[GE2025] Tampines GRC

[buttbERry]

My guess is backbenchers are supposed to be more involved in municipal issues. But unfortunately, all elected PAP backbenchers are part timers.

is really like that meh?

 

[matrix05]

Nice, all eloquent, speaks calmly and sensibly. Faisal is fantastic, very humble, very approachable mannerism.

The only challenge is it is a 5MPs GRC, like MP and WC. Very resource intensive.

 

[carlongerdidu93]

GE2025: WP’s Michael Thng wants to focus on Singapore’s future in final days of campaign​

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...n-singapores-future-in-final-days-of-campaign

Workers' Party candidate Michael Thng said he hopes voters can look at the need for a more diverse Parliament.ST PHOTO: HESTER TAN

SINGAPORE - Candidates from various political parties may be throwing snipes and jabs over the last few days of the hustings, but WP candidate Michael Thng remains steadfast in wanting to focus on one thing – what he believes Singapore can be.

At times, there may be a need to call attention to missteps or issues in the past, he said.

But in his view, the coming general election is about the “system we want to build for Singapore, going forward”.

The 37-year-old said his two speeches so far – his maiden rally speech at Temasek Junior College on April 26, and his appearance at MediaCorp’s roundtable discussion alongside candidates from four other parties the next day – have focused on the same issue.

“I think Singaporeans want to know where we are headed, and want to know why (the) Workers’ Party is part of that journey, and that is what I am going to focus on,” he said.

Mr Thng’s message to voters is simple – that policies will go through more scrutiny and deliberation with “more balance in Parliament”.

“It needs to happen with a different party as part of that process, not with a reliance on an ‘ownself check ownself’ kind of mechanism, which we have seen has gaps. That is what I hope the electorate can focus on,” he said.

Speaking to The Straits Times at a void deck in Tampines Street 91 on April 30, the chief operating officer and co-founder of tech start-up Showdrop was all smiles, fresh off a series of home visits in the vicinity.

Throughout the interview, passers-by approached to shake the political newcomer’s hand and wish him luck.

While Mr Thng may be new to WP’s team of candidates contesting Tampines GRC, he has volunteered with the opposition party since 2011.

Tampines is touted as one of the most hotly contested constituencies, with four parties – the PAP, WP, National Solidarity Party (NSP) and People’s Power Party (PPP) – vying for it. Mr Thng said he was tapped to help out with the party’s outreach there in the lead-up to the polls.

The WP has been walking the ground in Tampines GRC since at least 2016, but did not contest it in the 2020 General Election.

Mr Michael Thng interacting with residents at 915 Tampines Street 91 on April 30.ST PHOTO: HESTER TAN

Having had time to familiarise himself with the area, Mr Thng said he has developed a lot of affinity for it, with the sense of community being one example he brought up.

As residents in the area come from all walks of life, Mr Thng said his approach to people is to “adopt a listening posture” when seeking to understand them.

Asked how he relates to people who may have different circumstances in life, he said: “No single individual will have the full spectrum of experiences... I think as long as we develop this listening posture, we will be able to at least empathise and have that curiosity to really understand what is going on, and then (have a) desire to fix it.”

On the competition, he said his team has bumped into the PAP team almost every other day, and their interactions are cordial.

He recounted an incident that took place earlier that morning, when he saw Mr Baey Yam Keng, who checked in with the WP team to find out how they were doing. An elderly resident that Mr Thng was speaking to then quipped that “you are all so friendly”, he said with a laugh.

“We were joking (that) it shouldn’t be war right? That is basically the way in which we interact with them (other parties). It is professional, it is cordial.”

He added that his team has bumped into the NSP candidates once or twice during campaigning, but has yet to run into the PPP team.

Mr Thng was quick to dismiss the idea that the contest for Tampines GRC is between WP’s Mr Faisal Manap and the PAP’s Mr Masagos Zulkifli. Echoing what Mr Faisal had said in an interview on April 28, he said that it was a competition between both teams.

Besides Mr Faisal, the incumbent MP for Aljunied GRC, and Mr Thng, the WP team also features Mr Jimmy Tan, the co-founder of industrial equipment supply firm Immanuel Engineering; Institute of Mental Health senior principal clinical psychologist Ong Lue Ping; and former diplomat Eileen Chong, who now works at Singapore-based charity Asia Philanthropy Circle.

Mr Thng said: “It is important that we look at the team as a whole, because I think particularly for us, we each bring a very unique, very different perspective.

“I hope folks will recognise that and... think that it is worth voting for.”

 

[zwHrebmeM]

Nice, all eloquent, speaks calmly and sensibly. Faisal is fantastic, very humble, very approachable mannerism.

The only challenge is it is a 5MPs GRC, like MP and WC. Very resource intensive.

Yes!
Lots of Faisal's Kaki Bukit residents have good opinion of him

As for town management, over 10 yrs experience at Aljunied should make him up for the challenge

 

[carlongerdidu93]

Long long queue for WP Tampines Candidates @ Tampines bus interchange area (Queue were for Faisal, Michael & Eileen)

I'm amazed by the queue for Workers' Party Tampines Candidates, it seems to be for photo taking.

 

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Long long queue for WP Tampines Candidates @ Tampines bus interchange area (Queue were for Faisal, Michael & Eileen)

I'm amazed by the queue for Workers' Party Tampines Candidates, it seems to be for photo taking.

Hope all the support from our SG brothers and sisters will translate to blue skies for Tampines and Tampines-Changkat.

 

[matrix05]

Diplomat Eileen is very good. She has a friendly smile during the press meet. When its her time to speak, she nails it short and sweet w/o a heartbeat. When the press tried to bait them with the Muslim question, she jumped in to rescue.

 

[Eureka75]

I think they feel Tampines not that big of a threat after all?

LW himself was an army officer, just not a career soldier.

PAP think bao jiak because got NSP and PPP to dilute the votes but they forgot WP also have ability to dilute the PAP votes because voters want credible opposition not mosquito parties

 

[matrix05]

Michael Thng's FB Post:

// 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑭𝒊𝒗𝒆 //

A couple of firsts — our first condo visit of the campaign, and our first doorstop interview.

It was great to meet residents in a different setting and have thoughtful conversations about the issues they care about.

We’re grateful to the condos that have given us access to speak with residents. It’s a small but important part of what keeps our democratic process open and accessible.

From the pics, it's an Uphill fight. Because 5MP + majority old voters. Vs Punggol 4 MP + majority young voters; younger than SKE.

 

[Eureka75]

People who dismiss WP chances in 10KKJ can take note there is hope because the swing in West Coast and Chua Chu Kang in between GE2015 to GE2020 is very high, 27% in West Coast and 18% in CCK when those mosquito parties contested were replaced by a credible opposition party like PSP. Which means the PAP votes are being diluted by credible opposition

 

[zwHrebmeM]

Diplomat Eileen is very good. She has a friendly smile during the press meet. When its her time to speak, she nails it short and sweet w/o a heartbeat. When the press tried to bait them with the Muslim question, she jumped in to rescue.

I asked a relative working at MFA who had interactions with Eileen when she was there.

Me: Eileen seems to be always smiling. Is she like that also at work?
Relative: Yes! She's very friendly. And knows her work very well

 

[CaiPuDan]

People who dismiss WP chances in 10KKJ can take note there is hope because the swing in West Coast and Chua Chu Kang in between GE2015 to GE2020 is very high, 27% in West Coast and 18% in CCK when those mosquito parties contested were replaced by a credible opposition party like PSP. Which means the PAP votes are being diluted by credible opposition

actually i tinking those in grc with mosquito parties, how to vote to send message to credible oppo like "we don't like incumbent but the oppo also cmi, pls come get us" so next round they will come fight.

 

[archie7]

https://mustsharenews.com/david-neo-speech/​

‘He talking to voters or recruits?’: Netizens criticise PAP newcomer David Neo for his army-like speech during Fullerton rally​

PAP newcomer David Neo gives ‘army-like’ speech during Fullerton rally​

During the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) lunchtime rally at Fullerton on Monday (28 April), newcomer David Neo delivered a speech that quickly caught the attention of netizens, especially the men.


With furrowed brows, a booming voice and military precision, the former Chief of Army opened his six-minute speech with the line, “It’s a great day to be at Fullerton” — punctuated by a powerful fist pump in the air.


And just like that, the men of Singapore had flashbacks to their NS days.

Speech goes viral for no-nonsense delivery & quotable one-liners​

Acknowledging that the upcoming General Election (GE2025) is shaping up to be a fierce battle, Mr Neo focused on the PAP’s track record and ethos: choosing leaders who “get things done”.


“The only way I know how to work is to roll up my sleeves, walk with you, and work with you to get things done,” he declared.


He then turned his sights on opposition parties proposing alternative policies and questioned their ability to deliver.


“But can they get it done?” he asked. “The fact is, they rely on the PAP to deal with the changed world. When the PAP is done, they say it’s because they talk.”


However, what really made waves online was this now-viral quote:

I go to bed and every morning, when I wake up, the sun rises. But I never make the mistake of thinking that the sun rises because I woke up.

Mr Neo ended his speech with a pointed statement: “Singapore doesn’t need people who only question or give ideas. We need people who take action. We don’t need more people to talk. We need more people to get things done.”

 

[mgx-alander]

Ask him to diam diam rah we not his men

 

[DW]

Enough of all these paper generals

 

[begintoend]

His 2.4 how fast

 

[Medicated Oil]

His mind never book out from his army camp.

 

[DiamondJuice]

Haven’t adapted to civilian life is it

 

[archie7]

His 2.4 how fast

maybe faster than you
but not as fast as his grandmother? LOL

 

[C_boliao]

Don't pap realise these paper generals are not suitable for many things? They have lost touch in how to talk to people with respect, how to lead a team etc. Not to mention no actual commercial experience.