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23-11-2016, 08:50 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
Recently there have been many anti-terrorism drills conducted all over Zikapore.
DPM Teo emphasized the need for Sinkies to be prepared to be terrorised by Islamist groups.
Is Zikapore really facing the possibility of more terrorist attacks or are the recent drills just to get Sinkies distracted from economic troubles plaguing the city-state and the dismal performance of the PAP gabrament?
You decide which is which after reading the following letter to The Straits Times' Forum:
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I returned to Singapore last night and was the first at the baggage carousel at Changi Airport after clearing immigration checks.
There was no one at that carousel, but an unattended bag was right next to it.
I immediately signalled to Customs officers who had had a clear view of that bag all that while. But they did not take any action.
After waiting for about 10 minutes, I went to the Cisco officer guarding the exit. She came to look at the bag and called her senior and the airport police on the phone. I was told no one responded to her.
I dialled 999 but no one answered my call after two minutes of ringing. Meanwhile, the area was swarming with people and the area around the bag was still not cordoned off.
It was only 30 minutes after I notified the authorities that the airport police showed up. Their casual approach surprised me.
The bag turned out to contain souvenirs from a forgetful traveller.
But what would have happened if it had contained items that could create havoc in a public area?
There is so much emphasis on SGSecure and there have been so many public demonstrations of our anti-terrorism might.
Yet, when there is a seemingly suspicious item left in public, the authorities do not seem to take this threat seriously or with any sense of urgency.
There is definitely a need for more education, not just for the public but also for all uniformed personnel.
Reuben Cheang
Source: "Slow action on unattended bag at airport", page A26, The Straits Times, November 23, 2016
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?238104-Sinkie-calls-out-Prime-Ministar-s-gabrament-for-wayang&goto=newpost).
Recently there have been many anti-terrorism drills conducted all over Zikapore.
DPM Teo emphasized the need for Sinkies to be prepared to be terrorised by Islamist groups.
Is Zikapore really facing the possibility of more terrorist attacks or are the recent drills just to get Sinkies distracted from economic troubles plaguing the city-state and the dismal performance of the PAP gabrament?
You decide which is which after reading the following letter to The Straits Times' Forum:
***********************************************
I returned to Singapore last night and was the first at the baggage carousel at Changi Airport after clearing immigration checks.
There was no one at that carousel, but an unattended bag was right next to it.
I immediately signalled to Customs officers who had had a clear view of that bag all that while. But they did not take any action.
After waiting for about 10 minutes, I went to the Cisco officer guarding the exit. She came to look at the bag and called her senior and the airport police on the phone. I was told no one responded to her.
I dialled 999 but no one answered my call after two minutes of ringing. Meanwhile, the area was swarming with people and the area around the bag was still not cordoned off.
It was only 30 minutes after I notified the authorities that the airport police showed up. Their casual approach surprised me.
The bag turned out to contain souvenirs from a forgetful traveller.
But what would have happened if it had contained items that could create havoc in a public area?
There is so much emphasis on SGSecure and there have been so many public demonstrations of our anti-terrorism might.
Yet, when there is a seemingly suspicious item left in public, the authorities do not seem to take this threat seriously or with any sense of urgency.
There is definitely a need for more education, not just for the public but also for all uniformed personnel.
Reuben Cheang
Source: "Slow action on unattended bag at airport", page A26, The Straits Times, November 23, 2016
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?238104-Sinkie-calls-out-Prime-Ministar-s-gabrament-for-wayang&goto=newpost).