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National Conversation afraid of Singaporeans' human rights?
Why are we so afraid of “human rights”? Why are we even trying to engage in a National Conversation, when we seem to be even afraid to have critiques of Singapore?
Afraid of foreign funding: Really?
As to "We are not quite ready yet for foreign funding, to be matched by a matching grant from the Government, on human rights research. It is a prudent move by SMU but one wonders how things went as far as they did before the plug was pulled. There were just too many red flags. The embarrassment could have been avoided."” – There are other “Centres” in the universities that are funded by foreigners. So, clearly the issue is not one of foreign funding.
No transparency and accountability?
With regard to “TODAY sent queries to the Ministry of Education (MOE) asking when it came to know of the centre and whether the Government had stepped in on the matter.
In response, an MOE spokesperson would only say: "We were informed by the SMU that it had decided not to go ahead with the launch of the centre.", this may speak volumes about the utter disregard for transparency and accountability in Singapore.
So, let's get back to the fundamental question as to why we are so afraid of “human rights”?
http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/11/why-so-afraid-of-human-rights-part-1/
Why are we so afraid of “human rights”? Why are we even trying to engage in a National Conversation, when we seem to be even afraid to have critiques of Singapore?
Afraid of foreign funding: Really?
As to "We are not quite ready yet for foreign funding, to be matched by a matching grant from the Government, on human rights research. It is a prudent move by SMU but one wonders how things went as far as they did before the plug was pulled. There were just too many red flags. The embarrassment could have been avoided."” – There are other “Centres” in the universities that are funded by foreigners. So, clearly the issue is not one of foreign funding.
No transparency and accountability?
With regard to “TODAY sent queries to the Ministry of Education (MOE) asking when it came to know of the centre and whether the Government had stepped in on the matter.
In response, an MOE spokesperson would only say: "We were informed by the SMU that it had decided not to go ahead with the launch of the centre.", this may speak volumes about the utter disregard for transparency and accountability in Singapore.
So, let's get back to the fundamental question as to why we are so afraid of “human rights”?
http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/11/why-so-afraid-of-human-rights-part-1/
