[GE2025] The Workers' Party (WP) Discussion Thread

[Eureka75]

The weakest link in the team. The team has been doing well without RK. It proves that it is really not necessary to have a new member if not because of the system.

He seldom do public speaking as a Town Council manager so was nervous doing introduction of himself

 

[barbaricboon]

Get to know our candidate - Eileen Chong Pei Shan 蒋佩姗

Eileen currently works in the social impact sector, where she leads the early childhood development, education, and youth mental health and wellbeing portfolios at Asia Philanthropy Circle (APC). She joined APC in June 2024.

From 2017 to 2024, Eileen served at the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At MFA Headquarters, she covered Singapore’s bilateral ties with China, Thailand, the Philippines, and Laos. She was subsequently posted to the Singapore Embassy in Beijing, where she served as First Secretary (Political) from 2020 to 2023, and concurrently as Deputy Head of the Political Section in her final year.

Eileen was awarded the Singapore Government Scholarship (Foreign Service) in 2011 and went on to pursue higher studies in China and South Korea. She holds an M.A. in Global Affairs and Policy from Yonsei University, South Korea (2017), and a B.A. in International Politics from Peking University, China (2015). She graduated from ACS (Independent) with an International Baccalaureate diploma in 2010, and attended Jurong Secondary School and Xingnan Primary School prior to that.

Eileen wants voters to know that she cares—not just about what Singapore is today, but what it could become tomorrow. She believes that open conversations, respect and empathy build a stronger Singapore. Eileen is committed to building a more inclusive Singapore where diverse voices unite rather than divide, and where every Singaporean feels heard and supported. To this end, Eileen has volunteered as a casework volunteer at the HOME shelter for domestic workers in distress and been a mentor for a youth social challenge organised by ItsRainingRaincoats.

Eileen hopes to see more kindness and empathy in Singapore’s political discourse. She believes this can set a positive tone for civil society and create safe spaces for open conversations that challenge biases and prejudices. Such exchanges are essential for building genuine understanding—not just tolerance—and for fostering a renewed social compact from the ground up, where diverse viewpoints strengthen rather than divide us.

Read her profile here: www.wp.sg/candidate/eileen-chong-pei-shan

#wpsg #WorkingforSingapore #StepUp #GE2025

Nice!!! West side kid like me. Most likely lived near jurong west extension when young. Xingnan primary and Jurong Sec. Both educate traditional value.

I support

 

[Ghostpel]

Where’s Tan Chen Chen????? So many new faces, sidelining old member.

 

[alvincy]

The weakest link in the team. The team has been doing well without RK. It proves that it is really not necessary to have a new member if not because of the system.

Back in 2011, people said the exact same thing abt Faisal. Now he is one of the most popular MP in Aljunied.

 

[Shion]

Where’s Tan Chen Chen????? So many new faces, sidelining old member.

no idea, ST news got write she not expected to contest.
not sure if their source is reliable.

 

[Stroganoff]

got share any new tiagong?

 

[eternalxiii]

1. Implement a national minimum wage​

How many Singaporeans earn less than S$1,600/mth? Presumably this does not include JHK, tiongs and kids with part-time jobs. What is going to happen is that your local cleaner/admin will get replaced by JHK or tiongs, and kids will no longer have part-time jobs.

2. Introduce redundancy insurance​

Basically unemployment benefits. Not a bad idea but I would like to see some numbers.

3. Establish a SkillsFuture education loan​

Let me know if anyone got hired just because he took a skillsfuture course.

4. Abolish the statutory retirement age​

Let's be real here, if the employee is so useful to the company and is willing to work past retirement age, he can still be indirectly employed in some other capacity, like being a director, consultant or advisor.

5. Lower the eligibility age for singles to purchase BTO flats​

Yes, a good start. But it means nothing if supply does not increase. Prices will go up and chances will go down.

6. Reinstate Thaipusam as a public holiday​

No one really cares.

7. Abolish the Group Representation Constituency (GRC) system​

No one really cares unless he is really interested in politics (as in vote-gaming).

8. Lower the voting age to 18 years old​

As someone who went through NS, I have to agree on this one, but it is politically meaningless.

9. Raise NSFs’ allowances​

As someone who went through NS, I have to agree on this one, but it is politically meaningless.

10. Recognise the state of Palestine​

Is this being populist? I don't actually think anyone cares beyond wanting to avoid pointless deaths. Those loud voices are simply virtue-signalling.


Summary: ~3/10 potentially useful things. WP can do better.

 

[Cmonster]

In the WP manifesto announced on 17 April, the Workers Party annouced :

Under proposals for economic growth, WP called for the statutory retirement age to be abolished, to allow older workers to continue to participate in meaningful employment, improving their mental and physical health.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ge2025-workers-party-election-manifesto-5071121

OH NO! All the die hard opposition here going to suffer a stroke

Even opposition parties agree that Singaporeans should continue to work when they are old because it IS good for them

So you guys can stop with the ‘work until die if PAP is the government, please vote wisely’

 

[spinning_quirK]

So must pay full salary to older workers right?
This changes nothing. Our neverending flood of cheap foreign labour means that older workers will be unemployed due to being made redundant, not due to official retirement.
No one wants old and expensive workers except for a few vocations, mainly white collar. And in these vocations, the younger ones are going to be VERY unhappy that they cannot get promotions because seats up there are not being vacated.

 

[gamerx]

Feels more and more like WP is a PAP Lite as some people pointed out.

 

[qhong61]

In the WP manifesto announced on 17 April, the Workers Party annouced :

Under proposals for economic growth, WP called for the statutory retirement age to be abolished, to allow older workers to continue to participate in meaningful employment, improving their mental and physical health.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ge2025-workers-party-election-manifesto-5071121

OH NO! All the die hard opposition here going to suffer a stroke

Even opposition parties agree that Singaporeans should continue to work when they are old because it IS good for them

So you guys can stop with the ‘work until die if PAP is the government, please vote wisely’

Opp also want to delay ur cpf?

 

[Shion]

dunno why wp wanna come up with such proposal...zzz

 

[FireEmblem]

In the WP manifesto announced on 17 April, the Workers Party annouced :

Under proposals for economic growth, WP called for the statutory retirement age to be abolished, to allow older workers to continue to participate in meaningful employment, improving their mental and physical health.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ge2025-workers-party-election-manifesto-5071121

OH NO! All the die hard opposition here going to suffer a stroke

Even opposition parties agree that Singaporeans should continue to work when they are old because it IS good for them

So you guys can stop with the ‘work until die if PAP is the government, please vote wisely’

Removal does not means you must work till die

 

[yuzu28]

WP is getting more and more useless

 

[Eliwood]

dunno why wp wanna come up with such proposal...zzz

Becos they know this is the only sustainable measure given the rapidly aging population.

 

[deathan9el]

that's why it kinda put me off in the way they tried to bring this or that issues ..


but still, we do need their voice in the cabinet

 

[xdivider]

all thanks to 2 is enuff.......

however it is pointless, since u can get 3 south for the cost of 1 50 yr old.......

 

[klim668]

This WP more hiong than PAP.
Vote for pap now!

 

[Eliwood]

So must pay full salary to older workers right?
This changes nothing. Our neverending flood of cheap foreign labour means that older workers will be unemployed due to being made redundant, not due to official retirement.
No one wants old and expensive workers except for a few vocations, mainly white collar. And in these vocations, the younger ones are going to be VERY unhappy that they cannot get promotions because seats up there are not being vacated.

Ya of cos the company will have to pay the full agreed salary to any workers wat, failure to do so will be a breach of law.

The crux as always is whether the person is able to create more value than the salary paid...

 

[Shion]

1. Implement a national minimum wage​

How many Singaporeans earn less than S$1,600/mth? Presumably this does not include JHK, tiongs and kids with part-time jobs. What is going to happen is that your local cleaner/admin will get replaced by JHK or tiongs, and kids will no longer have part-time jobs.

2. Introduce redundancy insurance​

Basically unemployment benefits. Not a bad idea but I would like to see some numbers.

3. Establish a SkillsFuture education loan​

Let me know if anyone got hired just because he took a skillsfuture course.

4. Abolish the statutory retirement age​

Let's be real here, if the employee is so useful to the company and is willing to work past retirement age, he can still be indirectly employed in some other capacity, like being a director, consultant or advisor.

5. Lower the eligibility age for singles to purchase BTO flats​

Yes, a good start. But it means nothing if supply does not increase. Prices will go up and chances will go down.

6. Reinstate Thaipusam as a public holiday​

No one really cares.

7. Abolish the Group Representation Constituency (GRC) system​

No one really cares unless he is really interested in politics (as in vote-gaming).

8. Lower the voting age to 18 years old​

As someone who went through NS, I have to agree on this one, but it is politically meaningless.

9. Raise NSFs’ allowances​

As someone who went through NS, I have to agree on this one, but it is politically meaningless.

10. Recognise the state of Palestine​

Is this being populist? I don't actually think anyone cares beyond wanting to avoid pointless deaths. Those loud voices are simply virtue-signalling.


Summary: ~3/10 potentially useful things. WP can do better.

i dun agree with their points 3, 4, 10