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Community
Issues - Others
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 Sheikh Haikel fired from
DJ job at Perfect 10
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Excerpt
of letter by Lau Chee Kin to Straits Times Forum
Page of 30 Jul 2004 |
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"....During
that programme, a student called and asked DJs...Ong
and Sheik Haikel how he should approach someone he
fancied in the bus he was taking to school. |
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"I
was horrified by what Sheik said over the air, to
thousands of schoolchildren all over Singapore going
to school and listening in. He told the listener to
ask the girl whether she was wearing white panties. |
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".....,
to his credit, tried to stop him by saying the boy
might not even be 16, but Sheik continued by saying
he should also ask if they were cotton or lace. |
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"I
turned off the radio immediately. |
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"Such
irresponsible, low-class and crude jokes or comments
must never be aired. It's about time we had some
guidelines as to what can be said over the
airwaves." |
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Excerpt
of letter by Chow Moh Hoong (Mdm) to Straits Times
Forum Page of 4 Aug 2004 |
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".....Deejays
on Morning Madness have been telling obscene jokes,
making crude comments on sex, sexual organs and sexual
behaviour in almost every broadcast. What has happened
to refinement, good taste and style? |
| ".....Some time
ago, a woman presenter asked sportsmen if they agreed
that sporting performance improved after sex. |
| ".....On another
occasion, Jamie Tan ended a programme by saying ' we
(she was with Sheikh Haikel) are enjoying ourselves
here massaging and masturbating each other '. |
| ".....DJs Sheikh
Haikel and Daniel Ong seem to take delight in outdoing
each other in lewdness. |
| ".....Could the
authorities tell us what they are going to do about
Morning Madness?" |
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Excerpt
of letter by Erina Cook (Ms), Programme Director,
Perfect Ten 98.7FM, MediaCorp Radio to Straits Times
Forum Page of 4 Aug 2004 |
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".....We
would like to thank Mr Lau Chee Kin for his feedback
on Perfect Ten 98.7FM's Morning Madness programme. |
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"The
two deejays - Daniel Ong and Sheikh Haikel - were
addressing the caller's question on how he could
approach a girl he likes. |
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suggestions offered were to make small talk and
introduce himself before exchanging contact numbers.
The cheeky banter was unfortunately carried too far
and we apologise if it offended listeners. |
| "We would like to
assure Mr Lau that MediaCorp Radio has internal
guidelines governing the content of radio programmes
and will continue to monitor its programmes." |
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Excerpt
of letter by Natasha A Majeed to Life!, Straits
Times of 27 Aug 2004 (L12) |
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".....What
he said was lewd, even bordering on obscene, but I
don't think it warrants a sacking. |
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"listeners
have different preferences, so if one prefers a less
edgy approach, one can switch channels or even turn
off the radio... |
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"Also,
aren't we being hypocritical here? Television can get
away with programmes like Temptation Island and Love
Cruise which display flagrant sexual promiscuity, but
Sheikh Haikel can't talk about white panties on
air?... |
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Excerpt
of letter by Nancy Juliana Awyong to Life!, Straits
Times of 27 Aug 2004 (L12) |
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".....I
enjoyed listening to Perfect 10 because of the pairing
of Sheikh and Daniel Ong. But now, I no longer listen
to the station as I feel that injustice has been done
there. |
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"Surely
one listener does not represent the majority who love
having them on the air. Why give up the whole forest
for only one tree? |
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