Goh Chok Tong calls for more considerate conduct online
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TODAY reports: “Hurling vitriol online may feel ‘shiok’ to the sender instantly, but bad vibes reverberate across cyberspace and fester in hearts and minds long after,” Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong says.
- POSTED: 30 May 2015 06:59
- UPDATED: 30 May 2015 07:11
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SINGAPORE: With the internet pervading more aspects of people’s lives, face-to-face communication has been reduced, causing human relations and awareness of the feelings of others to take a hit, said Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong on Friday (May 29).
Speaking at the launch of an exhibition by the Singapore Kindness Movement (SKM), Mr Goh called for more considerate conduct online, saying that words and action in cyberspace have a long-lasting impact.
“Hurling vitriol online may feel ‘shiok’ to the sender instantly, but bad vibes reverberate across cyberspace and fester in hearts and minds long after,” he said. “Conversely, being considerate and thoughtful online perpetuates and multiplies goodwill.”
Mr Goh also noted that while Singapore’s rapid economic development had driven wages up, the opportunity cost of time had increased too, leaving people feeling more hurried and overlooking the need to be gracious in everyday life. “If competition drives people to look out only for themselves and their own families, it would be tragic. I do not want to live in such a society even if it is the richest country in the world,” he added.
At the event on Friday, 10 individuals and organisations were awarded for their efforts to make Singapore a more gracious place. Their initiatives include encouraging youth to help the elderly and getting people to share home-cooked dishes with their community.
The SKM’s two-day multimedia exhibition at *SCAPE Playspace, which opens on Saturday, is held in commemoration of Kindness Day SG. Visitors can walk through zones featuring stories on acts of kindness. One of the zones features an interactive short film, SW/TCH, which was created by local award-winning director Kirsten Tan, and shows two contrasting views of Singapore through a split-screen narrative.
Meanwhile, pre-schools were involved in commemorating Kindness Day SG for the first time this year. A total of 564 companies and pre-schools islandwide committed to the initiative, with teachers conducting daily classroom activities in the weeks beforehand, such as card games that teach kindness.
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Goh Chok Tong, what is your definition of considerate conduct online?
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They so so so fearful of internet. Hahahahahha ...........
Bravo, internet!
That day happen to see teo chee hean mumble mumble about internet on local news.
aiyo ...... you million million dollar highest paid govt in the world so scare for what ........
internet won't bite you, internet won't fight for your position.
Hahaha, election is near ......... hahaha ...
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Goh, you and your colleagues show eg to us to be considerate , and kind to us la..... then come tell us .....
by the way , goh chok tong, where is our swiss standard of living you promise us? Where? Where?
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You people so damn fearful so much so you ppl monitor sgporeans which sites they surf and even pop out message to tell " your ....... not private." stop ppl surfing sites that reveal facts and reality of singapore. instead of taking good care of our bread and butter issues you ppl do all these unnecessary to waste time, money and resources.
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Scrap the kindness movement la. Serves no purpose. No need any movement or campaign for ppl to be kind la. So stupid ...... so fake.
cut all the crap, just serve the nation with sincerity, meet our needs. This then is kindness.
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You all so fearful and threaten by internet , ban internet in singapore la.
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does it mean on the internet, netizens must ONLY talk about the good of the local govt? Anything that is negative about them is no good conduct online?
Remember, the whole world is watching.
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Goh, you are hokkien, why you help that peranakan Harry Lee to supress the hokkien mother tongue and other mother tongue dialects of chinese singaporeans?
Why don't you fight for our mother tongue?
Why you obey the peranakan Harry Lee?
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Bo pian .... lau goh supported the late boss. yes, lau goh is hokkien. Buay jin zor.
Most southern chinese in sg ..... root eroded liao. Thank you lky ..... thank you. One will reap what one sow. Hahaha ........
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this is exactly why ESM needs to say that
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Originally posted by SJS6638:
Bo pian .... lau goh supported the late boss. yes, lau goh is hokkien. Buay jin zor.
Most southern chinese in sg ..... root eroded liao. Thank you lky ..... thank you. One will reap what one sow. Hahaha ........
roots no more, easy to eat like rootless bean sprouts.
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Ban internet ...... hahaha
then the whole world will laugh . ..... hahahaha
human beings are not robots.
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Take action against that Islamophobic Jason Neo then can talk. Otherwise he is just spewing poo.
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O wise one, what is your opinion?