Papaya Sneered @ TOC Hong Lim Protest

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Bloggers speak out against public transport fare hike
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The 90-minute protest included speakers such as National Solidarity Party politician Goh Meng Seng. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->They are used to airing their views online.
But yesterday, some bloggers chose the real world to speak out on a hot-button issue - the public transport fare hike announced on Friday.
Their 90-minute protest, organised by socio-political blog The Online Citizen (TOC), was the second held in Hong Lim Park since rules on public demonstrations were relaxed on Sept 1. It drew a crowd of about 150 people.
The first protest, held on Sept 1, drew only 20 people. The issue tackled then by non-profit group Hearer of Cries was maid abuse.
Yesterday, National University of Singapore (NUS) law undergraduate Choo Zheng Xi, chief editor of TOC's website, spoke first. He called the transport fare hikes a 'recurring nightmare'.
Former Workers' Party (WP) candidate James Gomez argued that the transport woes were exacerbated by the 'large volume of people brought into the country'.
Financial analyst and local blogger Leong Sze Hian said the transfer rebate cost would be borne by commuters making direct journeys. He added: 'Who are the ones who take direct services? The poor!'
Earlier in the week, the TOC had released to the media a 10-page report, with recommendations to improve the transport system. Yesterday, 50 copies were given out.
Many in the crowd yesterday were professionals and undergraduates who occasionally cheered at points well made or laughed at jokes cracked.
Mr Jonathan Kwok, 24, a final- year NUS student pursuing an economics major, turned up because he felt the fare hike was 'unfair'.
But he was not convinced by all that he heard. 'Some of the speakers were too emotional. They were just blasting the Government without offering alternatives,' he said.
Ms Cheong Kah Shin, 20, a third-year communications studies student from Nanyang Technological University, was more forgiving. 'The suggestions may not work but they give Singaporeans something to think about,' she said.
Mr Ravi Philemon, 40, a social worker, had his children, aged 15 and 13, with him. They had even prepared protest placards. He said: 'I don't think the fare hikes are necessary because the transport operators make enough profits.'
Nominated MP Siew Kum Hong and former Non-Constituency MP Steve Chia were also there.
TOC's deputy editor Andrew Loh took the opportunity to respond to a Straits Times report on its proposal yesterday. Referring to the report which said that MP Ong Kian Min 'seemed underwhelmed' by TOC's proposal, he told the crowd: 'We are not trying to overwhelm or underwhelm anyone. It's (the proposal) not perfect, it's not exhaustive, but we are quite proud of it honestly.'

=> Pity that a good blain can switch it off in order to qualify himself as a Familee dog. Or having lived a life or riches, he's really out of touch with the ground?

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<TABLE class=default-text cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="22%" height=18>Name</TD><TD width="4%" height=18>:</TD><TD width="74%" height=18>Ong Kian Min (Member of Parliament)</TD></TR><TR><TD width="22%">Constituency</TD><TD width="4%">:</TD><TD width="74%">Tampines GRC</TD></TR><TR><TD width="22%" height=18>Party Affiliation
</TD><TD width="4%" height=18> </TD><TD width="74%" height=18>People’s Action Party</TD></TR><TR><TD width="22%">Place of Birth</TD><TD width="4%">:</TD><TD width="74%">Singapore</TD></TR><TR><TD width="22%">Date of Birth</TD><TD width="4%">:</TD><TD width="74%">25.08.1960</TD></TR><TR><TD width="22%">Marital Status</TD><TD width="4%">:</TD><TD width="74%">Married</TD></TR><TR><TD width="22%">No of Children</TD><TD width="4%">:</TD><TD width="74%">5</TD></TR><TR><TD width="22%" height=18>Religion</TD><TD width="4%" height=18>:</TD><TD width="74%" height=18>Christianity</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ong Kian Min was awarded the President's Scholarship and Police Force Scholarship in 1979. He graduated with B.Sc. (Hons) from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in 1982. Thereafter, he read law and obtained a LL.B. (Hons) from the University of London. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1988 and to the Singapore Bar the following year. From 1994 to 30 September 2000, he was a partner with Shook Lin & Bok. On 1 October 2000, he joined Drew & Napier as a Consultant. [/FONT]

 

[mockingbird]

A working model is already at hand in HK.

A malaysian colleague who has worked in HK for four years told me that the transport here is quite bad as compared to that in HK.

 

[eeoror88]

Hello Miss Birdee,

Why don't your fuck off there and don't come back to S'pore ??

 

[myfoot123]

It is another method of reaching out to elderly who do not know how to use internet. As for MP On Kia Si, his words can be dismissed since he is a PAP member programmed to say negative things on anything logical or illogical. He only say "YES" to his master just like 154th ranked states times.

 

[Lestat]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Bloggers speak out against public transport fare hike
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Jamie Ee Wen Wei
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --><TR vAlign=bottom><TD width=330>

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The 90-minute protest included speakers such as National Solidarity Party politician Goh Meng Seng. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->They are used to airing their views online.
But yesterday, some bloggers chose the real world to speak out on a hot-button issue - the public transport fare hike announced on Friday.
Their 90-minute protest, organised by socio-political blog The Online Citizen (TOC), was the second held in Hong Lim Park since rules on public demonstrations were relaxed on Sept 1. It drew a crowd of about 150 people.
The first protest, held on Sept 1, drew only 20 people. The issue tackled then by non-profit group Hearer of Cries was maid abuse.
Yesterday, National University of Singapore (NUS) law undergraduate Choo Zheng Xi, chief editor of TOC's website, spoke first. He called the transport fare hikes a 'recurring nightmare'.
Former Workers' Party (WP) candidate James Gomez argued that the transport woes were exacerbated by the 'large volume of people brought into the country'. (Not entirely true, it's due to poor transport planning.)
Financial analyst and local blogger Leong Sze Hian said the transfer rebate cost would be borne by commuters making direct journeys. He added: 'Who are the ones who take direct services? The poor!' (How did he reach that conclusion? If you want to make a point, do it with facts and figures! Tsk, typical PAP methodology)
Earlier in the week, the TOC had released to the media a 10-page report, with recommendations to improve the transport system. Yesterday, 50 copies were given out.
Many in the crowd yesterday were professionals and undergraduates who occasionally cheered at points well made or laughed at jokes cracked.
Mr Jonathan Kwok, 24, a final- year NUS student pursuing an economics major, turned up because he felt the fare hike was 'unfair'. (There is never a good time for any hike)
But he was not convinced by all that he heard. 'Some of the speakers were too emotional. They were just blasting the Government without offering alternatives,' he said. ( Finally, there's hope in our next generation!)
Ms Cheong Kah Shin, 20, a third-year communications studies student from Nanyang Technological University, was more forgiving. 'The suggestions may not work but they give Singaporeans something to think about,' she said.
Mr Ravi Philemon, 40, a social worker, had his children, aged 15 and 13, with him. They had even prepared protest placards. He said: 'I don't think the fare hikes are necessary because the transport operators make enough profits.'
Nominated MP Siew Kum Hong and former Non-Constituency MP Steve Chia were also there.
TOC's deputy editor Andrew Loh took the opportunity to respond to a Straits Times report on its proposal yesterday. Referring to the report which said that MP Ong Kian Min 'seemed underwhelmed' by TOC's proposal, he told the crowd: 'We are not trying to overwhelm or underwhelm anyone. It's (the proposal) not perfect, it's not exhaustive, but we are quite proud of it honestly.'

=> Pity that a good blain can switch it off in order to qualify himself as a Familee dog. Or having lived a life or riches, he's really out of touch with the ground?

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<TABLE class=default-text cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="22%" height=18>Name</TD><TD width="4%" height=18>:</TD><TD width="74%" height=18>Ong Kian Min (Member of Parliament)</TD></TR><TR><TD width="22%">Constituency</TD><TD width="4%">:</TD><TD width="74%">Tampines GRC</TD></TR><TR><TD width="22%" height=18>Party Affiliation
</TD><TD width="4%" height=18> </TD><TD width="74%" height=18>People’s Action Party</TD></TR><TR><TD width="22%">Place of Birth</TD><TD width="4%">:</TD><TD width="74%">Singapore</TD></TR><TR><TD width="22%">Date of Birth</TD><TD width="4%">:</TD><TD width="74%">25.08.1960</TD></TR><TR><TD width="22%">Marital Status</TD><TD width="4%">:</TD><TD width="74%">Married</TD></TR><TR><TD width="22%">No of Children</TD><TD width="4%">:</TD><TD width="74%">5</TD></TR><TR><TD width="22%" height=18>Religion</TD><TD width="4%" height=18>:</TD><TD width="74%" height=18>Christianity</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]About Kian Min[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ong Kian Min was awarded the President's Scholarship and Police Force Scholarship in 1979. He graduated with B.Sc. (Hons) from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in 1982. Thereafter, he read law and obtained a LL.B. (Hons) from the University of London. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1988 and to the Singapore Bar the following year. From 1994 to 30 September 2000, he was a partner with Shook Lin & Bok. On 1 October 2000, he joined Drew & Napier as a Consultant. [/FONT]

At the end of the day, it's heartwarming to find the next generation being pro active in the day to day issues in the country. :p

 

[silverspoon]

150 pple only.....lets hope it will grow to 15,000 pple

 

[Wobble]

gotta be realistic tho...if 15,000 turns up...mata chia and all sort of stuff/staff will turn up...turning ppl off and sparking incidents...

let's do it by stages...until the next election...and this place would be centre of attraction like during the old times...hotbed for politicians...

 

[mockingbird]

Why don't your fuck off there and don't come back to S'pore ??

Hello ah tee, Grace Foo has already gone to HK to study its rental system. She may as well study HK transport system together in one trip.

 

[eeoror88]

Hello ah tee, Grace Foo has already gone to HK to study its rental system. She may as well study HK transport system together in one trip.

You are licking her cunt now ??:p:p

 

[angry_one]

I knew a certain Ong Kian Wee back in SMU. The two seem related because this MP's faces looks a lot like the fella.

This Ong i know loved to portray himself as a radical freedom fighter who made noise about everything, but overdid everything to the point of offending his own friends and like-minded liberals. Once he publicly declared he was gay in front of a forum with Vivian Balakrishnan.

This is his blog.

http://aserialnumberonmyvote.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.html

Whether his radical acts are a facade or sincere expression, is up to you to decide.

 

[mockingbird]

You are licking her cunt now ??:p:p

Are you having sexual fantasy of her?