Staff disagreed with decision to cancel Halloween Horrors

singaporeans should channel their attention to halloween events @ other attractions to show her wat the zoo's missing out, as a result of her decision. she's such a scary nincompoop

1 million seems to be a large amount but, look at the no. of ppl that are going for it! It's worth the amount.

Iseballa, its ok to cancel any event as long as you fork out the millions spend in preparations. Show your real self by paying back all losses. You and Tony Tan is now in money loosing records

OBVIOUSLY, Isabella is a direct product of person spemding all her life in GIC and goverment related organzations. She is out of touch with the real Singapore.

RIDICULOUS!!!! What shit is that. Family ties - my foot. When Potong Pasir was with CST,
Potong Pasir was isolated (now Aljunied n Hougang). All stupid propoganda. Give the young souls every chance to grow up.

Very sad to note that an organization run by an ex GLC and Shell senior executive and supported by a credible board of director can come up with such an uncalculated decision on the halloween event. It is distasteful cancelling such an event after creating all the fanfare, hyping up all the diligent poly student and visitors, and worse of all; the wastage of $1,000,000 of our money which nobody is seem responsible for. If this is indeed a bad event, then don't plan it and spend all the money. since it has sunken it, run it. Having a Halloween in Night Safari which is a night centric park is brilliant. anyway, most parent prefer to bring their kids to the daytime Singapore Zoological Garden and not the Night Safari which is mostly for adults and foreigners. Anyhow, if the event is too scary; just put a NC16 or even a R21 on it and get the right crowd. I suspect the cancellation is out of jealousy as one may need to generate publicities for oneself since the old "bikini CEO" day which is so dearly missed. Unfortunately, this stunt turned out to be a biggest booboo i have seen. This does not do her any good; but also leave a very bad taste for the entire WRS. Also unecessary is the implication of our new president into the whole turmoil whether it was intended or not. WRS need to change or just get back to the basic. We need good publicity for WRS to attract visitorship and not publicities for one publicity craze person. That person should join Mediacorp as an actress or go for Miss Singapore

I'm definitely not one of those friends of the zoo who complained. In fact, I had to send my baby home that night (as I didn't know about the event) & asked my two older children to go in & enjoy the FUN. I took the trouble to meet them again after the event with my other younger son. We had ice-cream & they expressed their excitement & definitely enjoyed themselves so much! As a responsible parent, it is my decision to let them have some fun & expose them to other cultures! Thanks to the management team for giving my family another opportunity for family bonding! At the end of the day, if we can have guided events that promote family bonding & put Singapore in the world map, it is really a win-win situation for most of us! Let's just relax, enjoy & most importantly appreciate the hard work (not to mention sweat, time, energy & BLOOD) done by all the staff & especially the Singapore Polytechnic students! Once again, to all staff, students and anyone who support this annual event, a big THANK YOU for making Singapore a more exciting place to live in! Cheers!!!

I am not a big fan of horror shows or themes, but hey that doesn't mean I think everyone is not entitled to enjoy these events as it is. Just because she didnt enjoy it, found it too scary, doesn't mean she has a right to impose her personal taste to the rest of 1000 event attendees... Plus, her actions has portrayed her as someone who doesn't recognise light-hearted fun as what is. It's just silly fun, for goodness sake! What does it has to do with devil worships? So now what? Only family-friendly PG sterile fun where everyone sit by the bonfire, roast marshmallows, hold hands, sing family songs? How's the special Deepavali event going to be? Only poltically-correct, govt-approved itinerary that is healthy, promotes understanding of culture, and racial harmony? Come on, loosen up, and lighten up! Not everything has to be so politically correct!

Ver sad, just because of 1 person dislike, $1M goes down the drain & so many resources wasted. Btw, is WRS a private entity or public funding organisation ? If it is public funding, the CEO should be sack for such wastage of fund. The public should stop donating to such an organisation.

a $1 million decision made in haste the ceo appears to be an implusive person.

The reasons she gave sucks big time!
First, the event haed been going on for several years and had also won awards. If she said is true, there would be NO sponsors, NO media coverage, full of negative forum attack all those years!
Doubt very much that she can even name any of the sponsors against this event!
Her action was a very obvious top down one; ie some on top of her!
Just because her was "scared" after a visit, she decided that it is bad for all and it have to go despite so much money had been spent.
And making blunders after blunders -
linking the newly elected president, thinking and "shift blame" but got scolded and quickly apologise;
don't even know that poly students were involved and later explained that she was not informed (did she even asked anyone?)
citing "devil worship" when it is only a theme event.
citing its not family-centric enough when in her little mind family only means little children; What about families with grown children, young married couples, teenage siblings etc aren't these also family?
The park can family oriented programs all year round but having a little diversification here and there don't hurt!
From this episode, it shows that she has little business sense and extremely poor PR skill.

I just think its a whole load of bullshit, i think during HH is one of the only few times you actually see SINGAPOREANS going to visit the night safari instead of tourists! Devil worship? You simply lack of imagination! Scared? Its Halloween, of course its meant to be scary!!!! Ugh!!! What happened to all the talk about a multicultural society, and integrating ourselves?

Don't let WRS and their High handed CEO ruin what is Halloween Fun. Go Out and have Halloween fun in Your Own way, with neighbors, with friends, or at events organized by USS at Sentosa or at bars & discos like those at Clark Quay........All we can do is stop patronizing WRS events to show our displeasure with the CEO as a form of protest. Let market forces give a clear signal to WRS on their mistake to have such a CEO.

You don't need to have an MBA dregree to realize that CEO Loh royally screwed up in her decision to can the Halloween event at the Zoo. First, she did not do her market research before making a seemingly arbitrary decision (if mkt research done, when was this done and any data to share publicly?). Second, as a new CEO, she needs to consult her staff on such matters (to ensure empowerment and engagement). A CEO influences rather than imposes her will - except in setting financial and organization goals. This HH event has already been planned and money already spent. Cancellation would actually hurt WRS financially. Yet Loh made the arbitrary decision to piss off a lot of people. She is not behaving like a typical or enlightened CEO. She is just behaving like a pain the a... boss!! Really, the people who appointed her should re-consider. Does Loh has any experience to warrant her appointment? This may actually turn out to be a reality horror story unfolding for the WRS!!

gov getting richer n richer, 1million dollar event can cancel just like tat? dun need accountability..

What a b!tch. Get her removed, she is not fit to be a CEO or director or whatever. "Not comfortable"... then you dun go la! Why must conform according to her feelings? Piece of sh#*

As a CEO, she really failed big time and I think it would be wise for her to resign before being shown the door out. How can you at the very last minute cancel a project which was being planned so many months ahead with so many resources involved and a million dollar spent?

In simple, she didn't even walk the ground but wanted to make big entry decision to showcase her new authority as a CEO. And one more thing... do not involve politic and religion with social events, please!!

Incompetent .....

I personally don't like Halloween but I wouldn't stop others from having their fun if they enjoy it

Shame on you Isabella Loh, because of your arrogance & hasty decision, MP Baey Yam Keng came to offered alternative becos' he was sympathetic towards the 17 SP students' effort & time in this Halloween project. The principal also honestly admitted the students were "devastated". I I think the students will better to have a 'cancellation clause' in the future before committing their time & effort.