SDP calling netizens: Help us win Bukit
Panjang
We wrote in yesterday's column how the PAP is nervous about
the Singapore Democrats campaigning in Bukit Panjang and getting
the Straits Times to run a two-page
advertisement for its MP, Dr Teo Ho Pin.
How else can one conclude wihen the ST writers not so subtly rammed
home the point that Dr Teo is good and invincible, and the SDP is
bad and cannot win? The quote at the end of the piece says it all:
"Dr Teo is already so popular in Bukit Panjang. Now that everyone
is so happy with the upgrading works and new sports complex, he
might even do better in the next elections."
But while the media heap praise upon Dr Teo, they black out news
about the SDP. Examples: The Straits
Times refused to report on our fight for the residents
and stallholders over the closure of the Fajar wet market.
We had signed the petition put up stallholders, met Dr Teo during
his meet-the-people sesion, and written to Sheng Siong and the HDB
over the issue. But none of this was reported by
the Straits Times.
The media also made sure nothing was reported about
our Alternative Economic Programme. They avoided
attending our public forum during which we discussed specific
proposals about Singapore's economic direction.
The Straits Times even went to the extent of
refusing to publish our replies to letters written by PAP
supporters attacking SDP in the Forum page.
Not only are our views censored by the media, the Ministry of
Information, Communication and the Arts withheld our permit to
publish our newspaper, The New Democrat. As a result
Bukit Panjang voters couldn't read our news. Communication with the
voters was made impossible.
PAP has SPH, SDP has
netizens
While Dr Teo has the backing of his party that controls the media
and the electoral process, the Singapore Democrats enjoy no such
advantage.
But we have something that the PAP doesn't. We
have you, the netizens of Singapore. While it is impossible for us
to get our views through the traditional media, we have the new
media.
We ask you, our friends and supporters in cyberspace, to help us
get our message across. We need your help to overcome the PAP's
media blockade. You can help us in a few ways:
One, email this piece to your friends by clicking on the button at
the top right corner of this page. If each of you can email this
appeal to your friends and contacts, we will have spread our
message exponentially.
Two, share this article with your Facebook friends and also invite
them to join our Facebook.
Three. we also need to reach those who do not frequent the
Internet. For this we need to print and distribute flyers. This
takes money. We need you to donate to the campaign so that we can
step up our communication effort with the residents at Bukit
Panjang.
We cannot wait until the elections to start distributing these
flyers and conducting campaign activities. By then, it'll be
too little, too late.
Don't
let the PAP and
the Straits
Times continue to win elections by controlling
the media. We need netizens like you to do
your part. If you do your part, we will be able to give the PAP a
run for its money.
So please donate. Donate now and donate generously. Every bit
counts. Click here.
Finally, we need more than just funds. We need campaign workers who
will help us carry out our election work, both online and on the
ground. We started our work a long time ago. We are intensifying it
now and we need your help. Apart from contributing financially to
the cause, please also volunteer your services. Email us at[email protected].
This election is crucial in many ways.
The issues are pressing as they are worrying: The
deliberate flooding of Singapore with foreigners, the escalating
cost of living, the unaffordable price of HDB flats,
stc.
We need your support to stop the PAP from continuing these policies
that are dragging us over the cliff. We cannot do this alone. We
need your support.
Help us win Bukit
Panjang.
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