More football boycotting packages

[Watchman]

More football boycotting packages
May 29, 2010

By Shuli Sudderuddin

Football fan Andy Tan, has not only decided to boycott SingTel and StarHub's World Cup packages, but the 36-year-old is organising a peaceful demonstration at Speaker's Corner on June 5 to tell the telcos that the fans are tired of the escalating subscription prices. -- PHOTO: ANDY TAN

HERE'S the score. Going by the figures on two Facebook groups, the number of people boycotting World Cup packages from the two telcos here has gone up.

One group, called Mass Boycott StarHub/SingTel Overpriced World Cup Package,has more than 25,000 members, up from more than 12,000 on May 14.

Said Mr John Chua who created the group: 'Looking at the prices, why did other countries, which also negotiated with Fifa, end up with free World Cup packages, such as England, Australia and Indonesia? Or charge much cheaper - like India at $7 or Japan at $10?' noted Mr Chua who did not want to reveal more about himself.

Another Facebook group is called Boycott Fifa World Cup 2010 Subscription in Singapore. It has drawn 'likes' (meaning approval of the group) from almost 400 people so far.

It was announced earlier that existing subscribers of StarHub and mioTV, who signed up before May 31, would pay $70.62 ($66 plus GST).

After the early-bird offer lapses, the cost is $94.16 ($88 plus GST). The broadcast rights were clinched jointly by the two telcos 35 days before the tournament starts on June 11.

 

[no_faith]

imho, i dun tink it will work. as world cup getting nearer,
end of day, they will also LAN LAN and sign up.

on the other hand, can sum1 demonstrates in the speaker corner that the citizens are having hard times catching up the escalating standard of living.

 

[cooleo]

Lame sia. HDB flats even more expensive, why these fucking clowns never protest? KNN...protest over those small amounts. :oIo:

 

[huahero]

Subscribe World Cup matches to see how terrorist attack the teams.

Americans traveling to South Africa's World Cup were being warned Friday over the possibility of terrorism during the international soccer tournament.

"Large-scale public events like the World Cup may present a wide range of attractive targets for terrorists," a statement by the U.S. state department said.

"There is a heightened risk that extremist groups will conduct terrorist acts within South Africa in the near future."

It added that the government had no information on any specific threat related to the World Cup, which former President Bill Clinton plans to attend.

Veteran U.S. lawmaker Rep. Kay Granger (R-Tex.) recently warned that players, rather than spectators, were at threat from terrorism during the World Cup.

Soccer teams from the U.S. and Holland faced the biggest risk, he said, after being briefed on security issues at the South Africa games.

Soccer's governing body FIFA said last week that no terror threats against the World Cup were uncovered by any intelligence agency working with it -- this despite al Qaeda saying earlier this year that it hoped "hundreds" of spectators would be killed in an explosion during England's match against the USA in Rustenburg on June 12.

If Tournament cancel do we get refund?

 

[no_faith]

If Tournament cancel do we get refund?

if ST and SH get their refund from FIFA, den there might be a chance dey refund you.

if not, dey ask u to fuck spider.:p