ST Online letter draws govt reply

AndrewPKYap SG

The reply by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (Mica) was published on The Straits Times' Online Forum website on Tuesday. It came about a week after the letter by Mr Tan Kee Lin was published on the website on Jan 19.

Mr Tan, in his letter 'Disturbed by Govt's response to new media proposals', criticised the Government's decision to engage netizens only via its official website Reach or the online forums of mainstream media, saying that was not good enough. The decision was too 'deterministic' and 'top-down', he said. 'It is still the Government that decides what issues are important enough to be debated on Reach,' he added.

The letter led to a response from Mica, 'Not efficient to engage Singaporeans on many online platforms'.

Mica's corporate communications director Julia Hang explained the Government's stance, saying it is 'not realistic or efficient to engage Singaporeans on a multitude of online platforms, which would require extensive resources'.

AndrewPKYap SG

"'not realistic or efficient to engage Singaporeans on a multitude of online platforms" or anywhere else, their asslicking replies would have been shot down?

"'not realistic or efficient to engage Singaporeans on a multitude of online platforms" or anywhere else, netizens would raise questions too difficult for them to answer?

"'not realistic or efficient to engage Singaporeans on a multitude of online platforms" or anywhere else, what they are trying to hide becomes more obvious than what they are saying?

Fantagf SG

heck care. don't think they are ever sincere in getting people involved to make life better. it is more for their benefit. It is always the benefits, advantages, gain of the ruling party before the people who feed them. Wayang wayang only!