How low are we going to bow?

saw some signs and heard from the lunch crowd tat suntec area and nicoll highway will be closed for the IMF miting next mth.

the whole 'put on ur smiles for the delegates' thingy gets to mi.

while it is good to let ppl noe abt the visiting guests so we try our best to play host, surely there is no need for a campaign?
are we over-reacting to the event?
and is it necessary to tell the whole country to 'suck up' to the delegates?

tat is the feel tat i get from wat has been done or will b done for the IMF miting.

yes, we should all take pride in our country and put on our best behaviour but no, i dun tink we need such an explicit campaign to smile more.

and i sincerely hope tat the delegates spend as much as singaporeans (or more!) on typical wkends in the suntec area since singaporeans will b put off from shopping there during the event.

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and it brings back memories of the rangoon bak kut teh (BKT) incident.

much of the hoo-ha is not from the visiting HK official hoo didn't get to taste our famous rangoon BKT but more from the field day the HK media was having in attacking singaporeans.

and i feel tat hooever contacted the BKT shop on behalf of our govt, should clarify matters too. did they specify WHO wants to eat the BKT and WHY the shop should accomodate to the timing request?

isn't everyone equal, especially when it comes to enjoying a bowl of BKT??

one hongkonger wrote in to zaobao and apologised for his fellow men's behaviour. the previous highest ranking official in HK enjoys a higher social status den the current official yet he did not try to abuse his authority to get around some trivia matters.

and there is no lack of high profile visitors to the famous BKT stall.
i saw a photo of 小马哥 (马英九) in the shop. how come the taiwanese can respect the operating hrs of the stall in question?

but perhaps we haf wronged him. after all, it's the media hoo r blowing the matter up.

den i feel tat he should step out and clarify his stand too, to ease some hard feelings away.

there is no need for us to apologize. we love ur BKT and we can do wif one less customer if they wana get so political abt it. at least rangoon BKT haf gained one extra customer in mi after tis incident.

if singaporeans dun support singaporeans, who else do we expect to stand up for us?