4 million smiles are just ain't enough.
Singapore under fire as World Bank-IMF protest, 8th September 06
Naked Truth - Protesters say S'pore will deport them, 8th September 06
The Sound Of Silence, I-S Magazine, 8th September 06
Gloom in Hotel Lobbies, 8th September 06
With all the negative publicity generated, would you be surprised if less than expected number of visitors actually came ? Will they come with their family and spend all their money here or will they just come for the conference and return back home / go else where immediately ?
One thing for sure, this gov't doesn't know how to do good PR.
IMHO, I think the supposed protests or demostrations that will come and "disrupt our sheltered island lives" can be effectively managed by changing the mode of their delivery. We could give permits to the NGOs and CSOs to do their speeches and discussions at our Hong Lim Park (i.e the defuncted Speaker's Corner) where it is supposedly there for. Then, while they are in the area, these guys can stroll into Chinatown or the nearby Boat Quay to help boost our economy here and stuff.
By concentrating them into one area, monitoring would be easier for the men in blues. And if the Red Dot can pull this off, the positive publicity generated will do us good in the long run. Instead, our uncreative adminstrators just do the lazy thing by shutting these people out.
Sometimes 4 million smiles are just ain't enough.
Naked Truth - Protesters say S'pore will deport them, 8th September 06
The Sound Of Silence, I-S Magazine, 8th September 06
Gloom in Hotel Lobbies, 8th September 06
With all the negative publicity generated, would you be surprised if less than expected number of visitors actually came ? Will they come with their family and spend all their money here or will they just come for the conference and return back home / go else where immediately ?
One thing for sure, this gov't doesn't know how to do good PR.
IMHO, I think the supposed protests or demostrations that will come and "disrupt our sheltered island lives" can be effectively managed by changing the mode of their delivery. We could give permits to the NGOs and CSOs to do their speeches and discussions at our Hong Lim Park (i.e the defuncted Speaker's Corner) where it is supposedly there for. Then, while they are in the area, these guys can stroll into Chinatown or the nearby Boat Quay to help boost our economy here and stuff.
By concentrating them into one area, monitoring would be easier for the men in blues. And if the Red Dot can pull this off, the positive publicity generated will do us good in the long run. Instead, our uncreative adminstrators just do the lazy thing by shutting these people out.
Sometimes 4 million smiles are just ain't enough.
posted by 逍遥老头 at 2:10 PM
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