(Official) Tanjong Pagar GRC thread

[koolaid]

Parking at the front of the stadium is quite limited. So best to come early. Otherwise can park around blk 149 stirling road or further up depending on your luck and walk towards the stadium.

o ok thanks for the info...

 

[SOS9112001]

陈秉安：为什么我加入反对阵营的政治

 

[Chris008]

GE2015: In Tanjong Pagar and Hougang, where history was made

It is Day 2 and I am at two special places in Singapore's political history.

First stop Tanglin Halt in Tanjong Pagar GRC and I am with the SingFirst team doing its house visits in the late afternoon.

We are at Block 89, a 40-storey HDB block soaring above the Commonwealth MRT station below.



It's not Pinnacle@Duxton but it comes close with its spectacular view of the city, completed three years before the more famous icon of public housing.

When Mr Lee Kuan Yew chose to contest the ward in 1955 as an opposition member of the then fledging People's Action Party, it was a desperately poor place of dock workers, trishaw riders and opium dens with no sewerage.

He wrote in his memoirs that when he went campaigning in that first election, the stench was so overpowering it made him retch every time he visited.

It's the stuff of political legends, and he won easily, as he would at every election right up to 2011.

But in the last six, from 1991 onwards, when the ward became part of a five-member GRC, there would be no opponent to overpower.

Chances are, no registered voter below the age of 45 and who had stayed put here, would have ever been inside a ballot booth.

Until now.

When the newly formed party SingFirst decided to contest here, it helped create history by making sure every one of the 89 seats in the country would be contested, a first since 1965.

It's a huge challenge just to make a dent in this PAP stronghold now helmed by labour chief Chan Chun Sing, and I can see how hard going it is for the team today.

At every floor, SingFirst leader Tan Jee Say makes contact with only two or three residents, and only if the doors are already open.

He says they have no time to knock on closed doors; it will take too long to complete the block.

Too few volunteers, too little time left, too many people to meet and ask for their support.

It's hard work trying to make political history.

But there is no substitute for these personal visits, even if the pickings are lean and the effectiveness at this late hour uncertain.

It helps, though, if the party machinery is well-oiled and its practitioners well-drilled.

...

Sauce: http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ge2015-in-tanjong-pagar-and-hougang-where-history-was-made

 

[BeHappyLo]

Got PAP IB said sure get 100% wor....??? Toking what? I oredi voting for SingFirst on 11 sept.

 

[ussr_1991]

Although the turnout for Jurong rally is not that high which could be attributed to the downpour in Jurong (I was drenched in Jurong East @ Sep 3 on 6pm), but do listen to their speech:

http://video.toggle.sg/en/series/sg-votes-2015-rallies/ep7/342258



The way SingFirst tackled the issues does involve reverse psychology (Example, how Population Whitepaper had assumed that our over aging population = more people / immigrants needed to support the economy, BUT then the life expectancy & health is greatly improved (And thus the increasing retirement age.) which is a contradiction and deproved that the aging population = more people needed to support the economy) and they asked in opposite way. Dr Ang Yong Guan's speech mainly revolves around 'Fighting Spirit' while it is part of SAF's 7 core value (Now 8 - Safety), nobody from PAP with MINDEF background has the fighting spirit to fight and win back oppo-held wards because they are the ones kiasu, kiasi (And thus this mentality is deeply rooted within Singaporeans).


Meanwhile the last part of the video on Tan Jee Say did mentioned the importance of giving people a 2nd chance and how as a parent, he knows the trouble that rebellious teenager had gone through such that the society should not over-react on Amos saga despite Amos is wrong (Same sentiment shared by George Yeo, FYI)....

He cited Obama visited a prison in US where prisoners were jailed for drug abuse and Obama admitted that Obama was a Marijuana user but he was given 2nd chance with correct guidance. Sadly, the prisoners there don't....

 

[SOS9112001]

GE2015: In Tanjong Pagar and Hougang, where history was made



Sauce: http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ge2015-in-tanjong-pagar-and-hougang-where-history-was-made

Frankly door-to-door visit won't be effective during the 9 days of campaign. With limited time, more time should be spent on walk-about. Engage more lorries to blast the SingFirst slogan.

I only heard once today. At least better than PAP, I have yet to here it round my neighbourhood yet.

 

[SOS9112001]

GE2015: In Tanjong Pagar and Hougang, where history was made



Sauce: http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ge2015-in-tanjong-pagar-and-hougang-where-history-was-made

Why choose that precinct? Should go for CCS ward at Commonwealth Close/Crescent. I believe there will be more SingFirst supporters there...

BTW can I be a polling agent for SingFirst on polling day for my neighbourhood?

 

[Chris008]

BTW can I be a polling agent for SingFirst on polling day for my neighbourhood?

I am not too sure. You can approach sing first at their rally later or email them.

 

[Sertan]

joan pereira is she Eurasian or got pinoy ancestry?

 

[SOS9112001]

Tan Peng Ann: Why I Join Opposition Politics [In English with Caption]

 

[SOS9112001]

This is very very real...
Please vote wisely...



Beware policy turn for the worse after GE, says Low

If the People's Action Party (PAP) gets a clear mandate at this election, its mind could change anytime and so could policies, said Workers' Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang, as he raised the spectre of a goods and services tax (GST) increase after the polls.

He claimed that the ruling party had said during the 2006 General Election that it was not considering a GST rise. However, it rose to its current rate of 7 per cent in July 2007 one year later.

Mr Low said when then-Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong was asked about the GST hike, he responded that the PAP would introduce unpopular policies after elections as this was politics.

GURMIT SINGH FOR NEE SOON GRC

My name is Gurmit Singh, but I am not Phua Chu Kang. He says he is the best in Singapore, JB, and also Batam. But for me, Nee Soon GRC is enough.

MR GURMIT SINGH, a Workers' Party Nee Soon GRC candidate. A lawyer, he drew laughter when he spoke in Hokkien and made a reference to popular TV sitcom character Phua Chu Kang, played by household name and comedian Gurmit Singh.

ABOUT A WHITE MOUSE

What can the PAP MPs do to stop the Government from carrying out a policy that the people don't support? Nothing....

When it comes to a vote, the PAP MP is the real mouse in the House. A little white mouse.

MPs who can vote against wrong policies are so important because the PAP does not have all the answers.

MS SYLVIA LIM, Workers' Party chairman, on the need for more opposition MPs in Parliament



"During the election, the PAP is as tame as a cat. But once it's over, it becomes a lion with its mouth wide open," said Mr Low in Mandarin, at last night's rally for Nee Soon GRC held at Yishun Stadium.

"When PAP gets an overwhelming majority of seats, it will take it that you agree with its actions. After the 2011 elections, the PAP didn't raise the GST. After this election, I'm not sure."

The PAP's vote share slid from 66.6 per cent at the 2006 election to 60.1 per cent at the 2011 polls, where the WP scored a historic win in Aljunied GRC.

Since then, the Government has increased the supply of public housing and introduced measures to reduce property prices, among other policy changes, said Mr Low. But changes for the better can be reversed if the PAP senses that voters are giving it free rein, he added.

"The results and your life after the election is linked. Will your burden get heavier after the polls? You have to think about that," he said.

In an earlier speech, Hougang MP Png Eng Huat said there was nothing to fear about life if the PAP were not in power because the civil service would keep things going.

He said a Thai friend had told him that in the wake of a military coup last year, Thailand was still functioning because of its civil service.

"Likewise, we have a good civil service in Singapore, but the PAP wants to frighten you," he said.

Mr Png added that Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean had cautioned against "revolving-door politics", where a country's government changes with every election.

"Well I would like to assure the DPM if PAP loses power one day, he can go home and take a hot bath because water will still be running. He can read the newspaper and surf the Internet because electricity will still be running," he said.

He said voters in the WP-held constituencies of Aljunied GRC, Hougang and Punggol East Single-Member Constituencies should get the credit for policy improvements.

"Because it gave the PAP seven tight slaps, that made the difference. Imagine what 28 slaps can do," he said, referring to the seven elected WP MPs and the total number of seats the party is contesting at this polls respectively.

It was a point also made by party chairman Sylvia Lim, who delivered the last speech of the night.

"The PAP has been trying during this election to convince you that many changes we see around us started before 2011. They are afraid that the WP will take credit for the changes. But we are not taking credit. The credit belongs to you, the voters," she said.

Ms Lim cited the added investment in public transport infrastructure, increased supply of new HDB flats, and the tightening of foreign manpower influx as examples of the PAP correcting its past errors.

"Your votes forced the PAP to wake up and do something about their big mistakes in policy and planning," she said.

 

[mryang]

Sent from sent from your phone using GAGT using GAGT

 

[mryang]

Sent from sent from your phone using GAGT using GAGT

 

[mryang]

Sent from sent from your phone using GAGT using GAGT

 

[mryang]

 

[SOS9112001]

Many attended the SDP rally at Commonwealth. Regardless of which rally they go to, as long as they have made the effort, chances is high that would vote for the opposition.

 

[Chris008]

I saw quite a number of residents at the rally. At least quite a few of my neighbors. I would say the turnout was quite good considering this is considered as pap stronghold. Hope to see more of sing first next week.

 

[blong]

Tanjong Pagar GRC Annual Reports:

 

[mryang]

Tanjong Pagar GRC Annual Reports:

can summaries ?

 

[blong]

can summaries ?

Look at "Deficit before govt grant" and "Govt grants" amounts.