a new society. Dr Gomez declined to say who the other nine are. When contacted by The Straits Times, the ROS said it received the application on April 28 last year. It is currently processing the application and will inform the society once its registration has been approved, it said.

Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.

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[Hawkeye1819]

To lighten the atmosphere and to challenge your political acumen and the reading of the local political ground, guess the names of 9 other "fellow travelers" for the new group Singaporeans for democracy besides JG. [email protected]

Chong Kai Xiong
Chia Ti Lik
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Anyone who visit the website run by a certain ex-political party member can get the list.

Someone has already spilt the beans on them

 

[elephanto]

From TOC :-

JG: We choose the name Singaporeans for Democracy because the words “Singapore” and “Democracy” are taken from the National Pledge and its fits naturally with our objectives and aims. However, we realise that various organisations have used or use different combinations of the same words to name their organisation. We are aware the term Singaporeans for Democracy was also once used by a now defunct website. SfD has no relationship with these organisations.
Footnote: Although Dr James Gomez will not directly confirm who the pro-tem members of SfD are, TOC’s sources have revealed that the pro-tem members besides Mr James Gomez include:

Chong Kai Xiong
Chia Ti Lik
Tian Jing
Shafiie Syahmi
Seelan Palay
Noora Zu
Rachel Zeng
Ho Choon Hiong
Isrizal Mohamed Isa
Jacob George
Martyn See​

 

[Hawkeye1819]

Don't you find it strange that it is TOC and not the mainstream press that spilled the beans by revealing the names?

From TOC :-

JG: We choose the name Singaporeans for Democracy because the words “Singapore” and “Democracy” are taken from the National Pledge and its fits naturally with our objectives and aims. However, we realise that various organisations have used or use different combinations of the same words to name their organisation. We are aware the term Singaporeans for Democracy was also once used by a now defunct website. SfD has no relationship with these organisations.
Footnote: Although Dr James Gomez will not directly confirm who the pro-tem members of SfD are, TOC’s sources have revealed that the pro-tem members besides Mr James Gomez include:

Chong Kai Xiong
Chia Ti Lik
Tian Jing
Shafiie Syahmi
Seelan Palay
Noora Zu
Rachel Zeng
Ho Choon Hiong
Isrizal Mohamed Isa
Jacob George
Martyn See​

 

[kingrant]

Don't you find it strange that it is TOC and not the mainstream press that spilled the beans by revealing the names?

I didn't read TOC but my guess got 3 names out of the list:

Chia TL, Seelan Pillay, martyn see.

 

[scroobal]

Damn, there goes the contest. Wasn't aware that TOc had revealed it. Thanks for letting me know.

Clearly tells you how good a opportunist James Gomez is. He has got all the chaps that can create the din and the noise to make this NGO a profitable venture in terms of funding. Also the court convictions and tussle with the authorities to add credentials. Of course the number 1 bait for all Human Rights related funding foundations around the world - Myanmar in their resume.

This is second time and hopefully a more profitable venture.

For those who might not be aware, this is not a political party.

From TOC :-

JG: We choose the name Singaporeans for Democracy because the words “Singapore” and “Democracy” are taken from the National Pledge and its fits naturally with our objectives and aims. However, we realise that various organisations have used or use different combinations of the same words to name their organisation. We are aware the term Singaporeans for Democracy was also once used by a now defunct website. SfD has no relationship with these organisations.
Footnote: Although Dr James Gomez will not directly confirm who the pro-tem members of SfD are, TOC’s sources have revealed that the pro-tem members besides Mr James Gomez include:

Chong Kai Xiong
Chia Ti Lik
Tian Jing
Shafiie Syahmi
Seelan Palay
Noora Zu
Rachel Zeng
Ho Choon Hiong
Isrizal Mohamed Isa
Jacob George
Martyn See​

 

[FuckSamLeong]

More akin to REMFs in a military campaign. The fronline troops will still have to do the dying!

 

[scroobal]

well said.

More akin to REMFs in a military campaign. The fronline troops will still have to do the dying!

 

[kingrant]

More akin to REMFs in a military campaign. The fronline troops will still have to do the dying!

What is REMF? Really Excited Mother fuckers?

 

[FuckSamLeong]

What is REMF? Really Excited Mother fuckers?

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For people named Pogue, see Pogue (surname). For the Irish-English celtic punk band, see The Pogues.
Pogue is a pejorative military slang term used to describe non-infantry, non-combat soldiers, staff, and other rear-echelon or support units.[1] A related term is the acronym REMF, or "rear-echelon mother fucker". "Pogue" frequently describes those who don't have to undergo the stresses that the infantry does, and is generally used as a diminutive for any non-infantry personnel that disagrees or impedes the wants of a "grunt".

Beyond its military use, Pogue is known to be used in civilian circles to describe a person who is in a less than admirable social position to the speaker, someone who poses to be more than they claim to be, or someone who is inept, i.e. marching-band pogue, f.ckin pogue, or just pogue.

This term has somewhat been replaced by the word Fobbit which refers to non-combat arms soldiers who never leave their Forward Operating Base.

[edit] History & etymology
It has been used in the United States Navy and Marine Corps since before World War II, entering Army usage around the time of the Vietnam War.[2]

The term may be derived from a Tagalog word meaning "prostitute." Originally, the term was a sexual insult, as "pogue" was slang for a young male who submitted to sexual advances.[3] This led to the related term "pogey bait", meaning candy or sweets.

Another source to which the term is attributed is the Gaelic and Irish language phrase "póg mo thóin" pronounced [pog muh hon] (literally 'kiss my arse'), applied to sycophants, suck-ups and others engaging in behaviors or practices commonly viewed by their peers to be beneath the expected degree of military bearing.

Due to having lost contact with its linguistic source, the modern military vernacular has turned "pogue" into a retronym/backronym. "Pogue" is now described as the pronunciation of the acronym POG, or Person Other than Grunt, or Posted On Garrison.[2] It is also acronymed out to "Person On Ground with Unused Equipment" (Hence the spelling).

Pogue (various spellings) comes from the term "pogey-bait". In the days of the British empire, many of the sailors aboard British naval vessels were Gaelic speakers from Ireland or Scotland. When these sailors arrived at various ports, they would purchase bags of candy to give to girls as "kiss bait", but using the Gaelic word for kiss, "póg", which can sound like "pogey" in some accents. Over time, the original reason for the term was not passed on, and soldiers would reason that if candy or other junk food was used to catch a "pogue", then it stood to reason that a "pogue" must be a fat, lazy person.