tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post113818655403253451..comments2023-11-05T17:53:13.405+08:00Comments on Singabloodypore: Liberty League: The Almost Scandal??Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1138416543075157572006-01-28T10:49:00.000+08:002006-01-28T10:49:00.000+08:00I find this interesting. PLU is not officially reg...I find this interesting. PLU is not officially registered and recognised as a society, however, they have been allowed to do and say things like a society. <BR/><BR/>Eminently interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1138239581054066052006-01-26T09:39:00.000+08:002006-01-26T09:39:00.000+08:00PLU was not the only person who has alerted NVPC a...PLU was not the only person who has alerted NVPC about LL. i know people who, independent of PLU, sent emails to NVPC and Cut-Waste Panel.<BR/><BR/>so no doubt the PLU's efforts contributed, i would be cautious to say that they were the sole reason for bringing this issue to NVPC's attentionrench00https://www.blogger.com/profile/08945837600494918295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1138206676208659072006-01-26T00:31:00.000+08:002006-01-26T00:31:00.000+08:00I'm sure PLU will declare "Mission accomplished!" ...I'm sure PLU will declare "Mission accomplished!" on the LL matter?<BR/><BR/>CNA made the claim in its news report that Liberty League received 100K from NVPC. One could read literally that the money has already been given, then be outraged and complain about poor governance, government collusion, and so on. Or, if one had prior knowledge of NGO operations, it would be apparent that the money has in fact not been given out, and that when given out, would be doled quarterly in smaller amounts.<BR/><BR/>I suspect that Liberty League jumped the gun with channelnewsasia on the issue and preemptively declared the programme funded when in fact, it hadn't.akikonomuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05750460516384317828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1138204085118371892006-01-25T23:48:00.000+08:002006-01-25T23:48:00.000+08:00The "infantile" label is really... infantile.Consi...The "infantile" label is really... infantile.<BR/><BR/>Considering the latest article in Today, it seems the NVPC is indeed reviewing the matter, if you read carefully behind the bureaucratese. The news article said the "NVPC will assess the efficacy of all Liberty League's proposed programmes before disbursing any funding."<BR/><BR/>The question then is who got them to take note and review?<BR/><BR/>I remember reading somewhere that PLU went to meet with NVPC, and then later launched the press release (maybe they were unhappy with the answers they got at the meeting?).<BR/><BR/>If the matter was left as an article in Fridae.com and some bloggers comments, I don't think the NVPC would have been moved to do something.<BR/><BR/>Yes, PLU's methods are unusually outspoken and quite un-Singaporean, but they are quite normal for any activist group in the US or Australia or even HK, for example. And in this case, they can be said to be effective.<BR/><BR/>In the end, that's what counts.<BR/><BR/>And I think it was PLU who revealed that the newspaper article was supposed to appear last week but was blocked by the govt. My guess is that that article was finally printed today. If PLU didn't make a fuss about that bit of censorship, the govt could have got away with it and no one would have known that censorship had occurred.<BR/><BR/>So I think PLU did us all a favour by being as loud as they are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com