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Subject: [Vnbiz] Fw: RE: Singapore kí sự
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Kính gửi anh Long và các anh chị,
Cảm ơn anh Long đă chia sẻ, em cũng biết là bọn Spore rất máu và hay lên mặt
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Cho nên học đâu th́ cũng cứ học, nhưng ta vẫn phải soi rọi nội tâm của ḿnh để
có quyết sách cho bản thân ḿnh và cho đất nước.
Nếu Michael Jackson học tập người khác và bắt chước theo th́ hẳn Mike không
được tôn vinh là King of Pop, phải không anh?
Kính chúc anh và các anh chị luôn vui khỏe và may mắn.
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--- On Tue, 11/3/09, Long B. Lam <longb...@comcast.net> wrote:
From: Long B. Lam <longb...@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: Singapore kí sự
To: "'Phuc Cao Nguyen'" <pcnes2...@yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:22 AM
Hi Phúc:
Cám ơn em đă gởi bài viết của anh Tạ Quang Sum cho anh đọc. Khi
đọc đến “Up an On” anh mắc cười rồi, bởi v́ người Mỹ th́ nghĩ khác, không phăi “đứng
dậy và lên đường”; cũng như là anh đă lăn ra cười khi đi mua một bộ khăn trăi
giường hiệu “Everon”, hàng của Đại hàn bán ở Sài G̣n với người bạn! Để ư đến
hiện t́nh kinh tế của Singapare th́ quá đắt khi đọc thấy là một gói sôi bắp giá
là một sd, một tô ḿ hoành thánh giá là bốn sd, một lon bia heineken giá 10
sd...thật là kinh khủng. Một đất nước mà đến 90% dân chúng sống trong những
chung cư, làm cho phải đặt một câu hỏi là nếu thiên tai xăy đến như là động đất,
sóng thần, bảo lửa...th́ sẽ ra sao? Đọc đến nền giáo dục của họ, cách quản lư
các trường, cách đào tạo giáo viên, học sinh bị đánh, tiền phạt các mục vi phạm...anh
có cảm tưởng Singapore là một đất nước dưới sự cai trị của Fascist và với một
Dynasty cha truyền con nối th́ đúng hơn. Vừa mới đây, Singapore được xếp hàng thứ
133 trong số 175 nước toàn cầu, thua cả nước Kenya bên Phi châu về tự do báo chí.
Anh gởi kèm thêm vài tài liệu để em đọc để xem dân trí người dân Singapore thế
nào rồi! Thân mến, Anh Long
Why
the Singapore
government is bruised by the world press freedom index ranking
By
Manisha Kumari, Managing Editor
Singapore
boasts of being number one country. It is number one in almost everything.
Recently Changi
Airport received the best airport in the
world award. It received another five awards, including four ‘
Best Airport ’
titles, in September 2009. Not only this, Singapore Airlines Ltd. is the
world’s biggest carrier by market value.
The
Port of Singapore
is the busiest in the world, surpassing Rotterdam
and Hong Kong . When it comes to cleanliness,
Singapore again
takes the trophy for being the cleanest country in the world.
Singapore ’s
education system acknowledged as the world’s best by President Obama and US
educators.
The
economy of Singapore
is a highly developed state capitalist mixed economy. It has an open business
environment, relatively corruption-free and transparent, stable prices and one
of the highest per capita gross domestic products (GDP) in the world.
The
country projects a state of utopia where everything seems to be so perfect.
Nothing less than perfect is acceptable here. So when Paris-based international
watchdog – Reporters without Borders (RSF) ranked
Singapore at 133th position in
World Press Index, the image of Number 1 country is distorted. It gives the
picture to the world that everything is not as good as is being projected to
the world.
Singapore ’s
press freedom ranking does not quite commensurate with its lofty status as a
modern developed country.
This
is a good enough reason to feel bruised
This year
Singapore was ranked 133th
out of 175 countries below Kenya
– which saw riots following a disputed election – and
Congo – which
continues to struggle with the aftermath of an armed conflict that has claimed
more than 5 million lives.
Though
Singapore moved up from 144th spot to 133rd, it
was still behind Thailand
(130th) and Malaysia
(131st). The neighbouring countries are much below in terms of financial
quotient but are higher in terms of freedom of press.
The 175
countries ranked are those for which Reporters without Borders received
completed questionnaires from independent sources. Singapore
is the only developed country in the world which is ranked outside the top 100
positions along with the likes of Chad ,
Nigeria and
Zimbabwe .
In Asia,
Japan is ranked 17th, followed by Hong Kong
(48th), Taiwan (59th) and
South Korea
(69th).
According
to RSF, Singapore ’s
low ranking was due to the complete absence of independent newspapers, radio
stations and TV stations, the application of prison sentences for press
offences, media self-censorship and the opposition’s lack of access to the
state media.
The
ruling party has consistently dismissed the findings of RSF on the grounds that
the“western-style” journalism which is inherently “antagonistic and
confrontational” in nature does not suit
Singapore ’s interests.
The
Singapore media
has long been relegated to become a mouthpiece for the government.
Law
minister, Mr K Shanmugam has a good enough reason to feel hurt at
Singapore
media’s pathetic rankings on the World Press Freedom Index. He even lashed
out at what he perceived as an “unfair” assessment of the
Singapore media’s
pathetic ranking on the world press freedom index.
According
to him, the Press Freedom Index compiled by the organization Reporters without
Borders is “quite absurd and divorced from reality”.
The
minister seemed to be highly bruised by the ranking. Instead of complaining at
the rankings, Mr Shanmugam should seriously reflect on the reason as to why the
Singapore
media has acquired such an unsavoury reputation in the international arena. It
wouldn’t be difficult at all for the minister to reach the conclusion.
As we all
know, there is no free or independent press in
Singapore . All the major
publications are controlled by one single media company – the Singapore Press
Holdings whose current Chairman is a former PAP minister Dr Tony Tan.
The
online media is heavily scrutinized by the police as well that leads to
self-censorship among the country’s bloggers.
Singapore ’s
leaders continue to make use of defamation lawsuits to silence the foreign
media, the latest victims being Wall Street Journal and Far Eastern Economic
Review.
The world
press has often accused Singapore
government of being tyrant when it comes to freedom of press.
Foreign
media is often being sued for not being adhering to
Singapore ’s rules and regulations.
“It is a privilege and not a right for foreign newspapers to circulate in
Singapore .” “If
any foreign newspaper fails to comply with the law, they cannot expect to enjoy
this privilege.”
Criticisms
of government leaders and policies are unheard of in the mainstream media.
In a
recent third edition of the Legatum Prosperity Index ranks
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