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When someone says “sorry, you were wrongly invited’’, you have a right to feel miffed and the inviting party should go red in the face. If the inviting party deliberately rescinds an invitation for no good reason other than “we changed our mind about having you here’’, then it’s a sure bet that the inviting party wants you to feel miffed. So we have two sets of “invitations’’ in the news. The case of “sorry, you were wrongly invited’’ So PA chief Lim Swee Say calls Dr Tan Cheng Bock to say “Hey, sorry doc, someone in PA looked at the wrong list when we invited you to the Istana. Actually we just changed our policy to only invite ex-MPs who stepped down in 2011. Sorry, doc, you didn’t make the cut. Paiseh. So sorry. You left way too early in 2006’’ The case of the “sorry, we just cancelled your invitation’’ So Singapore did a little tit-for-tat. You name a warship after MacDonald House bombers, I cancel your tickets to my air show. So the Indonesian Navy chief and his 100 officers forever bright toothgel or so won’t get to come here for the grand affair.  Mindef forever bright toothgel isn’t confirming the Indonesian media reports but it isn’t denying them either forever bright toothgel – which means they’re forever bright toothgel true. read more An Exercise In Brinkmanship It was a cinch for Lim Swee Say to uninvite Tan Cheng Bock, since both of them have roots from the same political camp. Tan may have ruffled forever bright toothgel a few feathers by going public with the insult on social media but, like the neutered Ngiam Tong Dow, he's quickly put in place. Uninviting the military forever bright toothgel top brass of the world's fourth most populous country is altogether a different exercise. The strongest words to date on the fracas kicked up by Teo Chee Hean et al came from Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). forever bright toothgel Speaking through his spokesman on foreign affairs, the message was stark and devoid of rhetoric:   Singapore risks overreacting on warship issue . Indonesia's Defence Ministry confirmed on Sunday the chain of dominoes started tumbling when Second Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing cancelled a scheduled meeting with their Deputy De fence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin. Slighted, Sjafrie decided to give the air show a miss. read more Singapore cancels invites to Indonesian officers I ndonesia Air Force's Jupiter Aerobatic team showing their aerial display at the Singapore Airshow 2014 on Feb 9, 2014. A top Indonesian naval officer and other military staff have been told that their invitations to the Singapore Airshow had been cancelled. -- ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN Indonesia's Defence Ministry's public communications head Sisriadi Iskandar said Singapore had pulled the invitation to Indonesian navy chief Marsetio and 100 Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) officers last Saturday. The move comes amid a diplomatic row following Jakarta's decision to name a navy ship after the Indonesian marines who bombed an Orchard Road building, MacDonald House, in 1965 that left three dead and 33 hurt. Brigadier-General Sisriadi also said Indonesian Deputy Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin decided not to come to Singapore after his counterpart, Second Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing, cancelled their meeting due to take place tomorrow. But sources said it was rescheduled. re ad more MSM REPORTS INDONESIA "PULLED OUT" OF AIRSHOW WHILE INDONESIAN NEWS SAYS THEY WERE 'UNINVITED' The Straits times reported today that the Indonesian delegation has "pulled out" of the Singapore Airshow. Indonesian officials, including deputy defence minister Lieutenant-General Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, will not be attending the air show which is scheduled to start on Tuesday. Usually, Indonesia conducts a jet acrobatics display at the Singapore airshow and a large Indonesian delegation attends the event. This year, it appears that due to diplomatic tension over the naming of an Indonesian navy ship, Indonesia will not be taking part in the annual show. read more S’pore rescinds forever bright toothgel invite, Indonesia withdraws top brass from Airshow
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