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His €r?€lience as chqlrman of the ,councild ihe Inpaci of Ne; Media in socialv, orArms. bar lert ure for m"r pd-ror-in', hi"f ot Sinsa'Dore PIe6s Hoid]nes'tn8li h snd Malay NewsPJ* '. Division (onvrft ed thaL I nr saw ol new m'
He s3ys tbe sterd
Ln,y red u,er rre di\.!sung among itrerselks b!l a vcr! rmlortanl lirty to ihc conlerstjoi ts nisiurg," he says.
lle n.les a !cr..,dion em.nLt}!!]ublic th3t t. ir '" . n | 't.r L r.n.!.ior .r-!_'t!rtr!l]*1tu!- -- -'!-b-.t.'-Ll" o -!_-
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Officials lron counhies such as Britai]t, Autr.ia and the Uniied Staies that Aims .o)rsulted alsiressed that e engaEement should complemernot replace, traditjonal mems ol gove.nnent-cll
On how \rarnly Singafore's politicians €mbra'hptn."rn,LV , .orP,.r\ .
tlri chanuc r lecesarv.B.ltJ" odt,t o" h 'l - n"s r ' C . $ '\ " ,
\iLlsrlblF .rution .
He cjtes as an exanFle th€ covelimcnt's lolinot to reply to lelters to The Straiis TiD€s Io,!ilrdi !ir Fllrli5licd onlirc. |,,i .!1..'to tirl)n, rrrintljn thc newsp.rtcr itrelf.
1'I thinl thri js \rroii: " dc.hres ihr !cie(nevspapernur, quite appa.cntly se:zed by ihe b,li€f that new media ca no longer be ignor.d.
But, he adds, "t Nppose ii nlDlies somc discotrfori I can uderstand b€cause there's a lot of dlslructive cynicjsm in cyberspace. !eople use an(n).n iy and easy access io post comentsi som(limes they shoot from the hip.I "so it's like the wild wnd west rNofar as publ
didloguc js coDcerned."But th€re.re lso "habitable places" D cyb€r
spac€, he observes, such as ile spaccs crealed tmainstream riedia players Singapore Press llol(ings aDd Mediacory SingaDore.
He also notes thc serious and thought provokirviows expressed onwebsites such ar The Onljne Cil,zJ dd roioflo$.\r.
-tr T" p "ri::-tJ. ,\d i ove m n to rrf lr. "n*'j'rou rr r ;J;ir-$r-D..Id .nF4Ti-":r l,i- :-- ?j. }da;i.s";i;Tl-. idq+.tr,94\ in fact, irm irr. e pl4t&rm }her€-yorlsq!"-.rjl -rn dra. ^r. irrr. l 'l a. rrJnn.n -n lrir) :ind relircrs," h. sal's
Hnn€ver, what is terliatrs rnost strikngV'.heonp rrew or ll. r'npd.I,Imedia on iraditional ncdia.
Th4 biggc.t chlllenge fac rg traditional medjato find ways io continlle proliding value to the
Despitc decad€s of flippx)g through newspaperfor his daily dose of nerrs. he now confessesr I
do|'t rely on n€wspapers to tell n1e there are deDonrqaijons to ove.throif ihe goverDment in Bang
"i n€cd the nelrspa!.n to telt me lchai is yo!iriJn 'o 'n. I hatp.,nErhprp.$tut it"llobl[-\,T f r! .| . ^hytr.!!
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ll is a licF slaped by e year of visitilg seYe!.ro'l)tri:s. conductinE focus group djscls3iors sii]la cross-scclior of th€ publi. md holdjng dialogdcs
wiih the !)osr adire bloggers here' in lrepsrati''nfor a rsDort on whele SingilFore should head h on-hne IeErnrtion and enBagcment
M, r.hconl dnd lx ll mernb r parel sJ "pnoi'Led br th-c Covp:iraenr jn Mdrcr l.'l ved loioo1 "
r-o" s5" ru;.." ^. "ngag.ment wth cruz"n(
ought to ch?nge, in the lighi of developments ia cv-
l; ih r€Dort r€lcased lasi wee!' Ainis recom-n,""aea u'ai rt e cou"'nmer' adopt e-en8asemenl
., DoL v, whi.h would be a l.di.al deparlur€ fromth;.!ftnt consultatior taking place olrline
No*. rhc Covpnu "rr d€. idec whrl i wdt. dj -
,L.ed byN'ring".o1 ulJrjonprPcr onbe ror
eramDle and invites citirens to respondq,,i ri-. en;sdec arornol\L lriF'd inte'" -
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Chinese medix has citedexanrlles Lo clposc srch'delileml. ttistakcs"
Some ol lhe mcdi!.tr|!rrts nghlghtld Lrt'
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'nd in rns Lie ti^nr\tra! h.rne ralcn aNa)b! DUh,e wlci tlrrrhot., r,!ur!h +ro n eJ'oolicc in Lhasa rescuine: Han Chinese assatrLted
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''Sr)mc Wesledr Iicdia.eglecied ihe facls and lr.5ented Jrnor rrJ ePor t ngtoL nl rc than !0 dJ\ 5, thFolticial Xinhua !.qG a gencysaid in a conncntary on
Ti.se stori.s. conntetes'ilh scrcer shols ol the olien{lnle Dredia, a!!ear toha!e ireen based o. a
Yo lbo anritei rfteo aceusing the Wenern tredD.t Flr f.\elJ l,I rnE ro. ,nrlP Ch .r uliLb hd,
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Pla\'i,rs to a doDestic ardren.c, tlcijinE s medix ottensive 1.!s rnto a dc.Llwcll oI rrotul.r Ch,nese nrtionalisn s'tnch has scenCNN geLl,ng lDle Lrlls .ndthreats rn rcc$!l da,vs
'Ihc rercri!ed sniearcanpaigr bv lht Westcrnmedk has sr! id Cbinesen.riz.ns Lo D.st onlinc n'cs
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1,i rnr!e rri .rse. Xinhua ;n'Nldr(ht3N!1 tb.1 PIi
vate (;rrman bro,rd.!srerRTL lV had a?ologised n, xnatemerl for Inis,traichinBa Mdr.h ll7 thoto ol clashesh.tr,.-rf tLn fibcl 1 oltsc,, rD,i I I tre rn llrpil aila car)tion sdvins Clntese Police were cracklrs dolvn on
N utu tL.d .ll Ll.rLN ol.lrslrrred L.verJ!r, the ( NNs hrh r. . a.cu5cd .l del,t,eraLelv croliPiDg sroneLL, !$ lxr rroler\ uIi.f J Irrr,.. rti,t shoued :rflriN{:ks runblins nlo Li].s.i,said ir a stalemenl iL hadtD nred the lDage Puelyfor icchDical re!soos .Ddhad capLtoued r1 acctrmlelY
Anilvsts said ihe e.roslv lvesieni nedii olliits;feDrcbablv dte Lo sloplLne$s. and bi talkine thenrrp, Berjins aould be lrylns
lo.lell.]c irLemalion.l crillcisn oi its d..Ldown ir'li-
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f en.-ragDg -5ingaloreans..to-iave? I ona a8ain wh{ he sDoke atN:rDndl Day Rally ihtr yed.
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Ihis i5 the scond tine in iour veahat he hA hckled the hsue. tbe fini be-.a,his inaugural r&lly in zOot.
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audiercebaf.re hih in the auditoriuh.Behnd hin, on a gisr screen, rhe audi-
rce saw themselles featur.d on the wrhige olthe Frine Mnistefs offlc€ live.
''There you ar., sihple as that I veirst made our fi6i non lolitical yideo,,he said td hrghter from the audience.
I Mr Lees candid cahera home.r hetdrerions point. Anyone cxn now be mhateui tiln naker, captuinE polihcs
.n film, and leopk will do so.'so, qe !esot to,llowpohncal sdeor
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DELEGATES at a United Na,tions (UN) conference decideda8alnst bauing loxic wasre cx-torts, instead encouasirw co!,ldes to lake tliei. omi aalion toaddre$ the steady stream of dan{erous chemic.ls and ol.l PlP.ironic itcms that litter ihe latrdfills ol po.r nations.
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But lhe proposal ran iDro stiffopposilion from ihe UniledShtes, Japan, Canada and lDdiaover concerns th.]lit would stiflerecvcliDg irdustries in the devel.ped w.rllj thdr are Luorunpamid !he nqnx pnces of nchls "The deleSatcs insreadenielged lron lalks vcsterdavwilh a rumber of otliet ".",iures, inLludnA rndusrrv+!DDort-ed Errdclrne5 for dr\posl,,a ;lrcl-|hones dnd Jn aenemeri to stdr rsimilar discu$ioDs 0n old.om.,,,ter equipment.
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boundary Movements of Hazard-ous Wasles aDd their DisDosalThe 1989 Dact allows iti 170meLnbc^ tihin lnpol1s and re-quues c\t'.rters to arin con(ertbeforc sendins toxic natcrials
Critics argre tirat i$ltlicieDrl!nds, srdesprcrd ro(uDtro!and rhe ibsence of th. (Jr' is 3paficipart havc undemrined thcconveDtion, lcaviDg rillions otpoor !eople cxposcd ro hcavvmeials and olher toxir6. Mani,s 'y rn .ut rtt'I hrn ,,n exp.rirniroxiL wrsLu i, the onl\ sol;'h.n
Hoy evc.. rdusLtv reue\cnt:i \ F\ sird ltrat tlr. n;\ rolLDrar!Drdasures adopted at thc co e;cnce could lead to the c.€atnnr .fcerlified .ecycl'ne Iacilities_$hi.lr would be e,recirll\ \rRnrtiLrnt rn develoFrnE ,1,!.arie5v hrri old cl.!truntr rrems ,,ot.Itrlr ludlill\ ,,' a'c t,,"..,t ,"
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But perception is reality, gnd the i1l-pervasivmedta steteoscoDicrll.magnifies the dark oerceritions about trade'. EIeitron-tlme r,rletolic coul(do F,,orse thaD iust deeDerttus. perception; it coulclo ci< politicia0s jnr.self-firJfillbg protectionisi' The period betweentlre two world wars. whena, anti-globa sation back-rasn produced a tariffwar, holds serious w.rn-
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While their Democtat-ic colleasues in the USCongress refuse to ap-prove free trade agre'e-ments Degotiated bv theadministration w;tli Co-lotrbia, South Korea andPanama, Senator BarackObama calls Ior a reneeo-tiation of thc r4-via.-6taNorth Americair FreeTrade Agreement 0.{afta)and )eflatol l1lllarv (]lin-ton wants a "tim"e-out"oD free trade pacts.
ls trade th_e main rea-son for growjig iobless-ness in the US - or forthat matter. anvwhere'else? The qiestidn ls asold as trade itself.
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The data also lavs torest a lnl'th about Aineri-can jobi outsourced iI1droves to lndia - or inpopular parJance,'-'Banga-Loleo vIIlCla1 datashows.that out of almostone mi11io[ iobs lost in2004. less tlan 10 oercent - oDlv 73.217 - wiredue to outsdurcias. Ofthese- three in 10 we"resenl ibroad and the restwent to other Darts of theUS. Professoi Lawrenceconcludes that thele isoverrl'hekning evidercethat the US has benefitedfrom gJobal engagements,which has helo-edraise itsgross domeslia product bvI0 Der .enr
growing aDti:globalisa-tion sentiment. He nowc?Ds for {indins "',r'avs tomake Americ-ans irorecorDfortable wjth siobali-sation". The nevi oresi-dent, he savs, wouldhaveto use tha Dresidential brl-ly pulpit: oot to bullv.but to ex'Dlai! whv slobali-sation is bolh iiie"vitableaod more ao ooDorfunitvthall a threat- ' '
Presidential hoDe{uisnlay find it poljtjc fo calltor a time-out on trad-.agreements, but tbe proc,ess of slobaLisatjon diivenby billions o{ people's de-sire to live b4ttei brooksno time-out. If irade isforced to shut down. as ihthe 1930s. the r6srltscould b e dis astrous for all.
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Ile cental srccss dnv'n!t l i; nbr slolalkruon rriLhe J<illi -rcftndri.n se remowjn8 into a norc dedmdina .opiiive a* rn .rdar rolbive, peoole are comDellcdto be.ome ber.' rt absorbin8, prc.e$i4 and combjdnB,nr!rm:non flrn n hlpn.ntr [ in ro!:r..d J LLr {lobiltrld.P o^, rnd 't
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that you are living atthe beginning of acognitive age, you'refocusinq on the realsourct of prosperityand understand thatyour anxiety is notbeing caused by aforeigner.
'rheelubal s:h.i prFd am
naiio. .an now ria!et24.000km in aD ln anr B,n
'h€ mo(t mpod,iLprn ol rn
romrllln! rourne\ b the hnIeq .enhhetre\ ihe .'n abel**.,re^o"''.'.'.-e:r,,od rh;,aflor5 ;p,on\orLhe hrar Does rfic,nd,\,d.ual havelhe capacitY to undernand the nfomation? Iroeihe or she h3ve the 'r: 'na
roerTl!,t ,f Are rhEre .ulti \asunptions rhar disro.t*ay il is pe.ceiwed?
TlLeElobnis:' oi L iLdrmlPadj oeoole tu rec a.onortrde\eloprDeni :i: ro'nr of foreixn pnli(\ a\ a eEnd !odorlilion betueen nationsrod aivilisations Tlese ab*n.ti. rcall.d rhe Chinese" or ,,rbe
Ind,a.5 . arc do,ns LhL\ ..Brt rhe eo;n'1'!€ rai p,fr .
dism 3r plFsi\", p5\.t.toPr.cuxure and redasoF rhc\prrif. prore$e\ rh Ionerlerrn nq ri emlll,trtrr\ lhird,llerco, lofle';. ." h" ",(..-.d,n
'm,r", ".,' b";trca5ed denan.l5 od Lud,D
U rou unde6lrnd $at vor3re I vnra atihc b!Prnntr;13cognili!e a3e, you
'e L.usi.a
on the realsource olprcspei:Ia and Luder$and drr v.ui,irxiery is nor t.'ne.auseit lv
and rhe skith re;olL ion a).
ehich paadia; you.mbmtuderernines wbi.h l3.h 3nd
'one-dies)ou rtop[isFe
ocr;llc o.e* hlv. r"lr"" i"loi6 with tfie !lobalisaLronparodiaiir lrt tinie ro nov!
\',{
t6
ed cutrendes Noq e\c6,rhids ' n:de rbroJd Amc;
More global
more troubl
}THE WORLD \qE LIVE IN iasL l0 yca h 1997 alhina
and Indii ,,1'ere ninorplayen.Nnv' lhP growlL rnlo t|e11'od{l s l\!olargtn r'onorures
is.realing n(r dJrro r\ rn
the global econony.
Security threats
1}1! Cold WaI is over, bulthere has b€en no lerce divi
dend. lven though'tlere were
omino$ sisns - the 1993
bonb lhat ;xDloded uoderthe World Tnde Gnkr. the
1998 bombinrs ol US embas-
sies in Alrira ind tle 2000 at'
tack or $e USS Cole tu fieport o[ Ade[, Yemen - lew
iaid beed to the Slowingihent ol l\lam$t extrenism.
orce the Soviets had vitl_dmwn &oo Ahhaflslan, tleworld Iorgot aboul $c jrtrad
agaimt the inradem.
TIIE RIGITT DCT
Right or wrong,
Americans are in
kaq. They mu(
now find the dght
way out of haq -without their
rc rnd, |e s l lxllr. 'rlalo ger " i'residel)l Bus
ltor \ llDlo r!' \''rll roL b-populn 0 urlh ro n url rtsril,P, hr urrnt\ loStrc \\Lrrisor lcoro(tuIorPeruLlun trme ffr c.*efuldrlil,eto-hon. qllhoLrt the ures5ure\ 0lcL'tironeennB, tti deLrde ohi, or h.i .orre o{a,tLon
0mens
lIlE {ltimate theat to hfinan
survival is slobal warninsand dinale chnse. lte hab
tats ol nl[ons. nuvbe bi
honr, of people iray be da,t,qed fte oolar ice cnD ii nelt'ide. ftis lirs higsereil Rursi'
Qnada, Denmarl., Nonratlic LIS and oticrnrlions abut-
tins $e Archc to lay drlr lnxeriions ol lhe Arcti(.
Ilre scranble ior the richt
ulder lhe ice is on. lbe Krcm.
lin has sent $borariDes t"Dlanl a titaniun Russian lla;n the sabed al the NortPole. Canada has dainedomenhro ol lhe Nodh.ver'Pasare. bul ilsca levck n,rn inrindate nanv aillions rpeoplc, and rf gl;cie$ i, tieHimil as Trbel and dre Ardcs melt away, leavirrB mor
millons w$oui enotrgh w.ler, there wi be no "[le al
BY LXE KU,N YEW
cl.0lAUSATl0N'S power
sa frflt demonsh?te/ in $esbck narleb 10 Yeirs ago, in
Julv 1997, wili li€ omel olrh; A(ir; firaDrial crisis.
Willin davs all oI ltrc r4ionkemcrshs ba*eb were afterled. aitliueh the deve)oPed
o/orld\ n ikeb remained re_
lalivelv udo&!ed.n; mitir m5 ercciPilrled
when ihe Banl 6f 1liailardno out ol loreiRr exchanae
and rould nol wilhland ttresriseored nm o[ ils cnrrm-
cv. lt'ar bark ad r omPaoes
iere heavily indebted io lor-eiBn bank, espedally tlose jn
thi US. $hi1e instituliotral
Iudn aeex hom lhe devel-
nned vrorld lad hvesled bil'
li'ons ol dollaru ir tle stock
narlel6 ol lhe booniogSoulh-east Aiian eaonomies
Wien lhe cnmch croe,
tloseifleston shed for the
exit, sellinn local stock and
ruriencies, disregarding tbe
roudriei' fundaf, eDlals The
suddm wibdn{d ol liquidi-
tv l,.on lie Esioo\ slock nar_
ft'ets bmke tle cenual balkol lbjlard, hdorcsia, lilalay'sh and Soub Korea.
DBwing o! il5 exPerience
in IrtinAnedca. tle bterni-tional Morctarv Fuld inr_
oosed mredies tiat maaY crit'i.! helieve made lbe situatiod
worse. Miny Asian ba*sweDtbellrup, and D,rnY com
DaDies werc binlftPled' WtrJe many Asian cour_
lnes ift{red larye c1lfieDt a('.ornl deli{it5 ir Ic9b. 10
vean later thev had substao
6rl nrrrort accirLrnt surpluscs,
ar wellas af,ple loreip cul
Iilen New York's stock
mrrket{,as sold do'm in JulY
,rnd Ausu5l rhis yPJ,. ilr Lnn'
uuon $'rsd rornredr,rkll lo
Frirone and ]!trn and tim to
mLcrr ng Alrr Thesrh Pnrnenoridage lorns at thc mo{ ot
ttris vere a US pmbhm, but
lhey bad becn passed oo
lhrough CD0s (m lilemh\ed
debt obligalio$) to lulop e a n
ba s and irxunnce conPa
nies and lo llru najor bankr
h Clina
Although lL. eritr,,-u'e to
Asian banks and lnsuranrr
comDanies $as no1 hI(lr,rhei;dock m? etslell Asra J
econonies sill depeld otr
Ameimr consume$. Henc€,
rf tle lub pnrc mortgJge
nrobhn sDIl[ over ioio lhe
i S real e,on, ny, reduclng
ronsumer de,n d, Asia\ er
noits r.,nll declnre and econom
i, gLo{ah x lslow.
TheNr d'ssiuiegicnalt-cA rnd tnttrlron 1rcrd\ hr\c,hrrgd rd,rlr dLrr ng tlc
no$llon. lrf vur.u rgiur\ectntv Counri 'n]lnot
be t
le, rivein50lfinq tl./o imn et
rlio;. lhc UftlPd Ndriom
trnrvCourri l'ldlnot be '
'ii t*llit, tr".ts it'Itr{e ptoblefl lront rL.qln
"nudear progmmrne ano ros'
ovot fililrht
"aie{ r llrrlskr Me!!Lo!
s ruaooft Ihrirdir t '?Plerrs
rr
I re-{-l[r€nl !sue olforbP5
magail[e.
decisions being tied Global player
to election
datelins.
lihad io Alshadstao sas
buta plelude6 global jfiad
SeDl 11, 2001 was te hmrng
Doint. The Uniled Siates and
iie world were shocked bY
L\e desl$ctiotr ol lle lvi!Towers ald itre attacl( on the
?enlason. US loftes let?lialed hv"iamfue AJshanistrn in
Ocdber. fte-do"ire fol licworld vas clear: Yor are ei
ther Yrith rs (the US) oIasainsl ur. In Marh 2001 lhe
U"S invaded lraq and over'threw Saddam HLissein
Rjght or wong, Arneic?ns
are h lmo. Tlev nusi now
Snd tle riRlt ll"i oulot lraq
rnthoLrt tlLeu dccrsions be
ins tied lo cle!tion daleln$P;e$dent GeorRe W Bush
ha\ mrdr clcar [i! Dllcv to
ilober{ DraDeI. dLrthoi ofDc.d ( rrLarri a buok nn lhe
Itcndin! 'To aetu\ n 3 Po5i
tron where tl; tre,rdenLrrlrididtrl* w ll he tor orti
ble aboul su$eioing ir Pres
Tm US - enbloiled in llar
snasred bv inien nable prol
kmiovei lran's nuchci pro_
(rannle and unable lo piAo\,,,n Lhrt elusive t$o-sla1
solution lor lssei/Palesline
DMv aDDeaI werkc[ed 3od
ue,iw llut whether vou a
for oi asaiNL US Doliries r
hao ,nd'elsewberc: fte lact "tJraimanv of the world\ prol,'
hmr rainot be el{eLrlvel
mrnared \vilhout the arti\n: rtLci"nation ol the US.' woiddbadeisbowAneti'u wJi bolltrce bacl asah..F{
ir$dhffifttwfi1dkinostdnenic sociehi il has lhe Do5'
hnovative {iconollY wiib itlleadinPadse lecbnolog
both ci"viljai and nilih,'lBu{ Riven Russia! anti Irr
