Hougang by-election 26-5-12 -- WP Png Eng Huat
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TCH like to say a lot of rubbish
i hardly see my MP ard
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Originally posted by laurence82:
TCH like to say a lot of rubbish
i hardly see my MP ard
Who is your mp?
You stay in hg?
Becoz only hg no mp now.
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at some moment i also think my constituency also no MP
life is surreal
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Originally posted by laurence82:
at some moment i also think my constituency also no MP
life is surreal
Wait for 2016.
They will pop up and look for you.
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not once every 50 years meh??
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Originally posted by laurence82:
not once every 50 years meh??
Flood already once every few days or weeks.
You believe them?
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ah huat got wat trouble ah?
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Ah Huat just dig his own grave on lying about the NMP nomination within WP.
His reaction was not bothered when the truth was uncovered.
The trust on him is basically gone and he can prepared to pack his bag.
As for the other party, they just found gold and they do not need to do anything.
Unless they are silly to push the issue further, then they will lose.
But, it is clear that it will be all white from now on in Hougang.
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Smaller crowd at WP rally
Left:At the Workers’ Party (WP) rally in Hougang on 28 April 2011, a massive crowd heard party chief Low Thia Khiang thanked residents for voting for him when he first contested in the ward in 1991. Right: Singaporeans find themselves back at the open field at the junction of Hougang Avenue 4 and Hougang Central.One year on, Hougang voters find themselves back at the open field at the junction of Hougang Avenue 4 and Hougang Central.
But this time, the crowd appeared smaller.
Even the muah chee and ice-cream sellers who were there last year, noticed the difference.
"My sales tonight is not as good as last year's," the ice-cream seller who gave her name as Mei Lan, 48, told The New Paper on Sunday last night.
We also spoke with 30 people who attended the first Workers' Party (WP) rally.
Only four were Hougang residents.
Three others live in Hougang but come under Aljunied GRC.
Others came from as far as Pasir Ris, Woodlands and Jurong West.
"I don't live in Hougang, but I've come here to give support - my parents still live here," said former Hougang resident Adam Teoh, 36, a sales executive.
"I've been a resident of Hougang for some 20 years, and it is still very close to my heart. The people here are very warm and neighbourly."
Moulmein-Kallang GRC resident W.L. Ng, 30, a therapist, told TNPS that she was there as she was "curious" to find out whether the residents were "still loyal" to WP and "whether the People's Action Party (PAP) was doing its groundwork".
Ms Ng said: "I'm here to give moral support and see what they have to say."
So is the smaller crowd an indication that election fatigue has set in?
There was the General Election in May and then the presidential election in August.
Now Hougang residents find themselves in the midst of a by-election.
All this in one year.
Dr Tan Ern Ser, faculty associate at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), said the size of the crowd at the rally is an indicator, but not the only indicator.
He said: "It's not as hot as last year, though there still is a lot of discussion on blogs."
Dr Gillian Koh, senior research fellow at IPS, added: "It cannot be compared to last year's General Election and presidential election when almost all Singaporeans had to pay attention to vote.
"Hougang has been important for the opposition movement in Singapore, hence the interest."
While Singapore Management University law lecturer Eugene Tan acknowledged that there was "still a fair bit of interest" in the Hougang by-election, he felt that Singapore might not be as "excited or engaged" as they were for the general and presidential elections since they do not have to vote, unless they are Hougang residents.
"In a sense, it (the by-election) is not going to change the composition of Parliament," said Prof Tan.
Hougang voters, who number 24,000, account for one per cent of Singapore's voting population, pointed out Ms Koh.
Last night, WP rolled out their big guns - Members of Parliament for Aljunied GRC, Mr Chen Show Mao, Ms Sylvia Lim, Mr Low Thia Khiang, Mr Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap and Mr Pritam Sing, who spoke at the rally.
But they avoided any mention of ex-colleague Yaw Shin Leong, the former Hougang MP whose resignation, and subsequent sacking from WP, sparked the by-election in the first place.
When it was Mr Singh's turn to speak, he focused on the issue of candidate selection.
Highlighting former members of the PAP who were jailed for different offences, he said there was no foolproof method of ensuring a candidate is without fault.
Without mentioning Mr Yaw's name, he said his party did the right thing when it discovered its member had misbehaved.
WP candidate Png Eng Huat reminded the crowd that Singapore's "fragile democracy" is under threat by the ruling party.
For instance, wards like Anson and Cheng San "held a special place in Singapore's history", but they disappeared when the electoral boundaries changed.
He also reminded young Hougang voters that their "parents sacrificed so much for the country".
For instance, even when the Government did away with a lot of bus services and the market, and dangled a $1 million upgrading carrot in 2006's General Election, Hougang residents did not yield.
"You have proven that there is much more to life than money and free Teochew porridge," said Mr Png to a cheering crowd.
There was no mistaking who the crowd was there for. When Mr Low Thia Khiang, WP's secretary-general took the stage, the crowd roared.
Mr Low introduced Mr Png as a man of "integrity" and called on Hougang residents to give him a chance to serve them.
The stakes are high in Hougang, a WP stronghold. Until recent events, observers were sure WP would win easily.
The picture isn't as clear now, say observers. Dr Koh said: "WP has a 30 per cent lead.
"They've held the ward for 21 years, but given the circumstances the by-election has been called under, with some surprises from WP's past and current members, these could affect WP's lead, though by how much, we don't know."
This article was first published in The New Paper.http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120521-347219.html
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They forgot to compare the crowd for the other candidate.
But, he is now in the winning seat as WP have already strayed seriously out of way.
They are still running the 2011 election for 2012 election.
What can they do to help the hougang resident ?
Who care about the national issues ?
Now you have fielded a candidate who have lied.
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if u see the pic for the white ppl's rally, u will laff
wonder why the pic not in the papers?
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Yala yala yala, PAP will win la, happy????
They will win because the Sickaporeans support them. I am a Singaporean.
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Worker's Party May 22 Hougang by elections rally live streaming
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/hougang/
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sigh!
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WP should be more creative...now always 'F!RST World' for everything..now is education..what is next in 2016? 'F!RST WORLD' Transportation?...Wayang wayang only lah our MPs are not even 'F!RST WORLD' MP and now not even a 'F!RST WORLD' Parliament still want promise this kind of 'F!RST WORLD' again...
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Low Thia Khiang speaking at Rally now.
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Damn lot of weird people around.
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WP rally ended early due to the rain.
huat ah~!
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Some ppl play dirty. Very smelly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mioqoCp_XLM
If ppl can do this to their opponents, there is no reason why they can't do this to you. Think about it when u vote.
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So only season parkers can park there right?
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there will be a recount....stay tune...and things may turn awry...
watever the case, support the voice of opposition..
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alamak, mole in WP
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Originally posted by Honeybunz:
Some ppl play dirty. Very smelly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mioqoCp_XLM
If ppl can do this to their opponents, there is no reason why they can't do this to you. Think about it when u vote.
I cannot see youtube in office...but what is this about???
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
I cannot see youtube in office...but what is this about???
about carparks.
