It's a mistake to field their star candidates in Punggol and Tampines, no question. It was nothing short of a suicide mission for those good guys. I don't know what gave WP the confidence to make that kind of stupid plan. Don't say i 事后孔明, the day when WP announced their lineup in those constituency i already shook my head in disbelief liao.
If you firsthand see their grassroots at play at the different nomination centres, you know how scary their entire machinery is. At Kong Hwa school, they had like a 100+ battalion with PAP Flags and wearing white shirts, etc.
They had Walkie-talkies and vehicles were parked outside of the school waiting to transport their candidates.
PAP will just adapt their slates for each GRC/SMCs according to the team of candidates WP put up for them respectively.
They have TCH, etc. on standby too.
If Harpreet was in Tampines, they might have put TCH or NEH, etc. there too.
No way to outcompete PAP on the resources aspect, PAP has the overwhelming edge.
PAP Grassroots, Data available to them but withheld to opposition + Main Stream Media with all the different political bodies just ensures the PAP's visibility is much higher than the opposition counterparts and that the fearmongering tactics work. Don't forget all the chicken wing gestures, etc.
WP not stupid, there was a reason why they played so conservatively this GE.
Everybody was shocked at them not contesting MP-BH and PS/SL not venturing out.
Now we know the reason(s) why.