I was watching my TV just now and during the commercials, I saw this ad with two very serious guys talking. They are actually trying to rally people to vote against certain government decisions in a commercial sort of way!! I I was shocked.

Firstly, I was quite shocked by the how openly these opposition people are. I am startled by how free the media here is. Can you imagine Chee soon juan or some other oppositions start to appear in various commercials in Singapore, urging Singaporeans to oppose certain government decisions? The publicities given to him were mainly pictures of him in handcuffs, walking outside subordinate court etc. Not being able to appear on TV in a glamorous way, he has to resort to giving out flyers in NUS.

For your information, Singapore is ranked 140 out of 167 in terms of media freedom. However, as how our leaders put it, we should not be ashamed of it due to our economic prosperity. Oops. Did I just blurt out an answer scheme from social studies? Haha. I am not ashamed of the fact la. I mean I am just shocked.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/international/290904/singapore_not_ashamed_of_low_rank_for_press_freedom/

But I guess Singapore is improving, given that we jumped 4 places from last year. Apparently, the news of mas selemat was being released as a straits times report got the information. Hence, the authority has no choice but to release the news too. Really? They could have prevented the reporter from reporting it but they didn’t. Don’t know why. Maybe they are giving some autonomy to our press? Don’t raise your eyebrows la. It’s a positive start la.