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New SMRT Spokesman – Australian Stephen Forshaw
October 14th, 2012 |
Author: Contributions
Australian Stephen Forshaw, who is a PR in Singapore
joins SMRT.
Train operator SMRT Corp’s choice for a new spokesman is an Australian who is
a permanent resident here. Stephen Forshaw, 42, was reported to be the spokesman
for Singapore Airlines (SIA) between 2000 and 2009. Specifically, just months
into the SIA job, we are told he had to deal with the SQ006 crash in Taipei on
Oct 31, 2000 which killed 83 of the 179 people on board.
Immediately after the accident, a James Boyd was identified as the SIA
spokesperson who told the Fox News Channel that no fatalities occurred in the
crash. The airline subsequently had to revise that to state that fatalities had
occurred.
John Diaz, a producer who has made more than 1,000 music videos and a
passenger on the flight, was the one who pointed out the cover-up attempt and
disputed the claim that there were no deaths. “There had to be fatalities,” he
said. Describing the crash, he said there was a loud bang. “And then there were
flames just all over the place. Flames shot up right next to me and some some
poor fellow not very far from me got I guess jet fuel splashed on him, because
he just lit up like a torch.”
William Dwan of Canyon Country called the airline’s 1-800 number for
information about his wife several times but that officials told him they would
contact him when they knew more. “I feel very bad. I’m kind of upset,” said
Dwan, 45. “They should have told us something.”
Briton PR Rick Clements was identified as the airline public affairs chief
(last official title “Vice-President of Public Affairs”, resigned Apr 2004) who
said it was “a bit harsh” to say SIA had one of the world’s worst safety records
in recent times when the performance of its subsidiary SilkAir was also taken
into account. A SilkAir flight crashed in Indonesia in 1997, killing all 104 on
board.
What exactly was Forshaw doing when the heat was on in the aftermath of the
SQ006 crash is unclear. But hopefully he won’t take off for Australia in a jiffy
like the NTUC foreign talent did, when the going gets tough.
.
Tattler
* The writer blogs at http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/
Australian Stephen Forshaw, who is a PR in Singapore
joins SMRT.
Train operator SMRT Corp’s choice for a new spokesman is an Australian who is
a permanent resident here. Stephen Forshaw, 42, was reported to be the spokesman
for Singapore Airlines (SIA) between 2000 and 2009. Specifically, just months
into the SIA job, we are told he had to deal with the SQ006 crash in Taipei on
Oct 31, 2000 which killed 83 of the 179 people on board.
Immediately after the accident, a James Boyd was identified as the SIA
spokesperson who told the Fox News Channel that no fatalities occurred in the
crash. The airline subsequently had to revise that to state that fatalities had
occurred.
John Diaz, a producer who has made more than 1,000 music videos and a
passenger on the flight, was the one who pointed out the cover-up attempt and
disputed the claim that there were no deaths. “There had to be fatalities,” he
said. Describing the crash, he said there was a loud bang. “And then there were
flames just all over the place. Flames shot up right next to me and some some
poor fellow not very far from me got I guess jet fuel splashed on him, because
he just lit up like a torch.”
William Dwan of Canyon Country called the airline’s 1-800 number for
information about his wife several times but that officials told him they would
contact him when they knew more. “I feel very bad. I’m kind of upset,” said
Dwan, 45. “They should have told us something.”
Briton PR Rick Clements was identified as the airline public affairs chief
(last official title “Vice-President of Public Affairs”, resigned Apr 2004) who
said it was “a bit harsh” to say SIA had one of the world’s worst safety records
in recent times when the performance of its subsidiary SilkAir was also taken
into account. A SilkAir flight crashed in Indonesia in 1997, killing all 104 on
board.
What exactly was Forshaw doing when the heat was on in the aftermath of the
SQ006 crash is unclear. But hopefully he won’t take off for Australia in a jiffy
like the NTUC foreign talent did, when the going gets tough.
.
Tattler
* The writer blogs at http://singaporedesk.blogspot.com/
