JR8, I think you have a few things confused...JR8 wrote:Apparently they are going to have a 'Committee of Inquiry (COI') to investigate the root causes of the riot.
Well, in the UK they say that an inquiry is never held until they've already decided upon the facts they wish to find. I expect it's different here, as the 'fuse is lit', and they need this resolving however uncomfortable that might be, rather than glossing over and risking a repeat.
The chairman of the COI made an interesting comment. She said that two ministers' suggestion that alcohol was a contributing factor for the riot was 'a narrative that is convenient to the ruling party'.
I take that as putting something of a 'marker' down, that the independence, and adequacy of the inquiry is being closely observed.
Hopefully the findings are fair and of value, and if required, things might change such that this can't happen again.
The full article was in yesterdays ST (which I'm not permitted to link here).
p.s. I see in another article they're expecting the COI to conclude their report by the weekend. One wonders how considered they might be, working to such a short timeline.
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Ah yes, I think you're correct. The wording in the articles are in parts somewhat ambiguous.AngMoG wrote: JR8, I think you have a few things confused...
- The COI is supposed to be formed by end of the week, not reach its conclusions by end of the week
- The person who made that statement is the secretary-general of the NSP, and at this point has nothing to do with the COI. However, it was published in the daily BCL, which I find interesting.
Pity, I had some hope after your post, but at this point I am more inclined to believe that the COI will just echo the gov's position.
Are you sure on the timescale , maybe I misheard but I am sure they said the COI would have the report completed by the end of the week.... Maybe I was concentrating on work for once and got distracted from Class95AngMoG wrote:JR8, I think you have a few things confused...JR8 wrote:Apparently they are going to have a 'Committee of Inquiry (COI') to investigate the root causes of the riot.
Well, in the UK they say that an inquiry is never held until they've already decided upon the facts they wish to find. I expect it's different here, as the 'fuse is lit', and they need this resolving however uncomfortable that might be, rather than glossing over and risking a repeat.
The chairman of the COI made an interesting comment. She said that two ministers' suggestion that alcohol was a contributing factor for the riot was 'a narrative that is convenient to the ruling party'.
I take that as putting something of a 'marker' down, that the independence, and adequacy of the inquiry is being closely observed.
Hopefully the findings are fair and of value, and if required, things might change such that this can't happen again.
The full article was in yesterdays ST (which I'm not permitted to link here).
p.s. I see in another article they're expecting the COI to conclude their report by the weekend. One wonders how considered they might be, working to such a short timeline.
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NSP secretary-general Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss
- The COI is supposed to be formed by end of the week, not reach its conclusions by end of the week
- The person who made that statement is the secretary-general of the NSP, and at this point has nothing to do with the COI. However, it was published in the daily BCL, which I find interesting.
Pity, I had some hope after your post, but at this point I am more inclined to believe that the COI will just echo the gov's position.
Barnsley wrote:Are you sure on the timescale , maybe I misheard but I am sure they said the COI would have the report completed by the end of the week.... Maybe I was concentrating on work for once and got distracted from Class95
Sergei82 wrote:Hi everybody, long time no see. If you thought I left Singapore, you're wrong: I'm here, life is improving, I feel great.
Considering what is happening now in Ukraine (I hope those imbeciles will kill each other very soon, Ukraine will turn into Somalia number 2, and I will be loooong gone with other country's citizenship), this riot is very entertaining: especially I liked watching on the news how the mob is bluntly flipping the cars and then just burning them, while police are just boneheadedly watching this with no idea what to do (and swat arriving only 2 hours after this started - apparently guys were enjoying the weekend).
In any case, I'm very happy to be in Singapore... oh, wait... I need to keep myself busy completing that PR application form now!
Saw you in Tampines MRT a while back ... you were heading out and I was heading in through the gates.Sergei82 wrote:Hi everybody, long time no see. If you thought I left Singapore, you're wrong: I'm here, life is improving, I feel great.
Considering what is happening now in Ukraine (I hope those imbeciles will kill each other very soon, Ukraine will turn into Somalia number 2, and I will be loooong gone with other country's citizenship), this riot is very entertaining: especially I liked watching on the news how the mob is bluntly flipping the cars and then just burning them, while police are just boneheadedly watching this with no idea what to do (and swat arriving only 2 hours after this started - apparently guys were enjoying the weekend).
In any case, I'm very happy to be in Singapore... oh, wait... I need to keep myself busy completing that PR application form now!
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