Reply to: How Rude

[Spacecadet]

Slightly ironic that he chose to take his case about undemocratic practices to an unelected body in a country where a party obtaining 30% of the vote can end up with a sizeable majority.

This was a few years ago

[shaunbhoy]

In fact the first ever opposition MP (in a parliment where every single seat had untill that time been taken by a member of the ruling party) was set up on various bogus charges and ended up in prison. As Singapore is a commonwealth country he took his case to the House of Lords in the UK who threw out all charges and accused the Singapore government of some serious foul play.

Slightly ironic that he chose to take his case about undemocratic practices to an unelected body in a country where a party obtaining 30% of the vote can end up with a sizeable majority.

[Spacecadet]

If you think that the UK is crowded it is nothing compared to this place.

There are about four million people living on an island not much bigger than the Isle of Wight.

They have to make more of an effort not to piss each other off otherwise they would all kill each other.

There is more to it than that, most of the rules came about not long after Singapore broke away from Malaysia and became independant. There were some vicious race riots as the various ethnic groups (indians, chinese and Malay) set upon one another.
Then there is the PAP, who have been in power for the entire time modern Singapore has existed as a country. They are not exactly open to the idea of a free press and open political dialogue. In fact the first ever opposition MP (in a parliment where every single seat had untill that time been taken by a member of the ruling party) was set up on various bogus charges and ended up in prison. As Singapore is a commonwealth country he took his case to the House of Lords in the UK who threw out all charges and accused the Singapore government of some serious foul play.

[sweetandsour]

Is Singorporean culture really that repressed?

Never been there but heard it is quite strict in terms of rules when in public.

If you think that the UK is crowded it is nothing compared to this place.

There are about four million people living on an island not much bigger than the Isle of Wight.

They have to make more of an effort not to piss each other off otherwise they would all kill each other.

[EternalOptimist]

I worked in Singapore for a while. The telly is horrible, there is pervasive repression and control in that place.
One of my colleagues displayed real fear when I refused to eat my '5' in the canteen
five portions of fresh fruit a day might be healthy, but I wasnt going to be forced

[TinTrump]

I had a look but got distracted by all the crumpet in bikinis on the site. And there was more outrage about some girl showing more than expected on the bonnet of a car. Warrants further investigation...

[BrilloPad]

Calm down, BP, this is a Johnny Foreigner site, so they don't know about proper behaviour.

Damn : missed it was east of Dover. Of course civilisation ends there. I have often thought that as I drive through Kidbrooke.

[OwlHoot]

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/st...gly_commuters/

Anywhere else and this would be a spoof website

It'll be like that in the UK in a few years. See if I'm not right.

Witness recent news articles about kids being bribed to shop people, including their parents, for trivial misdemeanours.

[Spacecadet]

Last time in Singapore there was a childrens TV program daughter was watching and then right in the program was some crap about wearing designer clothes and how wrong it is to get caught up in a fashion for wearing designer clothes. Bizarre. Like Andy Pandy suddenly stopping and saying you don't need to wear Levis to be cool. But you have to have been there to get the total bizarreness of it.

Have you seen what happens whenever someone is smoking a cigarette on a TV broadcast?

By law the TV company has to display an onscreen health warning the entire time the smoker is on screen

[threaded]

Last time in Singapore there was a childrens TV program daughter was watching and then right in the program was some crap about wearing designer clothes and how wrong it is to get caught up in a fashion for wearing designer clothes. Bizarre. Like Andy Pandy suddenly stopping and saying you don't need to wear Levis to be cool. But you have to have been there to get the total bizarreness of it.

[Spacecadet]

Does this site deserve an Autumn Holiday visit?

I need to go to Singapore on a semi-regular basis so can't afford to get banned

I've noticed that they have BMW drivers there too
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/st...s_tiny_eq.html

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/st...mw_driver.html

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/st...to_gerald.html

[Paddy]

Does this site deserve an Autumn Holiday visit?

[NotAllThere]

Calm down, BP, this is a Johnny Foreigner site, so they don't know about proper behaviour.

[BrilloPad]

"This mother was spotted feeding her toddler in the bus despite the no-eating or drinking rule. STOMPer Lookout, who also warned her about the bumpy bus ride, was disappointed by her actions."

FFS

Clearly sent in by someone with no kids.......

[Spacecadet]

Is Singorporean culture really that repressed?

Never been there but heard it is quite strict in terms of rules when in public.

Singaporeans manage to be both some of the rudest people I've ever met and the most vocal about other peoples rudeness.

They're walking hypocrisies