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No Wonder Yaccob wants to censor: But BBC doesnt care
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SPH censor BBC interview with PM
It’s amusing to see the Singapore newspapers have not run the complete BBC interview with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The broadsheet Straits Times and the freesheet Today have not published the last question asked in the interview, which can be heard in a five-and-a-half-minute audio clip on the BBC World Service website.
The interviewer said: “Finally, Prime Minister, I read that you are apparently the highest paid head of government in the world. Your salary is about four or five times what President Obama gets. Are you worth all that money?”
PM Lee laughed and said: “I am not comparing myself and I don’t look at these rankings.We go on a system which is open, honest, transparent – what is the job worth, what is the quality of the person whom you want. We need the best people for the job and these are jobs where you make decisions which are worth billions of dollars. And you cannot do that if you are pretending and you just say, ‘Well, we are all in it for the love of King and Country’. We want it to be honest, we want people not to come in for the money. But at the same time the sacrifice cannot be too great. And at times like these, you want the best possible government you can have.”
Why on earth did the Straits Times and Today censor the Prime Minister’s interview?
The Prime Minister did not hesitate to answer the question.
So why did the Singapore newspapers not run the question and the answer?
It looks silly because people visiting the BBC World Service website are likely to come across the interview and discover that the Singapore media are still censoring the news.
It’s amusing to see the Singapore newspapers have not run the complete BBC interview with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The broadsheet Straits Times and the freesheet Today have not published the last question asked in the interview, which can be heard in a five-and-a-half-minute audio clip on the BBC World Service website.
The interviewer said: “Finally, Prime Minister, I read that you are apparently the highest paid head of government in the world. Your salary is about four or five times what President Obama gets. Are you worth all that money?”
PM Lee laughed and said: “I am not comparing myself and I don’t look at these rankings.We go on a system which is open, honest, transparent – what is the job worth, what is the quality of the person whom you want. We need the best people for the job and these are jobs where you make decisions which are worth billions of dollars. And you cannot do that if you are pretending and you just say, ‘Well, we are all in it for the love of King and Country’. We want it to be honest, we want people not to come in for the money. But at the same time the sacrifice cannot be too great. And at times like these, you want the best possible government you can have.”
Why on earth did the Straits Times and Today censor the Prime Minister’s interview?
The Prime Minister did not hesitate to answer the question.
So why did the Singapore newspapers not run the question and the answer?
It looks silly because people visiting the BBC World Service website are likely to come across the interview and discover that the Singapore media are still censoring the news.
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$68 million per scholar over their life time. Assume that we have a conservative number of 400 of them (ministers, Admin Service, Judges etc) ...it will cost taxpayers $27,200,000,000 ($27 billion).
Do they generate that much value for sinkapore?
$68 million per scholar over their life time. Assume that we have a conservative number of 400 of them (ministers, Admin Service, Judges etc) ...it will cost taxpayers $27,200,000,000 ($27 billion).
Do they generate that much value for sinkapore?
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Very few Singaporeans would browse the BBC website. Indeed, I do not, even if I listen to the World Service on the radio while driving.
Very few Singaporeans would browse the BBC website. Indeed, I do not, even if I listen to the World Service on the radio while driving.
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Taking two recent examples of Vivian and Yakult's public performances and utterances, the Braddell prostitutes know that the inclusion of that last part will make everyone roll on the floor and laugh.
Taking two recent examples of Vivian and Yakult's public performances and utterances, the Braddell prostitutes know that the inclusion of that last part will make everyone roll on the floor and laugh.
OPEN, HONEST, TRANSPARENT, - hmm, we actually don't know how much each of the ministers are getting in total each year.
QUALITY OF THE PERSON - hmm. I don't know what to say. Difficult to judge because the CEOs of MDA and NEA have not opened their mouths nor appeared in person or in the media. And let's not even talk about Yakult and Vivian as well as "What-do-you-think" Rear Teo.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO COME IN FOR THE MONEY - hmm. Bargain Hen, Indranee, Shanmuggam yes. Any others?
SACRIFICE CANNOT BE TOO GREAT - hmm, like DisGrace Fu, Overtime Tan who miss seeing their children growing up and not being able to spend time with their ageing parents.
QUALITY OF THE PERSON - hmm. I don't know what to say. Difficult to judge because the CEOs of MDA and NEA have not opened their mouths nor appeared in person or in the media. And let's not even talk about Yakult and Vivian as well as "What-do-you-think" Rear Teo.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO COME IN FOR THE MONEY - hmm. Bargain Hen, Indranee, Shanmuggam yes. Any others?
SACRIFICE CANNOT BE TOO GREAT - hmm, like DisGrace Fu, Overtime Tan who miss seeing their children growing up and not being able to spend time with their ageing parents.
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..................BBC should have counter argued
I think this new internet control thing is under the direction of Pinky and Old Fart. Yakult is too freaking dumb to even tell the difference from his ass and his face. That is why his internet controls crap is not workable. It would have been much easier to censor the internet like in Ah Tiong land.
People who are "the best people for the job and these are jobs where you make decisions which are worth billions of dollars".... hmmm... that troubles me no end.
We have people who screw up time and again, that's what I know for a fact. We have housing that we can barely afford. We have overcrowding that the infrastructure can't handle. We have inflation that is weighing on us.
Are we really paying for the best people for the job? Or are they all duds?
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what about the great escape of a limping terrorist mas selamat? they don't seem to be accountable and they just continue to laugh all the way to the bank with their obscene million$.
what about the great escape of a limping terrorist mas selamat? they don't seem to be accountable and they just continue to laugh all the way to the bank with their obscene million$.
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http://therealsingapore.com/content/singapore-newspapers-censor-pm’s-bbc-interview
http://therealsingapore.com/content/singapore-newspapers-censor-pm’s-bbc-interview
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Yes, the spat between NEA & WP TC, Ms Vivian & WP deserve more coverage. We need to hear more of the PAP lies.
Yes, the spat between NEA & WP TC, Ms Vivian & WP deserve more coverage. We need to hear more of the PAP lies.
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There is much truth in what you say. I just can't fathom why the Braddell Broadshit published such a large part of that interview.
There is much truth in what you say. I just can't fathom why the Braddell Broadshit published such a large part of that interview.
It's delusion of the highest order, how much "value" they think they are creating.
It has reached a stage where some of them probably think they are worth their exorbitant pay, i.e. some are FB and not AB.
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