Our Unspoken Confessions

Well so certain discussions have been posted as to wether flyers should be banned. In my opinion, i fee that there is really no need to ban the distribution of flyers. Yes the people that distributes them may be irritating and yes u feel pissed that u have to take flyers out of ur wind screen. But there is really no need to ban flyers right? I mean, they are just small pieces of paper. If u see some random dude distributing them, u can just walk away or just say no. How hard could saying one word be?

People feel that flyers should be banned because they are a waste of paper and a major source of littering. Who actually reads flyers? The general public just take flyers and dump it into rubbish bins without even taking a glance at what it says. Everywhere, people are talking about saving the world by not wasting resources. And here we are in this small City of Singapore, taking flyers and tossing them into the bin. Its not a matter of flyers anymore. Its a matter of how the public thinks. Yes, i agree that the words on flyers are quite nonsensical but why dont you just take the flyer and toss it into the recycle bins instead? Singapore is filled with recycling bins. Everywhere you go, its common to see one. So the people that want to ban flyers with the reason that its a threat to the world are all talking nonsense. Their all just lazy to make the extra effort to recycle those pieces of paper.

: Joshua Lim

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Flyers - are they the new chewing gums? Should they be banned?
written by SOOJIN LEE.

Flyers - are they the new chewing gums? Should they be banned? I don't think so.
Flyters are one of way to advertise their company or promotion and products. So it is easy to inform people and know their advertisement. Sometimes, we know the new events and promotions whenever we across the road and check our mailbox.

In my thought, It's very useful to experience one of part time jobs. As for me, that is good for us before we will get a job. Because Flyers always work face to face from their customers and people. We can learn service for customers naturally and earn the money, also. It serves a double purpose. That's very good experience for us.

Obviously, It has bad sides like environment. But i think Flyers shouldn't be banned, even though damage environment. Even so, I never ignore environment problems. That problems have to correct abuses. Flyers have to fulfill good ways for people while solving the problems.

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Our Unspoken Confessions

samchua.

Flyers (not the one at vivo) - are they the new chewing gum ? should they be banned ?
i don't think so.
Flyers are good ways to advertise on a certain event or product. It reaches to the consumers out there. It's cheap and convienient. It's one simple way of advertising as well. However, some people have seen the wrath of flyers. Such as the bad usuage of flyers.

On stomp, there was a case on how an individual was upset that he could find parts parts of the piece of unsightly paper were stuck to his windscreen and could not be removed unless he scratched them off. Some fliers are seen as an act of vandalism. On one case, the same ad fliers were still paste on the walls in a lift lobby of a particular place even when they were torn off before. They just kept re-appearing. It would be such a nuisance as a result. Such cases such as when flyer distributors are getting out of hand. On case on stomp talks about the amount of fliers he received at his gate over a short period of time.

Another problem is also littering. When the ad is useless to the individual, he or she will throw away the flyer. Isn't that right ? but most of the time, we would actually throw the flyer away as it's only useless for a short moment of time. To know about the product or the information they are trying to give us. After that it goes to the bin.
SUCH A WASTE ! SUCH A WASTE ! SU-C-H AAAAA WASSSSSSSSTE !
isn't it true ? ):

The loss of these flyers makes a loss of tress. Thus, it's murdering of trees !
However i don't think it should be banned but the usuage of such flyers should be more appropiate.
If flyers are banned, how would information be given out ? Through other media works but it's expensive. Therefore flyers should not be banned.

11:20 PM

Are flyers the new chewing gums? Should they be banned?

Written by Shirley Kettler

Have you ever noticed a junk load of flyers flooded in your mailbox? Well, i have. Sure, the advertisements inform me of the latest events, products and services. But do i REALLY need to be constantly reminded 24/7?

Flyers are not only cheap, but attractive and a popular source of advertisement. It is most commonly advertised by tutors, housing agents, rental landlords and delivery services. Most of these people flood our mailboxes with flyers and brochures.

Positively, if they are banned, there wouldn't be so much wastage of paper and a nuisance for residents to clear their mailbox on a regular basis. On the negatively side, advertisers will have to change their mode of advertisements which, in a form, may be more expensive and will overall lower their sales cost.

Perhaps instead of restricting to one of these options, community workers can place more focus on recycle bins to be placed beside the wastebin or mailboxes. This way, when residents check for their mails, they can easily clear the flyers which they have no interest in and not only will it save the environment, but advertisers can still advertise and have people to notice their hardwork of labour. It's a win-win situation.

10:13 PM

Our Unspoken Confessions

samchua.
Is there any glory ?

On a beautiful gorgeous star-filled night, Singapore won China 3-1. On may 30 singapore made history. Singapore's team,Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu and Sun Beibei managed to stun everybody in the world. However they are not true-blue singaporeans. Representing singapore in the championship were not singaporeans. Would there be any glory if singaporeans did not win the championship ?

BUTT.I am on the fence on this one. (:
We shouldn't care where people come from or who we are ! In terms of talent, we can easily spot it. But it's a matter of fact how we discover it ! Even if it's foreign talent, it's considered talent in singapore. So even if the singapore team were not true-blue singaporeans, we should support them and yes, there is glory in this victory. We shouldn't look at the nationality of the people representing them in the olympic games. This people choose to participate,work hard and represent singapore in the olympic games. Shouldn't we support them then ?
It is Singapore that trained them and even it they aren't singaporens, we can still cheer for them. Singapore wants to have racial harmony. Therefore we should consider each other.
i can understand why is there an issue on the nationality of the team. People want true singaporeans to represent singapore. Personally, i would want singapore to have true singaporeans representing them however i can rejoice in victory as this people representing us, are to me, singaporeans as well. It's the heart that counts !

12:33 PM

Joshua

So, Singapore has won the table tennis world championships. Is there any glory in that? In case u did not know, the players in the Singapore team are all from China. Even the coach is from China. So how do you feel about Singapore winning the championships? Did Singapore win, or did 'Singapore' win?

Personally, i feel that Singapore did not win. I mean, the players are from China. Even the coaches are from China ! All singapore did was pump in money and provide them with a place to practice. The players probably take Singapore as a platform to make it big because they are just average back in China. Different people have different opinions. Some feel that Singapore won on its own while some share the same opinion as me. The latest news is that one of the table tennis stars is going back to China to teach teble tennis. Though the player was groomed in Singapore and was treated as one of us, She has decided to leave Singapore and officialy go back to China to be a coach.

Singapore probably knows about this problem already but Singapore does not have much of a choice as we lack talents due to our small population. We have no choice but to rely on foreign talents.

12:21 PM

S'pore table tennis team wins championship: Is there any glory?

Written by Shirley Kettler

In order to sustain Singapore's economy, it is important to first have a growing population. However, Singapore's population alone is not large enough to keep up with the economy to ensure the population can grow. Thus, Foreign Talent was introduced to attract talents from overseas coming to Singapore.

Foreign talents are certainly a boon to our economy as it consists of a diversity of skills. From sports, technology, to a broad range of many different knowledge. The advantage Singapore can gain are the skills and techniques imparted from foreign talents which can then be further passed on to our locals. However, some locals feel that Singaporeans should represent our country rather than foreign talents even though they might be the ones who shared their knowledge with us locals. What do you think?

I personally feel that we should be thankful to foreign talents. Some have generously shared their knowledge with us even though their objectives in working here might be because of the exchange rate currency or Singapore's stable and healthy economy. However, foreign talents may represent Singapore but it is important that majority of our Singaporeans should represent our country instead of foreign talents to make our country proud. Afterall, it is only human to exchange information, develop and grow through learning new things from different sources.

12:21 PM

S'pore table tennis team wins championship; Is there any glory?
written by SOOJIN LEE

Singapore is multi-racial country. I think all of racial live get together in Singapore. Singapore table tennis team wins championship. But someone are very confused about winning championship of table tennis team. Because they are from China.

I heard about over 70% of singapore's population is Chinese. Personally, so I was a little bit weired. They who are from china take for granted. But different people have different opinions. As for Korea, one of table tennis player is chinese. She came to Korea to take part in Olympic games. We welcomed her at that time.We really congratulated her when she won the game.

We live international age. I think nationality is not important. people's will and goal is more important than nationality. We have open-minded. We have to accept other country people. I think we are thankful to them even though they are from China.

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Are flyers the new chewing gums? Should they be banned?

Written by Shirley Kettler

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Our Unspoken Confessions

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S'pore table tennis team wins championship: Is there any glory?

Written by Shirley Kettler

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