The protest organised by TOC got on to a slow start. At 4pm when I arrived, there were about 200 to 300 people around. This was what many had expected for this event. As the clock ticked away, more and more people streamed in and to my pleasant surprise, there were around 2,000 people at the Park. And we had a bright sunny day as contrast to the earlier two protests that were wet and all umbrellas.
Amazing, and more amazing, many were of the younger set, and several of the speakers too were from the younger generation. This is most encouraging, seeing the young people showing more interests in how this country should move forward. Below are some photos taken at Hong Lim that will give a better description of what happened there this afternoon.
PS. I left a bit early as my legs were weakening after two hours of standing and walking around. And I missed a few speakers at the end, including the one from Leong Sze Hian. Just listen to the youtube. Quite interesting.
Andrew Loh of PublicHouse, the MC for the event.
Ravi Philemon, one of the speakers
Richard Wan of TRE
Roy Ngerng from the HeartTruth
Choo Zheng Xi from TOC, a promising young lawyer
I missed out his name. Was it Rafi? He spoke in Malay and English.
The days when elders can tell young people to "shut up" and "do as I say, stop asking questions" are well and truly over.
ReplyDeleteMore and more young people adhere to idea of respect being EARNED instead of just being given because of a person's age or authority.
Huamns are mortal, which from the point of view of culture is a damn good thing. Ideas - - lots of them bad - - die off with the generation which held them dear and defined that generation. New discoveries in science and new tools from technology are soaked up by the young and inculcated into their lives and world view.
In the last few decades, the advances have been accelerating. Those in their teens and 20s have grown up with instant global communication, personal expression and access to knowledge 24/7/365, so much so that they cannot imagine life without it. Old fuck heads are left in the dust clinging onto their silly ideas of control and "morality" and are being ignored or ridiculed by a younger, more dynamic and empowered set who want to PLOT THEIR OWN COURSE - - rightly or wrongly, warts and all.