Brown Sunday

last SG · 2006-11-15T19:29:14+00:00

ehh tamago, u always bring ur camera around with out izzit? everytime see photos hehe

anonymouscoward SG

Hi people,

In silent protest to the rising cost of living and the failure of our govt to provide constructive solution instead of absurd policy and excuse, I will be wearing brown on every Sunday starting from this weekend. Join me if you will and hope that we'll turn Singapore into a brown city on Sundays so that our government can see that we are indeed, feed up with the rising cost of living.

Ito_^ SG

my whole wardrobe only got black and white clothes, and some blue jeans.

no money buy la.

missqi SG

wuz that?
WHY BROWN?
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Ito_^ SG

ya lor.. can black anot?

if black i every day oso can! Laughing

dakkon_blackblade SG

I like to wear white. Embarassed

Y_Shun SG

Mr Brown is the leader is it? Laughing

dragg SG

go topless.

the message will be clearer.

Embarassed

LinYu SG

Frankly, someone wanted to put their dissatification into action so if not contributing, pls do not spam
Mad Mad Mad

DriftingGuy SG

Hell why not? I wear brown quite often anyway Laughing

justcooler SG

is it legal gathering of more then 5 people in public area, got permit or not.

Good motive, but will it really sent a clear message to the gov??

^tamago^ SG

Straits Times, Jul 10, 2006

Cops looking into gathering in support of mr brown

THE police are looking into a gathering of 30 people who turned up wearing brown to support blogger mr brown at City Hall MRT station yesterday afternoon.

Those interviewed said they had come in response to an SMS message that had circulated over the weekend, after the free newspaper Today had suspended his weekly column.

The text message had asked people to wear brown and head for City Hall MRT station at 2pm yesterday, to protest against the 'Government-imposed blackout'.

At about 2pm, The Straits Times found about 30 people standing in groups of four to five, talking and laughing just outside the station. They were mostly in their 20s and 30s, and most had come alone. Also present was a Canadian family of three, a mother and her two teenage daughters.

There were no posters, banners or placards, but artist Zai Kuning, 44, came in a brown T-shirt which said 'I am fed up with progress' on the back.
That was referring to the headline of mr brown's June 30 article, 'Singaporeans are fed, up with progress', that drew criticism from the Government.

Mr Zai said: 'I don't really read mr brown's online postings or his columns but...I wanted to show my support for him because what happened to him was unfair.'

Mr brown is the moniker of full-time writer and blogger Lee Kin Mun, 36. In a letter published in Today on July 3, the Government criticised his last piece on the high cost of living here.

The newspaper then suspended the column, sparking online postings late last week by bloggers and netizens, mostly critical of the freesheet's move.
Yesterday, Mr Lee said through his friend, Mr Edmund Tan, 37, who runs a studio that produces content for mr brown's website, that he knew about the SMS asking people to go to City Hall MRT station but was not the one who initiated it.

'We are touched by the gesture and we hope that nobody gets into trouble because of us,' said Mr Tan.

Some police officers were on patrol at City Hall MRT yesterday but they did not approach any of the people dressed in brown or tell them to disperse. By 2.20pm, people began wandering off, and by 2.40pm, it was over.

It is illegal to organise an assembly of five or more people to support or protest something without a permit.

The police confirmed that nobody was arrested. A spokesman said: 'The police are aware of the incident and we are looking into it.'

^tamago^ SG

Straits Times
Saturday, July 22, 2006

SINGAPORE: No action against mr brown's supporters
Police will not take action against the 30 people who protested on the blogger's behalf because there was 'no breach of public order'

The police will not take any action against the 30 or so people who gathered at City Hall MRT station earlier this month in a show of support for popular blogger mr brown.

The police issued a statement yesterday saying they had looked into the matter and found there was no breach of public order. Neither was there any inconvenience caused to MRT commuters and members of the public, the statement added.

The gathering took place on July 9, days after the free newspaper Today said it was suspending mr brown's weekly column.

Those interviewed said they were responding to an SMS message, urging people to protest against the "Government-imposed blackout." It asked people to wear brown and head for City Hall MRT station at 2pm.

Those who turned up stood in groups of four or five outside the station. By 2.40pm, they were all gone. No one carried any posters, banners or placards.

Only artist Zai Kuning, 44, donned a brown T-shirt which said "I am fed up with progress" on the back.

It was in reference to the headline of mr brown's June 30 article in Today titled "Singaporeans are fed up with progress."

In the column, mr brown -- the moniker of full-time writer and blogger Lee Kin Mun, 36 -- commented that increases in taxi fares and electricity tariffs had come after the polls and at a time when a government survey showed a widening income gap.

mr brown opens door to media debate

By Li Xueying

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How now, mr brown?

Two weeks after his satirical column appeared in the Today newspaper on June 30, earning the wrath of the Government and a suspension of the said column, full-time writer and blogger mr brown appears to have recovered from the affair.

According to his blog, Mr Lee Kin Mun, 36, who uses the mr brown moniker online, is now in San Diego covering a comics convention.

More importantly, the affair has moved beyond mr brown as an individual, sparking a discussion on the larger issues of the evolving roles of the online and traditional media.

There is no scientific poll, so no one can tell for sure how ordinary Singaporeans feel about the incident.

Blogger bulletin Tomorrow.sg ran an online poll. In it, 76 per cent of the 293 Netizens who responded thought the Government "over-sensitive" in its response. Twenty per cent were indifferent, and 4 per cent felt mr brown's column was irresponsible.

In it, Mr Lee had criticised the rising cost of living and noted that increases in taxi fares and electricity tariffs had come after the General Election and at a time when a government survey showed a widening income gap.

The Government also said it would not have taken heed if the column had appeared in his blog, but it expected different standards in a mainstream paper.

Is it feasible to draw a line between the mainstream media and the Internet? A politician, a lecturer and a blogger thrash out the issues in a roundtable discussion.

anonymouscoward SG

We are not gathering nor are we staging a protest. We are simply wearing brown to show our disappointment with the current government. In fact, we do not even have to smile or look at each other when we see another person wearing brown.

Wear brown every Sunday and as months pass, if we manage to convince the majority of Singapore to wear brown on Sundays. It will be a phenomenon sight that visibly showed that Singapore are not happy and fed up with the rising cost.

Hell, we may even prove that the government in fact, do not have 66.6% of support they claim.

choco B SG

LOL Hell yeah I'll wear brown this Sunday Mr. Green

Cindyfeh SG

I will wear brown on Sundays too.

Thanks for the idea.

I do encourage others to do it too. I notice that many of the the forumers who posted above this messge are "in support of the brown cause #1" but seems to be NATO when it comes to action.

Instead of chiding the thread starter, why don't you really do some thing? I think wearing brown on Sundays is a peaceful and meaningful way of showing your intentions.

So instead of just complaining in this forum, why don't you do something? Please take ACTION!

#1 - These forumers have posted various replies deriding the rise of GST in other threads.

NATO - No Action, Type Only

Flame me all you want, but at least I can say "I take further actions other than the vote"..

shinta SG

but why brown?

Classyfied SG

why not black? green? blue? purple? orange?

WHY BROWN? Laughing

anonymouscoward SG

If it is a one time affair that I believe it will fail. But if we do this every Sunday, people will start asking questions and they will start to talk. Soon, the number of people wearing brown is bound to increase.

If the government and our press fail to notice why so many people are wearing brown on Sunday, then I have nothing to say. It only further proves how far away from the people they are; I will still continue to wear brown and hopefully, we can turn the whole Singapore brown.

Why Brown? Because Mr. Brown was the first to put forth his article about the rising cost of living in Singapore but he was silenced, harshly and senselessly.

30 or so people gather at City Hall to show their support for Mr Brown and we should continue to support Mr. Brown's idea that 'enough is really enough'; The rising cost is unbearable for the average Singaporean.

Hence, brown. It is not a usual color and thus it sends a clear and distinct message.

Brown, because the current government way of squeezing its people feels like sh.it.

shinta SG

i dun have anything thats brown in colour Sad not even khaki... Sad

^tamago^ SG

read the news articles above. Laughing