CNA: 'No attempt to discriminate against SDP'
05:56 AM Mar 03, 2011SINGAPORE - The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has written to Channel NewsAsia, protesting against its exclusion from a special edition of the channel's Talking Point programme about the recent changes to the electoral boundaries, which first aired on Sunday night.
The programme brought together three Opposition figures - National Solidarity Party secretary-general Goh Meng Seng, Reform Party secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Workers' Party treasurer Eric Tan - and two MPs from the People's Action Party (PAP).
In the letter, also posted on the opposition party's website, secretary-general Chee Soon Juan said: "It is unfortunate that Channel News Asia has chosen to discriminate against the SDP."
Accusing CNA of having a "political agenda in line with that of the PAP's", Dr Chee, who cannot contest the coming General Election because he is an undischarged bankrupt, added: "We protest such blatant and reprehensible discrimination in the strongest manner possible."
In CNA's reply to Dr Chee, a copy of which was obtained by Today, the channel's vice-president of corporate services Han Chuan Quee said: "We would like to emphasise that Channel NewsAsia, which has reported on local, regional and international news developments for over a decade now, has no agenda to advance, except to carry the news and views which are relevant to our viewers."
"Let me also assure you that there is no attempt to discriminate against the Singapore Democratic Party. In fact, the SDP's views on the changes to the electoral boundaries were reported by MediaCorp on several of its media platforms," she added, citing Dr Chee's quotes to the media that he did not see a logical explanation as to how the boundaries had been drawn and they "seem to have been carved up in a haphazard way to benefit the PAP".
The episode of Talking Point, which Ms Han said had received encouraging feedback, was recorded less than 24 hours after the boundaries report was out. She also noted that there were "many considerations" in organising such a forum - deciding on its duration, the size of the panel, working within a tight turnaround time as well as identifying relevant topics.
"For instance, one key point of discussion was how new Single-Member Constituencies would affect plans and strategies of incumbent MPs and the parties contesting. The programme was not meant to be a comprehensive report card detailing the reaction of every single political party in Singapore. At the latest count, there are at least 11 active political parties," she said.
The programme, she explained, was meant "to be a more qualitative discussion, to give viewers a flavour of the different points of view about the changes to the electoral boundaries, as seen from the Opposition camp as well as incumbents from the ruling party".
Today understands that apart from the SDP, other opposition parties such as the Singapore Democratic Alliance, which is embroiled in a leadership challenge, as well as newly formed parties the Socialist Front and United Singapore Democrats were also not invited to the forum.
master chee was very upset and jealous that CNA, peesailand's national tv news media had purposely left out master chee in their half hour program TALKING POINT. the invited guests to appear on national tv was KJ of RP CLAN, saikongseng chiefy of NSP CLAN, eric from WP CLAN and 2 other paps mps.
it was a chance to showcase oratorial talent skills which saikongseng stood out from the opp herd. that aggravated the jealousy of master chee cos he was the grand pagan preacher and unofficially and thick-skinnedly proclaimed himself as the grand chiefy of the opposition clans. well, at least that was what foreign medias always reported master chee to be for which he was not and chee was sniggling quietly knowing how well he had misled those silly blurcocks foreign ang mos.
to pacify his displeasure, master chee resorted to - what else, ranting and spamming CNA until they also beh tahan and was glad that master chee wasn't invited to appear or else there would be chaos with all his petty verbal barrages.
they already boasted how popular their own internet website, blogs,FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE and etc they could land themselves in but for one thing, that was what SDP CLAN was notoriously good for - BRAGGING AND RANTING.
what was the point to invite master chee? he was a bankrupt. no matter how well he could attain all his unorthodox deadly kungfu skills, no peasants in peesailand would vouch support for such imbecile loudhailer.
so rant on master chee. yell, shout, spam and do so whatever u deem u please. not many peasants are going to fall for your deadly zombie skill. the light has shone and revealed all your vileness and evil to destroy peesailand.
perhaps master chee should seriously consider establishing a new religious order. CHEEISM would be quite an appropriate name. once established and stablised, master chee could once again try to usurp the grand throne from the paps and rule or rather ruin peesailand like the song goes....KILLING EVERYONE SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG.
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