What is hindering those who are already receptive to his ideas is the culture of fear and the repressive laws that have only gotten worse with the newly enacted Public Order Act.

The SDP does have hundreds of constructive articles and dozens of videos on their website expressing sound and workable alternatives to the PAP system in social, political and economic spheres.

But that’s only if one can remain objective and not believing the slander coming from the government controlled mainstream media in Singapore. People like Eng ah por before me wouldn’t be interested in mentioning any of that would he?

Look for constructive avenues from new Parties and true wannabee politicians and hear what THEY HAVE TO OFFER FOR A CHANGE.

Like it or not, there is no complete press freedom in Singapore and in many other countries and would never will in the near future. Think about it. Do you think that Dr Chee would allow complete press freedom to happen in Singapore if he assume the top political role? He has its own agenda and he knows very well how to tap on the passionate students to help him to fulfil his objectives. The University is NOT an idealistic at all. The students can have its own ideals but need to adjust the ideals accordingly in order to adapt to the real world. However, this would take time and training in the real corporate world.

I would urge some students to think big and see things from a wider angle.

I think this is pretty damning.

Does this mean that Singapore Press Holdings has the right to censor any articles which are deemed to be detrimental to its interests? I think this fight should be fought till the end until the University backs down on this issue. This should be a case study for all future media students in NTU.

“it was a waste of time and resources as its impact was very low,” He being a communications expert, hit the nail on its head here. I think we require more publicity to show that he is dreadfully wrong in saying that “students should move on from the incident and that the situation would not escalate”

We must not be muzzled like this!

This inept comment should serve as a challenge to students.

Next time, take photos of the banners and post them on the internet. Better still, show photos of the security guards removing the banners. Let the power of the internet do the rest. We’ll see what this communication expert thinks about the impact then.

Nanyang Technological University will not allow our media platforms to be exploited to provide publicity for uninvited people who enter our campus to draw attention to themselves. This is our right and responsibility as publisher.

Professor Er Meng Hwa Senior Associate Provost

Nanyang Technological University

Wonder if this right would have been exercised with such aplomb had the publicity been negative.

There is a yet another story which is about Dr Chee and what he promotes, and the yada yada yada, which is rightly very different from NTU’s blatant reversal of stand and censorship on an article written about the visit (this article could also be on his illegal visits – if it is such the case).

Also NTU has yet to respond to WHY after initial agreement, there was a sudden reversal on Sunday night, aside from the official ownership rights to refuse exploitation of the student media.

In today’s forum, what was a long long letter to the forum was met with a 1 sentence answer from Prof Er Meng Hwa. hrmmmmm

But whether Dr CSJ succeeds in winning the minds of the undergraduates is really another story from that of the campus’ media wanting to make it appear as if Dr Chee was not even there at all.