Hong Lim Park - Singapore's epitome of freedom
Or not?

Afterall, the Speaker's Corner is over there at Hong Lim Park.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH!
Liberty!
Not.

The recent governmental move of not having to get a license to speak at the Speaker's Corner is ABSOLUTELY redundant. In my opinion, we Singaporeans have been trained so well to see that place as an amusement park, where jokers like Chee Soon Juan would go protest and get sued. That place is condemned. It is cursed. You go there to be a clown.

Besides, who would go there to be a clown and risk being ridiculed when you can express your views on the Internet without having to show your face?

Therefore, the decision made by the government is USELESS. When technology is so advanced, who needs to be physically there to protest/complain/demonstrate?

But well, a few days ago, there was a buzz at Hong Lim Park. And I was soooooo amused when I saw this piece of news on TV.
Instead of talking about important issues that affect the society, the world and our civilisation at Hong Lim Park, some funny people decided to hold (of all things,) a matchmaking session, specially for parents whose children are still single.
What these parents did was to exchange numbers and information of their children with other also very eager parents.

An uncle being interviewed said very earnestly on TV, (I translate into English) "My daughter ah... studied in Raffles Girls' School, RJ, then went to the United States to further her studies... She has no time!"
No time to date.

Wah, uncle, your daughter very zai. Maybe that's the reason why she's still not attached/married.

So, now the government is also intervening into our personal lives. So now all of us must quickly get married! Our Prime Minister said we must!

Now, do we still see Hong Lim Park as a representation of freedom?