Didn't Lee Kuan Yew said that the ideals in the Singapore's pledge are highfalutin ideas that are dangerous if taken seriously.
So why this public wayang of reciting the pledge when the PAP government is wary and dismissive about the dangerously "highfalutin" ideas in it? Is the NDP committee also trying to mislead Singaporeans as what MM Lee has suggested?
What a load of crap!
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_559538.html
Jul 29, 2010
One Voice at 8.10pm
By Carolyn Quek
FROM shopping malls to bus interchanges, 8.10pm will be the time to keep this National Day.
This will be when an estimated 40,000 Singaporeans are expected to say the Pledge and sing the National Anthem together at more than 300 locations islandwide, in an initiative dubbed the One Voice 2010.
And as the finale of the National Day Parade (NDP) plays out at the Padang, their voices will add on to the 26,500 spectators there and 80,000 residents at the five heartland locations, who will also be doing the same thing at that precise moment.
Organisers of the parade see this as a significant moment and culmination point as it brings all Singaporeans from across the island together.
Said Colonel Benedict Lim, the NDP's executive committee chairman: 'It's symbolic, simple and unites the people.'
He said the One Voice 2010 follows last year's Pledge Moment, which saw tens of thousands gathered at 700 establishments pause to recite the pledge at 8.22pm. 'Every year, we always try to find a unifying event and last year was very successful and we are trying to build on last year's (success).'gl
"I think it was dangerous to allow such highfalutin ideas to go un-demolished and mislead Singapore."
[http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/449858/1/.html]
So why this public wayang of reciting the pledge when the PAP government is wary and dismissive about the dangerously "highfalutin" ideas in it? Is the NDP committee also trying to mislead Singaporeans as what MM Lee has suggested?
What a load of crap!
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_559538.html
Jul 29, 2010
One Voice at 8.10pm
By Carolyn Quek
FROM shopping malls to bus interchanges, 8.10pm will be the time to keep this National Day.
This will be when an estimated 40,000 Singaporeans are expected to say the Pledge and sing the National Anthem together at more than 300 locations islandwide, in an initiative dubbed the One Voice 2010.
And as the finale of the National Day Parade (NDP) plays out at the Padang, their voices will add on to the 26,500 spectators there and 80,000 residents at the five heartland locations, who will also be doing the same thing at that precise moment.
Organisers of the parade see this as a significant moment and culmination point as it brings all Singaporeans from across the island together.
Said Colonel Benedict Lim, the NDP's executive committee chairman: 'It's symbolic, simple and unites the people.'
He said the One Voice 2010 follows last year's Pledge Moment, which saw tens of thousands gathered at 700 establishments pause to recite the pledge at 8.22pm. 'Every year, we always try to find a unifying event and last year was very successful and we are trying to build on last year's (success).'gl
