To mourn or celebrate? Kinabalu tragedy versus SEA Games medals

[micromachine]

Friday was the opening ceremony of the SEA Games in Singapore. On the same day, the Sabah earthquake happened.


This resulted in a bipolar Straits Times front page the next day with the headline "Sabah quake: 8 S'pore kids, 2 teachers missing" and a giant picture of fireworks below it.

So was ST telling us to be concerned about the missing Singaporeans or happy about the SEA Games?


The two emotions sort of cancelled each other out.


Of course, by now, we know that eight Singaporeans have died in the quake, six of them schoolchildren from Tanjong Katong Primary School (TKPS). Two people are still missing. (UPDATE: Their bodies have been found.) It's a national tragedy.


But the Games must go on.


Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong declared Monday a Day of National Remembrance for those killed in the quake and that "one minute of silence will be observed at the beginning of the day at all SEA Games venues", thus conflating the two major news events of the day.

This gave ST the opportunity to make up for the awkward earlier front page with a great front page photo yesterday of players observing a minute of silence before the Singapore-Cambodia football match and spectators holding up signs that said "Prayers for TKPS" in the background.

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[enterprise2]

Why cannot do both?

 

[Semaj2357]

boulders and medals...between a rock and a hard place - it all depends on which side of the surface you're on/in or under..

 

[blackmondy]

If Pinky can take happily take selfies with Sinkies when his zombie father died, I don't see why Shitty Times wouldn't marry sad and happy events together.

 

[micromachine]

Pinky MIA already. Wasn't in SG for the SEA games ceremony. How sincere.

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Friday was the opening ceremony of the SEA Games in Singapore. On the same day, the Sabah earthquake happened.


This resulted in a bipolar Straits Times front page the next day with the headline "Sabah quake: 8 S'pore kids, 2 teachers missing" and a giant picture of fireworks below it.

So was ST telling us to be concerned about the missing Singaporeans or happy about the SEA Games?


The two emotions sort of cancelled each other out.


Of course, by now, we know that eight Singaporeans have died in the quake, six of them schoolchildren from Tanjong Katong Primary School (TKPS). Two people are still missing. (UPDATE: Their bodies have been found.) It's a national tragedy.


But the Games must go on.


Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong declared Monday a Day of National Remembrance for those killed in the quake and that "one minute of silence will be observed at the beginning of the day at all SEA Games venues", thus conflating the two major news events of the day.

This gave ST the opportunity to make up for the awkward earlier front page with a great front page photo yesterday of players observing a minute of silence before the Singapore-Cambodia football match and spectators holding up signs that said "Prayers for TKPS" in the background.

More at To mourn or celebrate? Kinabalu tragedy versus SEA Games medals

Wow what type of website are you trying to direct readers to? Horrible layout

 

[virus]

Pinky MIA already. Wasn't in SG for the SEA games ceremony. How sincere.

yes... smack in the middle of a crisis. he chose to disappear. that is exemplary leedership.

talk about smthg else..

what can you expect from a useless son who make his dad stand under the hot sun so that he can keep his throne?

 

[xingguy]

See Pinky's sheer hypocrisy

There is no excuse for Pinky to wear red on the Day of Remembrance, in memory of the Kota Kinabalu earthquake victims.

It wasn't too long ago that the nation mourns his father in any colour but red.

 

[GoldenDragon]

Absolutely nothing to be happy about when lives were lost. Medals dont mean anything. Pity the families of the victims.

 

[micromachine]

Medals do mean something to the FT table tennis paddlers. They get to earn 10K per gold medal.

 

[xingguy]

See Pinky's sheer hypocrisy

There is no excuse for Pinky to wear red on the Day of Remembrance, in memory of the Kota Kinabalu earthquake victims.

It wasn't too long ago that the nation mourns his father in any colour but red.

 

[tonychat]

yes... smack in the middle of a crisis. he chose to disappear. that is exemplary leedership.

talk about smthg else..

what can you expect from a useless son who make his dad stand under the hot sun so that he can keep his throne?

What kind of dad will have such a useless son.