The new public campaign - hypocrisy, with governmental vigour!

People Like Us' bid to be listed in the Registrar of Societies as an official society in Singapore has yet again been rejected.

"Be out of the box, creative, entrepreneurial! Go forth and romance, reverse bungee, dance on bar-tops, and casinate*! Singapore must CHANGE! We must become a vibrant cosmopolitan nation or we will be left behind!"

*casinate - to gamble on a largely artificial off-shore island with income pre-requisites. Poor people need not apply and should stick to gaming at Singapore Pools.

Apparently, the government's current stand is that we should be 'out of the box' but preferably remain 'in the closet'.

My stand, on the other hand, is that the new-age 'happy' man has no space in the closet with all that Armani and Gucci in there. So well, brothers and sisters, one word... IKEA.

As in migrate to Sweden not go to Queensway, 'cos sorry, but Singapore has no space for you. Not even on one of its artificial off-shore islands. (That's for the rich Ang Mohs remember?)

You are against public interest.