It's A Rich Man's World
(For The Benefit of the Government)
Policies are therefore often formulated solely towards achieving material gain.
[CHEE SOON JUAN, Your Future, My Faith, Our Freedom (Singapore: Open Singapore Centre, 2001)]
A NEW PROGRESSIVE AUTHORIAL & DISSENTING VOICE -- OF, AND FOR, REALISM, REALITY & NON-ILLUSIONARY HOPE & FREEDOM -- STRUGGLING FOR PEACE & PROSPERITY (FOR ALL OF HUMANKIND) IN THE NEW CHANGING WORLD
Thursday, August 21, 2008
There Are Places I Can Remember .......
WHERE I LIVED (AS AN
UNDERGROUND WRITER
AND CRITIC) AT
VARIOUS TIMES OF
MY LIFE:
UNDERGROUND WRITER
AND CRITIC) AT
VARIOUS TIMES OF
MY LIFE:
- Tasek Utara Estate--Blk 40, No. 1-A (1953-1979);
- Whampoa Drive--Blk 103 (1980-1085);
- Jalan Kukoh (1986);
- Telok Kurau (1987);
- Whampoa Drive--Blk 74 (1988);
- Mosque Street (1988-1989);
- Yishun Town--Blk 161 (1990-1994);
- Chempaka Avenue (1995);
- Hougang Avenue 10--Blk 516 (1995-1997);
- Yishun Street 22--Blk 264 (1997- ).
Challenging the "Cultured", "Polite", "Edifying" and "Humane" PAP Government
To Be Incorrigibly Steadfast in Our Fight
For Freedom From Oppression
Legislation such as the NPPA and the formation of the SBA needs to be reviewed, and the media needs to be free to allow a healthy flow of uncensored information. Only when editors and journalists are free of their shackles can their writing serve to guide and educate.
[From: CHEE SOON JUAN, Your Future, My Faith, Our Freedom: A democratic blueprint for Singapore (Singapore: Open Singapore Centre, 2001)]
For Freedom From Oppression
Legislation such as the NPPA and the formation of the SBA needs to be reviewed, and the media needs to be free to allow a healthy flow of uncensored information. Only when editors and journalists are free of their shackles can their writing serve to guide and educate.
[From: CHEE SOON JUAN, Your Future, My Faith, Our Freedom: A democratic blueprint for Singapore (Singapore: Open Singapore Centre, 2001)]
The Singapore Government and the Mass Media
The Mass Media in Singapore
A society with a free flow of information--that is, where the media is free and independent--ensures that the government remains transparent and accountable. Transparency and accountability, or the lack thereof, is what got Asia into this crisis.
[From: CHEE SOON JUAN, The Power of Courage: Effective political change in Singapore through Nonviolence (Singapore: Chee Soon Juan, 2005)]
A society with a free flow of information--that is, where the media is free and independent--ensures that the government remains transparent and accountable. Transparency and accountability, or the lack thereof, is what got Asia into this crisis.
[From: CHEE SOON JUAN, The Power of Courage: Effective political change in Singapore through Nonviolence (Singapore: Chee Soon Juan, 2005)]