Philippine's media laud pm lee for calling his own citizens "a disgrace"

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PHILIPPINE'S MEDIA LAUD PM LEE FOR CALLING HIS OWN CITIZENS "A DISGRACE"

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21 Apr 2014 - 8:39pm








The Manilla Bulletin lauded Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for defending the Filipinos' right to celebrate their independence day in Singapore. Here is the article in full:

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong denounced the acrimonious comments made by some Singaporeans online to protest the planned Philippine Independence Day celebration in the Lion City next month.
Calling the remarks made over The Real Singapore, an online platform for Singaporean’s uncensored opinions, as “a disgrace to Singapore” Lee called on Singaporeans to treat Filipinos in Singapore “the way we ourselves expect to be treated overseas.”

In a statement posted Friday on his official Facebook account, Lee continued by saying “Many Singaporeans live overseas, and are warmly welcomed in their adopted homes.” Lee signed his personal post with his initials “LHL”.
“I was appalled to read about those who harassed the organizers of the Philippine Independence Day celebrations, and spammed their Facebook page. They are a disgrace to Singapore,” Lee added.

The brouhaha online stemmed from an earlier plan of the Pilipino Independence Day Council Singapore (PIDCS) to hold a Philippine Independence Day event on June 8 in Orchard Road, a shopping district frequented by the Filipino community in Singapore.

Those who protested generally maintain that the Philippine independence event is unacceptable as it undermines the “significance of Singapore’s own independence as a sovereign state by insinuating that Singapore and the Philippines are both under inter-dependent national system”, as one recent post stated. The protesters say while they respect Filipinos’ need to celebrate an important national event, it would be proper for them to hold it inside the compound of the Philippine Embassy in Singapore.

PIDCS’ Facebook page was also in the receiving end of scathing comments, prompting it to delete its post on the controversial event and also change the looks and words of its event poster. Singapore Strait Times reported that PIDCS office also received anonymous phone calls demanding for the cancellation of the Philippine event.

Disturbed by the biting reactions from anonymous Singaporeans, Lee appealed for them to show that Singaporeans “are generous of spirit and welcome visitors into our midst, even as we manage the foreign population here. Otherwise we will lower our standing in the eyes of the world, and have every reason to be ashamed of ourselves.”

PIDCS has not issued any statement whether it will continue or cancel the event. (Ron B. Lopez)

*Article first appeared on http://www.mb.com.ph/pm-lee-defends-ph-independence-day-celebration-in-s...


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