Notes From The Anti-Government Critic and Writer

On Courage

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear.

MARK TWAIN


But what you see (on TV, in the political pages of the national press) is certainly not what you'll get with Dr. Chee, who in our hour-long interview came across as erudite, urbane, articulate, smart, focused, eloquent and yes, very normal--debunking his media-projected persona as a stone-cold megalomaniac.

[RAMESH WILLIAM and ZAKI JUFRI, "The Unusual Suspects" (I-S Magazine, 25 July 2008)]


I am sure that most people would become apathetic if their views were completely ignored.

[From: Mad Anarchist, "Comments", The PAP Dilemma (Newsintercom.org), 3 August 2005]


This denies us the reason to ponder on something we should all think about. There is an endless sky, there is a goodness that defies pragmatism, there is a gentleness that is unconnected with retribution. These things have been denied in Singapore. They are real and important if we want to make our society workable and yet humane.

I do believe.

[GOPAL BARATHAM, The Caning of Michael Fay (Singapore: KRP Publications, 1994)]

INTELLECTUAL NEEDS

Cognitive Understanding; Knowledge; Curiosity

The boring academics in Singapore universities, which are controlled by the PAP Government, simply can't write! Their published scientific and technocratic writings are unreadable! What a waste of public money!

My Own (DCCS) Version Or the ISD/MSD/PAP/SG Version?

DAVID CHUA CHUAN SEAH

(THE AUTHOR OF

"THE DCCS PAPERS") SAYS:


What will be the NEXT version of my life by the "responsible", "cultured", "polite", "edifying" and "humane" Internal Security Department (ISD) agents, Military Security Department (MSD) operatives and officers, PAP leaders and their supporters, under-cover police officers, and all the rest of the government members in the Establishment?

Can I see their dossiers (must be damn pretty thick by now!) on me? Ha, ha, ha!

In Defiance Of Government Orthodoxy

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)]

There Are Places I Can Remember .......

WHERE I LIVED (AS AN

UNDERGROUND WRITER

AND CRITIC) AT

VARIOUS TIMES OF

MY LIFE:

1. Tasek Utara Estate--Blk 40, No. 1-A (1953-1979);
2. Whampoa Drive--Blk 103 (1980-1085);
3. Jalan Kukoh (1986);
4. Telok Kurau (1987);
5. Whampoa Drive--Blk 74 (1988);
6. Mosque Street (1988-1989);
7. Yishun Town--Blk 161 (1990-1994);
8. Chempaka Avenue (1995);
9. Hougang Avenue 10--Blk 516 (1995-1997);
10. 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)]

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)]