I was still in US when I was informed by one of Wei Lian's die hard fan that the NTU charity news was headlines in Sin Min and what was published was totally twisted and wrongly judged by the reporter from this night paper.

This is the link to the news dated 22nd Mar -
http://showbiz.omy.sg/Showbiz/E-News/Story/OMYStory200903221715-49715.html

As I have earlier posted last minute the news that Wei Lian will be performing, he was invited to guest perform at the charity event. Even for me I only know it about 10 days before I left for US and even the artiste himself was not aware until I check with Warner Music. At that time Warner Music promotion person told me that they are still negotiating and its still not confirmed and only confirmed it few days before I left for US trip.

I was greatful when I was told that Warner Music has sent a letter to Sin Min to express their unhappiness over what Sin Min published using that performance to state that Wei Lian's popularity was down and the turnout was poor but in fact the whole charity exceed their targeted 7,000 fund raising, the organizer (Red Cross ) has collected more than 9,000 for the event and thank Wei Lian and FC for their support. Wei Lian did not get paid for his appearance and he did it out of his interest in charity. There was also no money spent on promoting the event the tickets were sold to NTU students and WLFC.

This is video of Wei Lian performing a self composed new song from coming album:


Few days after another student from NUS approached Wei Lian at his blog to invite him to appear in another charity appearance. If Wei Lian's popularity is as what is stated in the Sin Ming article, will NUS approach him again?

Comment from: Suyi [Visitor]
Hi wei lian, Actually I would like to ask whether you would like to grace a performace on 17 May 2009 at our carnival entitled Volunteerism- SPREAD It organised by NUS Science Volunteer club at Tampiness Mall. This carnival is hosted with many performances from different students organisation and also food and drink stalls to attract crowds. but most importantly, it is to promote Volunteerism to the public.We are inviting VWO (voluntory welfare organisation) to set up their booths for free,so that people will actually be more knowledgeable about volunteering in Singapore. Ms Eunice Olsen will be the Guest of Honour for this event and SMRT has kindly agree to sponsor our advertising..


This is the content of Warner Music's letter. (http://www.weiliankelvin.com/blog/)


大家好，谢谢您的再次拜访。
针对于前些时候本地报纸， 新明日报所做出的一项报道,“南大开唱，听众无几，盲侠人气急泻”引起了众歌迷纷纷致电于伟联所属的华纳唱片公司抱不平。为向众歌迷和有心人士对伟联的关心致谢，也本着保护自己旗下艺人于不实报道的缘由，华纳唱片公司 (新加坡) 特地写了一封信给该报以表公司对此不实报道的不满。基于该报至今的无回应，华纳唱片公司允许伟联歌迷会上载该信内容。

注：(*该负责人*)*请把此信件转交于编辑组最高领导人

入行12年以来，本人扪心自问一向都全力支持新民日报与有关机构所举办的任何活动。这十多年我本身阅读过的报道无数而这一次关于我公司旗下歌手“陈伟联”的报道内容实在太过分，令全公司的员工都为此深感不平。据了解，新民日报与公司旗下报章多年来对慈善都不遗余力，势必帮助所有需要帮忙的人，而我本人对贵报的这份努力十分欣赏。这次，本公司在分文不收的情况下接下了“红十字会慈善机构”的盛情邀请，让陈伟联出席此活动帮忙筹得善款。试问如此不计较“宣传费和通告费”的举动何时成为报章攻击的目标？

这项由红十字会所主办的活动并没有任何的宣传费让该单位挥霍在打广告上，而出席的人更是口传口而得知此消息。请问，在没有大肆宣传的情况下，当天的出席率能代表陈伟联的人气吗？我深信在毫无宣传的情况下就算有红牌歌手站台，应该也很难有可观的出席率吧？如果贵报对于伟联的人气的定义在于“有多少人出席这次红十字会的活动，”那么容许我建议伟联在举办新专辑签唱会时贵报能派几位记者下来，亲眼见证这位民间歌王的魅力。我想这样贵报不但能如实地报 $

道陈伟联的人气更能以自己的双眼见证什么才是事实。
此外，本公司对贵报报道此新闻的目的深感质疑，目的到底在于：1． 讽刺新加坡人民的品味，试图证明人民所票选的偶像陈伟联只是过眼云烟？2． 想要以这项活动的出席率再次强调国人对慈善的信心早已不再？3． 对陈伟联有极大的偏见，想对他个人品行/品信作出不适当的揣测与散播毫无根据的消息，试图置伟联的歌唱事业于死地？4． 其他?
无论报道的原因/目的何在，很遗憾的我都无法接受。就像先前提到的，本公司一向来都很支持贵报，支持慈善。而这份报道将令我从此对于慈善机构的邀请迟疑，甚至在想保护自家艺人的情况下，有可能推掉所有和慈善有关的活动。

贵报和有关机构在3月份举行了一项很成功的音乐盛典，本人对此活动的认知是：“提倡新加坡音乐，让新加坡音乐和外国音有一个交流的平台。”对于这项宗旨，本公司非常支持，甚至在不计较费用和利益的情况下让旗下三位艺人出席。结果，新闻连续好几天都大篇幅的报道各大牌艺人的消息，给足他们面子但从头到尾都非常合作的我们似乎就无福享受此待遇。对于这样的待遇，本公司并没有发出任何负面的声浪但这并不代表我们能接受这样的待遇。我们选择沉默是因为我们相信贵报会在不远的将来中给予本公司的艺人更多正面曝光的机会但这似乎只是我单方面的想法。虽然贵报并没有特别支持我公司旗下的艺人而但我想申明的是我们更不需要一些负面与毫无根据的新闻出现在报章上，诋毁公司艺人的形象与品德。试问如果连做好事和善事都会被报章批评得一文不值，那么做善事的意义何在？新闻的重点和真实性何存？希望新民日报能对此事做出正面的回应否则本公司将谢绝贵报之后的所有访问。

我衷心的希望新民日报能早日找回报道新闻的初衷，并努力朝报道新闻真相而迈进。

I will not buy Sin Min papers anymore and urge my friends and Wei Lian fans to also consider their papers unprofessional in writing and publishing articles that are twisted and trying to create news just to sell their papers unless they apologize and reprint their news that is the truth and not one sided crap story.

Pat's Thoughts

If music be the food of love, play on. This is a blog where I share with people about myself and my favourite Singaporean Singer Kelvin Tan Wei Lian. All who are my friends, colleagues and family are welcome to come to my blog and get update here. I am part of Kelvin Tan's FC who is named the Blue Angels since he won PSS1 in 2005

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