Monday, February 27, 2006
The (In)Significance of Political Elections in Singapore
NUS' Dept of Political Science had their annual Singapore Forum on Politics on Sat 25th. I didn't have a chance to attend it but Double Yellow's Musings has a summary while NUS taped the whole thing and made it available online as a webcast. I don't think it bodes well for the opposition that he criticised the only speaker who might be standing in the next elections as an opposition candidate - James Gomez. To be criticised as boring is not quite a good sign.
What did the assigned Straits Times journalist, William Han, pick up? Well, the article titles in the Sunday Times on the 26th speak for themselves: 'Lack of political choice harmful: Forum panel' and 'Media 'too timid' in election coverage: Panellist'. The latter article which reported the views of Viswa Sadasivan, The Right Angle Group Chairman and former SBC current affairs producer, was reproduced on at least two blogs: Mr Wang and Anti-Neo-Democracy Theorist.
What did the assigned Straits Times journalist, William Han, pick up? Well, the article titles in the Sunday Times on the 26th speak for themselves: 'Lack of political choice harmful: Forum panel' and 'Media 'too timid' in election coverage: Panellist'. The latter article which reported the views of Viswa Sadasivan, The Right Angle Group Chairman and former SBC current affairs producer, was reproduced on at least two blogs: Mr Wang and Anti-Neo-Democracy Theorist.
