Circumventing the mainstream media

Oh, wow.

I have *just* received a reply from Edgar Koh, editorial chief of the UNDP.

Thought I'd try my luck with a long shot, since none of the local (Singapore) mainstream papers - even if we all know they are the one corporate entity - picked up on the original media release on the WYC Policy Document.

But you never know what you get if you don't try.

This gives me much more momentum when I send my loving package, replete with fresh media release, cover letter + policy document, off to PM Lee's office and Dr B in about... half an hour.

So, my point - and this goes out to WYC delegates (and all youth activists!) from countries that don't take their youth seriously enough - is this:

Find other ways. Get people in higher places to help you. Use contacts to get there.

Be shameless.

ps. The darned Policy Document is up! Check it out here.

Update: Back in Oz:

VSU was taken off the agenda for the most recent sitting of Parliament, for both House of Reps and the Senate - as per our anticipation in the event that dissidents in the Coalition and Nelson's office couldn't converge. Apparently, for the last couple of weeks, Nelson has been meeting with the dissidents nearly everyday in a bid to reach some mutually agreeable deal - which clearly hasn't been reached (yet).

The anti-VSU campaign is having an effect. Amazing.

AAP 22 Aug: Students, police defend debate action
Australian 20 April: VSU will keep foreign students overseas