Freedom of Speech?

Hong Lim Park at the intersection of Upper Pickering Street and the ever-so-familiar South Bridge Road is Singapore's (only?) designated area for free speech (anywhere else and you gotta pay a toll fee). Problem is, it's not been/being utilized as much as intended. Fear that the Chee Soon Juan debacle may recur? What an 1. ironical and 2. paradoxical situation we have ourselves here, my fellow Republicans.