Comments on: Free Burma! http://aaron-ng.info/blog/free-burma.html Comments, opinions and an occasional ramble Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:04:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: sam http://aaron-ng.info/blog/free-burma.html#comment-16730 sam Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:17:19 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/free-burma.html#comment-16730 it's quite surreal learning that singapore has had weapons/arms exports to myanmar. i wonder what will our government say to that, or whether they'll address this history. i was actually quite apathetic to the news (before i read the articles and reports). i thought, "what has this gotta do with me". i realise it has got to do with everything, because i'm a citizen of a government who had, in many ways, supported the junta, which in turn kept them in power. right now, what i've read has outraged me. but i'll want to hear it from our government and they should be transparent in providing information as to how much (taxpayers') money and arms they've pumped into myanmar over the past couple of decades. and it's our right as citizens to ask the government to show the papers and figures. it’s quite surreal learning that singapore has had weapons/arms exports to myanmar. i wonder what will our government say to that, or whether they’ll address this history.

i was actually quite apathetic to the news (before i read the articles and reports). i thought, “what has this gotta do with me”. i realise it has got to do with everything, because i’m a citizen of a government who had, in many ways, supported the junta, which in turn kept them in power.

right now, what i’ve read has outraged me. but i’ll want to hear it from our government and they should be transparent in providing information as to how much (taxpayers’) money and arms they’ve pumped into myanmar over the past couple of decades.

and it’s our right as citizens to ask the government to show the papers and figures.

]]> By: Aaron Ng http://aaron-ng.info/blog/free-burma.html#comment-16703 Aaron Ng Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:43:33 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/free-burma.html#comment-16703 He will listen to you, but whether he will (and can) do anything is another matter. He will listen to you, but whether he will (and can) do anything is another matter.

]]> By: Michaelk http://aaron-ng.info/blog/free-burma.html#comment-16697 Michaelk Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:34:49 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/free-burma.html#comment-16697 Hi, This series of events actually made me seriously consider meeting Khaw Boon Wan at a meet-the-people session at Yishun next Monday or something. Do you think that he will listen to me seriously? Just wondering. Thanks. Free Burma! Hi,

This series of events actually made me seriously consider meeting Khaw Boon Wan at a meet-the-people session at Yishun next Monday or something. Do you think that he will listen to me seriously?

Just wondering. Thanks.

Free Burma!

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