Mr C called. “Hey, are you guys still collecting signatures for petition for Tan Kin Lian?”

I told him I believe so, since there is a bunch of us doing different things.

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The poll to vote for our domain name is closed. Here is the result.

Thank you to all of you who have voted! We have registered civicadvocator.net as our domain name. We are now sorting out the technical issues of using this domain name properly.

We thought it was interesting that sgvoices came in second in your choice. We suppose we do represent one of the voices of Singapore.

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Hi Guys,

After attending to some of MR TAN public Speeches and Forum, I admire and salute to him as he pointed out he prefer using “Alternative Party” instead of “Opposition Party”.

I think that really sounds good as “Opposition Party” in majority of Singaporean’s impression are just known in opposing government policy but offer no constructive alternate policy.

Anyway, MR TAN had highlighted a good point on educational efforts in educating the Singaporean their role and responsibilities and the rights as a Citizens.

Well let me introduce myself, I am Mr S at age of 40+ and I’m in printing business for many years.

If there is anythings that I can help in your volunteering jobs scope, you may contact me and I hope one way or another I can assist MR TAN.

Best Regards.

Mr S

The Poll to choose our domain name is closed.

Someone wrote to us with a suggestion. We publish it here.

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Yes, I’d be prepared to offer my services if needed – for the sake of Singapore and Singaporeans.

Jeffrey

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Dear Jeffrey

It is a good idea, and we hope Mr Tan could consider doing this.

If he goes for it, would you be able to volunteer to help in whatever ways you could to support him for the talks at Speakers’ Corner please?

Thank you.

Volunteers for TKL

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Given the possibility of Mr Tan standing for Public Office (I personally will prefer he stand for the EP although I will fully support him if he decides to contest the GE2011 instead), may I suggest that he “strike while the iron is hot” – by organising a session (or sessions) at the Speakers’ Corner to talk on the reserves, losses at Temasek and GIC and the role of the Presidency – for the sake of Singapore and Singaporeans.

Maybe he can do a “If I were the President of Singapore, I’d …..” thingy to let the citizens know what he’d do if elected..?

Even if he eventually decides not to run for the EP, at least such to-do’s may set some benchmark on what are expected of the current President and any Presidential hopeful.

Just a thought for your consideration. Thanks

Rgds
Jeffrey

Hello, my name is Arthur. I am one of the volunteers helping to organize this petition.

Arthur is, obviously, just a pseudonym and not my real name.

I maintain a blog somewhere on the internet and I lurk around in some of the local forums. In the real world, I am married, with kids, and holding a day job.

I have my reasons for volunteering my time to organize the petition. Some of them are captured here.

But I am not here to write about myself. What I want to do is to explain to people how our petition is organized.

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We thank one of our readers for his contribution.

In his words: “The colours of the state flag and symbols within the initials TKL reflect the man’s love and service for his country. Not many successful men and women have the dedication Mr Tan has shown to help his fellow country folk; most will probably choose to enjoy their retirement years in luxury and relaxation!”

We thank him for his efforts and kind gesture. Every contribution, no matter how small, matters. Not to us, but to Singapore.

Jas

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Tell Singapore government: Ask them a question or give a suggestion

We informed people about the “Tell Singapore Government” subsite and have received some interesting reaction at some forums.
See: 3in1 Kopitiam, Sam’s Alfresco Coffee, Singapore Kopitiam, SgForums
Our responses to some of the comments are listed below. If we are not answering some other specific questions, that is because we do not know how.
 

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