Someone wrote in to Voices on 4 June saying
Designate Hong Lim Park location for foreigners’ national celebrations
I feel that Hong Lim Park is currently underutilised, apart from occasional events held by civil activists. It should henceforth be designated a permanent site for any future celebrations of national or independence days by foreigners residing here.
For some reason, the organisers contemplated changing the venue this year.
http://www.todayonline.com/voices/designate-hong-lim-park-location-foreigners-national-celebrations
What will Goh Meng Seng and Gilbert Goh say or do if this suggestion was accepted by the govt? After all Hong Lim was where Tan Kin Lian (adviser one Goh Meng Seng) made his name as the “People’s Voice” speaking out on the credit notes fiasco, and where GG got out the crowd to protest about immigration, and where he got people spitting on their public tpt fare cards.
The area is, or should be, sacred space (or sovereign territory) to both of them.
A comment on Voices on the above suggestion that I’m sure GMS, GG and friends would agree with:
As their 2014 objection was not confined to the Orchard Rd venue of the party, why didn’t they protest in 2013?
Opportunism? Netizens were not worked up about a Pinoy party at Hong Lim? So no poiting trying to stir the pot or add kerosene to a fire?
Or they like PAP MPs were sleeping? They didn’t read TRE last yr when it reported the Pinoys were planning to “trespass” Hong Lim?
What do you think
Have a gd weekend.
And if in search of laughs, go see Roy and his New Citizen GF at Hong Lim telling para facts** about CPF tomorrow.
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