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Sathia Palani - Will the police take immediate action against the PIDC organisers for publishing a event without proper permits. It's already published that the event is going to take place.are the police going to stop Singaporeans going to takashimaya on that day. Singaporeans should go there to shop on that day.if this independence day celebration is approved. Going shopping on a Sunday in takashimaya is not an offence. Singaporeans we have to send a very strong message to our PM that this country belong to Singaporeans
Marc Wang - PM Lee has a lot of support and faith in the PIDC organisers, from the way he supported them - to the extent of running down Singapore citizens and calling them a disgrace.
It is disappointing to know the PIDC organisers has instead embarrassed PM Lee by not applying for even a simple permit before they announce such a 10,000-strong mega event to the public.
I hope the organisers can show they are not so tardy
Sathia Palani -Singaporeans has become a laughing joke for the Filipinos back in their country and the world because of this Singapore PM insensitive rant against his own people. Only now the police comes out with this. Surely now they know it's not the simple minority. If this event is allowed there and Singaporeans gather there to shop in the thousands on the days. I don't know what it would be like. managing such a large scale event, and comply with police requirements asap.
Sathia Palani - Will the police take immediate action against the PIDC organisers for publishing a event without proper permits. It's already published that the event is going to take place.are the police going to stop Singaporeans going to takashimaya on that day. Singaporeans should go there to shop on that day.if this independence day celebration is approved. Going shopping on a Sunday in takashimaya is not an offence. Singaporeans we have to send a very strong message to our PM that this country belong to Singaporeans
Marc Wang - PM Lee has a lot of support and faith in the PIDC organisers, from the way he supported them - to the extent of running down Singapore citizens and calling them a disgrace.
It is disappointing to know the PIDC organisers has instead embarrassed PM Lee by not applying for even a simple permit before they announce such a 10,000-strong mega event to the public.
I hope the organisers can show they are not so tardy
Sathia Palani -Singaporeans has become a laughing joke for the Filipinos back in their country and the world because of this Singapore PM insensitive rant against his own people. Only now the police comes out with this. Surely now they know it's not the simple minority. If this event is allowed there and Singaporeans gather there to shop in the thousands on the days. I don't know what it would be like. managing such a large scale event, and comply with police requirements asap.
It's sad they want to take it out on the Filipinos, it's not their fault, is it?
I looked up this person's name and found this article:
While she is a citizen, I actually do understand your and Singaporeans' frustration at Lee's attitude.
Did he really say this? 'In an interview with the National Geographic magazine in 2009, Singapore’s supreme leader Lee Kuan Yew proclaimed that it is a ‘good thing’ that Singapore is welcoming so many Chinese immigrants from China as they are ‘harder-striving’ and ‘harder-driving’ than locals.'
Sounds like a put down of Singapore...and yes, it sounds like Lee is running Singapore like a company. Singapore inc with Lee as CEO...
I actually just saw a video where he said, 'do you want all your children to be taxi drivers?' i know what he meant but it comes off as kind of snobby from an Oxford-educated anglophile. The speak English thing was for economic reasons, some might say pander to the west, speak Mandarin probably to cosy up to China.
It reminds me of like Singaporeans who look down on road sweepers, taxi drivers, maids...I mean no wonder now considering Lee's attitude...
While she is a citizen, I actually do understand your and Singaporeans' frustration at Lee's attitude.
Did he really say this? 'In an interview with the National Geographic magazine in 2009, Singapore’s supreme leader Lee Kuan Yew proclaimed that it is a ‘good thing’ that Singapore is welcoming so many Chinese immigrants from China as they are ‘harder-striving’ and ‘harder-driving’ than locals.'
Sounds like a put down of Singapore...and yes, it sounds like Lee is running Singapore like a company. Singapore inc with Lee as CEO...
I actually just saw a video where he said, 'do you want all your children to be taxi drivers?' i know what he meant but it comes off as kind of snobby from an Oxford-educated anglophile. The speak English thing was for economic reasons, some might say pander to the west, speak Mandarin probably to cosy up to China.
It reminds me of like Singaporeans who look down on road sweepers, taxi drivers, maids...I mean no wonder now considering Lee's attitude...
I dont know if he said that, but i am definitely not surprised if he did..
Saw some FB comments, people are GUESSING whether PM is bigger or the police is bigger..
Honestly the fact that there is no permit so far says much about LHL...
Will the event be cancelled..? Hmm watch for further development..
I dont know if he said that, but i am definitely not surprised if he did
Yeah I hope S'pore doesn't become just the Lee's destination for endless Chinese migrants. Enough of this Chinese kinship thing, Singaporeans are Singaporeans, the culture is unique. Some is fine, but not so Singaporeans become a minority in their own country! Already 40% foreigner....
Yeah I hope S'pore doesn't become just the Lee's destination for endless Chinese migrants. Enough of this Chinese kinship thing, Singaporeans are Singaporeans, the culture is unique. Some is fine, but not so Singaporeans become a minority in their own country! Already 40% foreigner....
Current number of PRCs in Singapore is approximately 1 million.. Oct 1 celebration can be held at the Padang..
Current number of PRCs in Singapore is approximately 1 million.. Oct 1 celebration can be held at the Padang..
Wow, 1 million? 1/5 of the population? No wonder sometimes everyone seems to be speaking Mandarin, even if among Singaporeans English is increasing...
I see Chinese flooding Melbourne too. The city is dominated by them. There must be at least two dozen Sichuan restaurants in the CBD alone (not that i'm complaining about that since I love Sichuan/Szechuan cuisine).
I'm not against Chinese immigration per se, and a lot of these are actually students, but yeah you don't want to be totally flooded by any one group...
Sathia Palani - Will the police take immediate action against the PIDC organisers for publishing a event without proper permits. It's already published that the event is going to take place.are the police going to stop Singaporeans going to takashimaya on that day. Singaporeans should go there to shop on that day.if this independence day celebration is approved. Going shopping on a Sunday in takashimaya is not an offence. Singaporeans we have to send a very strong message to our PM that this country belong to Singaporeans
Marc Wang - PM Lee has a lot of support and faith in the PIDC organisers, from the way he supported them - to the extent of running down Singapore citizens and calling them a disgrace.
It is disappointing to know the PIDC organisers has instead embarrassed PM Lee by not applying for even a simple permit before they announce such a 10,000-strong mega event to the public.
I hope the organisers can show they are not so tardy
Sathia Palani -Singaporeans has become a laughing joke for the Filipinos back in their country and the world because of this Singapore PM insensitive rant against his own people. Only now the police comes out with this. Surely now they know it's not the simple minority. If this event is allowed there and Singaporeans gather there to shop in the thousands on the days. I don't know what it would be like. managing such a large scale event, and comply with police requirements asap.
I don't know who this guy is, but in case you want to know, Filipinos and other people in the world are supporting the Singapore PM. Even here in C-D, you know what the sentiments of people are. They are not laughing about this matter, but are disgusted. It is pretty low profile elsewhere and it is the first and only time I have heard of this here at C-D. I follow Philippine news online to a certain extent and also have a couple of Filipino facebook friends working in Singapore. Nothing regarding this event from those sources.
I don't know who this guy is, but in case you want to know, Filipinos and other people in the world are supporting the Singapore PM. Even here in C-D, you know what the sentiments of people are. They are not laughing about this matter, but are disgusted. It is pretty low profile elsewhere and it is the first and only time I have heard of this here at C-D. I follow Philippine news online to a certain extent and also have a couple of Filipino facebook friends working in Singapore. Nothing regarding this event from those sources.
I can't say for sure, but I don't think most Singaporeans will really think much about it. I would think most would be supportive of the event.
Why do Filipinos want to go to Singapore.
Singapore is too rigid and has a very undynamic economy with slow growth potential.
The Philippines is a booming economy, Manila is an ocean of skyscrapers. There are literally hundreds of office skyscrapers going up all over the Philippines.
The Philippines is growing much faster than Singapore.
The Philippines is a much bigger, more powerfull and important country than Singapore.
The Philippines has a great future as a major Asian power, Singapore does not.
The Philippines is a free country, Singapore is a police state.
If I was a Filipino I would stay in the Philippines, it has a greater future and potential than singapore
Singapore is one city yet it's GDP already exceeds the Philippines. 5 million versus over 100 million is kind of shocking. Singapore alone gets 3 times the visitors as the PI. If you're a poor farmer earning $2 a day even Singapores say $50 a day starts to sound mighty attractive.
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