tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post3441238395094383387..comments2024-03-28T17:31:22.152+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Subhas Chandra Bose, a place in Singapore’s historyChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-70929605008941969532012-02-07T16:31:35.652+08:002012-02-07T16:31:35.652+08:00Some may want a bust of Bose erected and some will...Some may want a bust of Bose erected and some will want to throw stone, rotten egg or want to disfigure the bust. <br />So, in order not to have problems over a figure with little or nothing to do with Singapore albeit a little sentimentality to few Singaporeans, it is best not to hurt the successors of the victims of the Japanese atrocity. Many Singaporeans have had their forebears tortured and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-64192949910563372402012-02-07T14:19:40.627+08:002012-02-07T14:19:40.627+08:00Hi john, welcome to the blog.
Bose was an indepen...Hi john, welcome to the blog.<br /><br />Bose was an independence fighter and all Indians should be proud of him. And he should be remembered as a great Indian soldier in the history books of India. He is in our history book here, not wiped away.<br /><br />To erect a bust for him is an act to honour someone in our history. The sticky part here is that Bose was on the side of the Japanese Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-16920804849504735602012-02-07T13:55:48.340+08:002012-02-07T13:55:48.340+08:00It's a complicated issue. Bose came more than ...It's a complicated issue. Bose came more than a year after the Sook Chin Massacre, and if you visit the national archives you will find that many involved in the INA and IIL, decried the Japanese treatment of the Chinese earlier, when they found out what happened. The INA is an important part of the history of many Indians here. Is it problematic because of the Japanese alliance? Yes. But johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356444419268817294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-19249719795934804202012-02-07T11:54:44.769+08:002012-02-07T11:54:44.769+08:00Hi admin, welcome to the blog.
George got to thin...Hi admin, welcome to the blog.<br /><br />George got to think a bit deeper and be more sensitive. Many people suffered under the barbaric Japanese. The pain is still there.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-68964286685981036292012-02-07T11:50:19.590+08:002012-02-07T11:50:19.590+08:00Since he is "honoured" in Japan, send it...Since he is "honoured" in Japan, send it to Japan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-18375015519125963792012-02-07T11:06:48.076+08:002012-02-07T11:06:48.076+08:00The fact that is was George Yeo who had spoken out...The fact that is was George Yeo who had spoken out for Bose looks extremely like its a PR exercise.<br />let's not forget that George Yeo had been the Foreign Minister and he should be the one to talk the terms of the FTA with India.<br /><br />Who cares about Singapore's dignity or the people's feelings if he can bootlicked the big countries like China and India into using newhiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-27323548492298799422012-02-07T10:30:58.848+08:002012-02-07T10:30:58.848+08:00Ask George Yeo. He is the one who had asked Herit...Ask George Yeo. He is the one who had asked Heritage Board to restore Bose's memorial.<br /><br />http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/202942015/ht/Padma-for-Singapore-ex-minister-with-Nalanda-connectsnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315060885522286533noreply@blogger.com