Dr Chee’s recent interviews on America’s talk shows have sparked
a wave of criticisms from PAP propagandists and
supporters. These propagandists have repeatedly claimed that by
granting interviews to the foreign press, Dr Chee is trying to ‘do
us in’. So really, they are merely parroting our own MM Lee when
they said that by alerting the world to our plight (lack of human
rights), our economy will suffer and we will get done in.
The nonsense spouted by these propagandists is nothing more than
unwarranted extrapolation and a desperate attempt to mislead
Singaporeans.
First of all, let us take a look at Dr Chee’s intention and
statement, and see how that was mangled by the PAP
propagandists to mislead the public.
“He will call on the US to deal with Singapore on the basis of
equality where America’s political and business leaders don’t
collaborate with the Singapore Government on trade at the expense
of democracy and human rights.
Such an approach only allows and even encourages the
PAP to continue its exploitation of Singaporeans where
wages are depressed while the cost of living continues to
rise.”
From:
http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/304…
No rational person can possibly misunderstand Dr Chee’s call on
the US to deal with Singapore on the basis of equality to mean
‘severing business ties’ or ‘don’t invest in Singapore’. It is
clear that these PAP propagandists simply highlighted
the ‘don’t collaborate with the Singapore Government’ bit, and
purposely misunderstood it to mean ‘severing business ties’. They
are simply taking advantage of the fact that many Singaporeans do
not understand the subtle nuances of the English language, and that
many skim through web articles and focus on highlighted
portions.
Surely, foreign businesses that respect workers’ rights can only
be a good thing! Surely foreign businesses that do not wantonly
retrench Singaporeans in favour of cheaper Third World labour can
only benefit Singaporeans!
But of course, it doesn’t bother officers working in
ISD offices whether Singaporean workers are paid
lesser and lesser despite growing living costs.
While they are in the throes of their ‘righteous’ rant, these
propagandists also cleverly omitted the fact that the
PAP are the ones collaborating with foreign
powers!
“The PAP even consults these foreign companies on
how much Sinaporeans’ should be paid. The National Wages Council
has on its 2007/2008 board representatives from the US (Douglas
Miller), Japanese (Shigeru Kobayashi), and German (Alexander
Melchers) chambers of commerce.”
From:
http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/306…
Dr Chee’s interviews have given him greater access to the
American public and helped spread the message of Singapore’s
struggle for democracy and freedom. The PAP are
getting worried. With increased international scrutiny, they will
have to learn to curb their excesses. And with the typical
PAP paranoia of losing even a small fraction of their
power and wealth, we see an increase in propaganda messages both
online and in the print media. I wonder who is paying for all that
overtime our hardworking State propagandists are putting in?
Crew
