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New PAP snake protege: Rachel Chang

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Subscribe </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>AAAAAA50 <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>Feb-4 3:32 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 30) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>28175.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>No idea where does this "Rachel Chang" of the shitty times come from, but in today's article she rubbished the online media of spreading untruths and accusing "innocent" folks such as Mr Sear Hock Rong over his business dealings with Eunos constituency.
a) She cleverly brushed over the event by dismissing their dealings as "nothing more than a few jobs as master at ceremonies at grassroots events". She did not mention if any commercial interest passed between Mr Sear and Eunos constituency. Did money changed hands? How much was involved? Did Mr Sear volunteered his services for free?
b) She stated that Mr Sear runs a "event management company".
Isn't that supposed to be an educational services company? She did not even get her basic facts right and can get her article published on a "credible" media. So much for their credibility.
c) Mr Sear clearly stated on his website his clients include Eunos constituency, among others. So if what Rachel claimed is true, and their interactions are not commercial in nature and unrelated to the core business Mr Sear's company engages in, then it is apparent that Mr Sear is LYING. That means serious integrity problems with a senior grassroots chairman. Regrettably Rachel Chang chose not to delve into this serious issue in a "credible media" and we readers really have to wonder WHY.
d) Neither did she explain the history of the case, when Mr Sear, in a personal attack totally unrelated to his argument with Alex, exposed his NS DB record. That means professional and integrity issues as well, which would normally render such a person unfit for any positions of responsibility, let alone the chairman of a grassroots club.
She cleverly glosses over the case and make Mr Sear out to be the victim of irrational online media while at the same time claiming moral high ground.
Sad to say, she is only engaging in hypocrisy, selective reporting, and attempting to deceive the public in the name of "credible media".
But it's all well.
With folks like Rachel Chang continuing to pull off this kind of half-past six tricks on the public, it will only drive more people to alternative sources for real news and reporting.
So please, Rachel Chang, continue to pump out more reports. We are only too glad to give you all the rope to hang yourself.
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<TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=cbln>Hi Rachel,
I'm writing to you with regard to your ST article today, "Power of the Net to polarise".
In the article, you have portrayed the chairman of the Eunos Community Centre's Youth Club and YPAP member, Mr Sear Hock Rong as a victim, a political "virtual scapegoat". I wish to correct your assertion.
The trigger of this whole saga can be traced to Alex Tan's attendance in YPAP public forum last year. In the forum, Alex asked many hard-hitting questions which were taken aback by YPAP members who were otherwise, more attuned to the usual cordial "feel-good" settings in YPAP public forums.
After the meeting, Alex continues to engage the YPAP members in YPAP facebook forum. Sear is one of the YPAP facebook moderators. It is during one of the Alex's heated engagements with YPAP members on facebook that Sear revealed that Alex was court martialed in NS and has been interned in the detention barracks before. All these engagements came to the netizens' knowledge and many felt that Sear was unscrupulous by hitting Alex below the belt. To add further injury, YPAP complained to facebook to ban Alex.
Upon hearing YPAP's bullying on Alex, many netizens were incensed. Netizens began to flood YPAP facebook to engage YPAP members. Others began to search for information on Sear. Results found were exchanged and cross-checked among netizens even though they do not know each other. Through such collaborative efforts, Sear (and his partner Fong, another YPAP member and Eunos grassroot leader) was found to be a director of the company R2E Concepts. And as what you have mentioned, his company is found to be providing services to his own Eunos grassroot organizations.
Now, you reported that Eunos constituency office has revealed that Sear's business dealings with it amounted to "no more than a few jobs". The fact remains that business transactions have been carried out and there exists a conflict of interests between Sear as director of his company and himself as Eunos grassroot leader at the same time. Even though he might have excused himself when the Eunos grassroot committee was making the contract awarding decisions, his friends in the committee would still go ahead to choose his company for the sake of their friendship and camaraderie with Sear. Hence, you cannot deny that Sear's company does enjoy a certain "advantage" over others by virtue of the fact that Sear is an insider.
I am sure his business dealings with the Eunos office must have been aboveboard but we are talking about ethics here. I would think if someone truely wants to serve the community with all his heart, it's best to stay away from doing business with the grassroot organization altogether where there is a potential of conflict of interests. By removing all potential doubts, nobody can say anything. In fact, Sear would have come out looking better if he has offered his services to the community for free.
Incidentally, Sear's event management company also has a subsidiary selling funeral blankets according to his website information. I'm curious about the connection between managing events and selling funeral blankets. Of bigger interest to the netizens is the number of funeral blankets (if any) that Sear has sold to his grassroot organization for the purpose of giving them to the bereaved families in Eunos? Perhaps you can find that out from the Eunos office for the netizens?
Finally, you mentioned in your article that "the urgent task for the online community in Singapore is to build up websites that are credible and respected" so as to pry control of the Web away from the alternative ones which dominate it now. I think the reverse is probably even truer - that the urgent task for Singapore wanting to become a true first world country is to have more independent newspaper companies in Singapore so as to pry control of the mainstream media away from the duopolist, SPH and Mediacorp, both Govt-controlled entities. I look forward to the day when Singapore can be like Hong Kong with numerous independent newspaper companies providing many choices to the readers.


Yours sincerely,

Kojakbt
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