PAPee Very Nervous It May Fall Victim to AWARE-Style Coup!

[makapaaa]

Hence the massive propaganda against it!

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AWARE POLLS AFTERMATH
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I REFER to the dramatic events surrounding the shocking outcome of last month's election of officials of the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware).
The new executive committee might have won the election constitutionally, but it was hardly won with dignity and honour. Any group that is taken over completely by newcomers should cause worry and arouse critical questioning.
Moreover, the takeover was highly coordinated and ruthlessly orchestrated by members who joined barely three months ago, which gives rise to the suspicion that they are out to fundamentally and swiftly change Aware's core beliefs.
Several members of the new committee hold strong opinions on homosexuality that are rooted in particular religious beliefs and equally strong beliefs about gender roles in the family.
There is nothing wrong with this. But a group with such a strong desire to overwhelm an organisation with like-minded people, whose views may sit uncomfortably with the fundamental visions of the organisation, would be better off starting their own.
I fear that while Aware's new leaders have won control, they have lost legitimacy. Legitimacy is gained by trust and hard work, not by stealth. A procedural victory that capitalises on an organisation's naivety is hollow and nothing to be proud of.
Harvey Neo
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[makapaaa]

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'How can one be a role model if one breaches the code of conduct of one's employer?'
MR ACE KINDRED CHEONG: 'After reading yesterday's report, 'DBS tells why it rebuked Josie Lau', I wonder if Ms Lau is a good role model for DBS Bank or as the new president of Aware. It is regrettable that she ignored the bank's notification not to take up the post of Aware president. How can one be a role model if one breaches the code of conduct of one's employer?'


Banks are wrong
'Companies should be proud of the diversity employees bring on their own time and effort.'
MR TAN SUAN TIU: 'DBS Bank and OCBC Bank seem to imply that their senior employees should not take up voluntary roles, especially significant posts. Does this not regress the notion of corporate social responsibility? Are these banks saying that only lesser employees can take up significant posts in voluntary organisations? Companies should be proud of the diversity employees bring on their own time and effort.'

 

[cass888]

Other than the barking you do on behalf of the MONGREL who bit his masters' hands LOUDHAILER chee soon juan, you know very little about history.

This will never happen in PAP again because Lim Chin Siong tried it once already.

Hence the massive propaganda against it!

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>April 18, 2009
AWARE POLLS AFTERMATH

</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Form your own group, why take over another?

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I REFER to the dramatic events surrounding the shocking outcome of last month's election of officials of the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware).
The new executive committee might have won the election constitutionally, but it was hardly won with dignity and honour. Any group that is taken over completely by newcomers should cause worry and arouse critical questioning.
Moreover, the takeover was highly coordinated and ruthlessly orchestrated by members who joined barely three months ago, which gives rise to the suspicion that they are out to fundamentally and swiftly change Aware's core beliefs.
Several members of the new committee hold strong opinions on homosexuality that are rooted in particular religious beliefs and equally strong beliefs about gender roles in the family.
There is nothing wrong with this. But a group with such a strong desire to overwhelm an organisation with like-minded people, whose views may sit uncomfortably with the fundamental visions of the organisation, would be better off starting their own.
I fear that while Aware's new leaders have won control, they have lost legitimacy. Legitimacy is gained by trust and hard work, not by stealth. A procedural victory that capitalises on an organisation's naivety is hollow and nothing to be proud of.
Harvey Neo
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