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榜鹅东 不要再有“后知后觉”的遗憾


2011年，榜鹅东选民给工人党李丽连41%的肯定。2013年，再给她一个突破，让她成功进入国会。只有这样才不会出现前海峡时报总编辑韩福光“后知后觉”的遗憾。

何谓“后知后觉”？海峡时报前总编辑韩福光最近到访台湾，回来后发表了一篇名为：“The dirty truth about Singapore”《新加坡不光彩的事实》的观察文章。文章发表后，深获好评，本地读者认为他说出真相。

令人震惊的是，贵为新加坡媒体第一人，行动党政府的第一号喉舌，海峡总编辑，竟然不知道台湾发生了什么事。这几十年来，台湾在民主，民生和人文素质的提升，他是无知，还是有口难言。作为一个国际金融中心，新加坡第一号总编辑不知道大中华地区的台湾的真实情形，而脑子里一直充满台湾负面新闻，我们新加坡真的国际化了吗？还是，这背后有意的隐瞒事实真相？

幸好，他后知后觉，回来新加坡后，在比较了台北和新加坡后，说出真心话来。但是，这种后知后觉却迟了几十年。因此，我们有必要小心细读新加坡主流媒体，它们不只没有真实的反映国内的情形，连国外的情形也同样没有正确反映，而是选择性报道。 
韩福光在12月31日新加坡《海峡时报》上撰文《新加坡不光彩的事实》，二次以“这里(台北)不是东京”提醒读者台湾人在公德心上的进步。他以台北没人乱丢垃圾等现象为例，反思新加坡很多不良社会行为。#1
榜鹅东选民，以及全国选民有必要了解韩福光“后知后觉”的警惕，不要再像韩福光那样，等了几十年才来发现，说出事实的真相，再来遗憾。遗憾一次就够了，事实是新加坡人已经遗憾了几十年了。每次大选都遗憾，2011才有小突破，将来不可再遗憾下去了。

为何说几十年的遗憾，几十年的“后知后觉”呢？ 
韩德光向在台湾工作的同事问到，为何台湾人这么有公德心？同事回答说，原因很多，特别是1987年解严后，政治与社会觉醒，更多人参与到与台湾有关的公众事务中，从而让大家有了更强的“本体意识”。　#1
1987年就开始的改变，韩福光2012年底才“后知后觉”，这几十年来，新加坡的主流媒体到底在扮演什么角色？榜鹅东有这么多年轻选民，主流媒体是否能够一再让选民遗憾下去呢？

韩福光的可爱之处，倒是自我承认对台湾了解不深。但是，他并不是没有阅读台湾的新闻，他了解的台湾是从报纸和电视上来的。他说，这些报道都是负面新闻。#2 韩福光并不是没有跟进台湾的情形，而是白读书，白看报纸。他怎么看到的都是负面新闻，一点好新闻，一点人情味都没有。

这就像行动党的所谓优秀人才，奖学金得主一样，会读书不会了解民情。读书第一，考到甲级文凭，但是他们很多都和韩福光一样白读书，白看报纸。只看到人家的负面，没有看到人家的正面。因此，他后知后觉，他遗憾，他认为新加坡人的公德心出问题。

化2011年的肯定为2013年的突破，投工人党一票

榜鹅东选民，这次补选，千万要记得，你们不是选人才，不是选读书第一，你们要选一个为民服务的国会议员。同时，不要再让行动党政府和主流媒体让你遗憾下去。后知后觉不是潮流，尤其是遗憾了这么多年，遗憾了这么多次，现在，是时候，不再遗憾了。

看看韩福光怎么说： 
他提到，台湾在政治上常有一些不光彩的事，经济发展迟缓也有一段时间了，但“他们在社会态度举止方面，似乎踏出了一大步”。#1
新加坡已经是世界上最富有的国家之一，我们的社会行为却犹如第三世界国家，这样的生活是新加坡人民所要追求的吗？韩福光对台湾政治和经济的看法有所保留，但是他对台湾社会的一大进步却给予高度认可。

韩福光的短视是，如果没有政治经济作为前提的改变，台湾社会能够自我改变吗？同样的，新加坡社会的改变，很大的力量还是要依靠政治上的改变。一党独大了这么久，韩福光无法看清发展，选民们可要看清楚，不然，就会像韩福光那样后知后觉，遗憾下去。政治上的改变，就只有依靠在野党的强大，先在国会制衡行动党，然后时机成熟取而代之。

榜鹅东选民，阿裕尼，后港选民已经站出来了。现在，就等你们也一起站出来，跟行动党说不。


#1
http://www.chinataiwan.org/twzlk/gejiakantaiwan/201301/t20130104_3510153.htm

#2
<Truth is I didn't know very much about Taiwan, not having visited for more than 20 years - I was last there on a brief news assignment.  >
<Much of what I knew came from reading the papers and watching the news on television, and it was mostly negative - the unruly politics, fist fights in Parliament, and headline-grabbing melodramatic elections (remember the mysterious shooting of then President Chen Shui-bian a day before the 2004 presidential election?). >
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