The Aljunied GRC Medallion

This piece of 1Oz 999 fine silver Aljunied GRC medallion you see in this picture is one of a very limited 300 pieces specially made to celebrate The Workers' Party's victory in the GRC on 7th May 2011 General Election. Every piece have a unique certification number and is definitely an item that guests who attend 7th Month dinner functions in Aljunied GRC would look out for...those that were able to invite the opposition MPs of course!


It is not available for sale, therefore, you cannot buy it from any retailers. It is instead, given as a gift to the organizers of the 7th Month dinner functions that the opposition Aljunied GRC MPs attends,for them to auction off. All the proceeds from the auction goes to the organizers.


This particular piece that I had with me in the picture above was auctioned off earlier this evening for $13,800.00 . 


This is a new record for this item..the highest bid so far. I wonder if it has got anything to do with the ongoing issue in Aljunied GRC (See Link :Media Release on Use of Public Sites in Aljunied GRC).


I am really glad and appreciative of the fact that there are many people on the ground who are supportive of WP, despite the current unlevel ground situation.

General Election 2011 from my perspective..(Part 2)

Sorry I took so long to update again..I was living out the hangover' from the GE and busy with some stuff.
Let me touch a bit on the supporters..The supporters who came to our rallies were wonder and creative people..

They came and bring along with them all sorts of display to show their message..I don't know about you, but I know exactly what they were pointing at :)

Here comes our big boss looking tired from a multitude of campaigning activities.

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...and look at these two buddies of mine...do you think they look more tired than our boss? :P

You must have saw the flower garlands hanging on our candidates' necks..they were all from WP supporters. However, supporters cannot hang them directly on the candidates and after consultation with the rally site Police, we decided that our volunteers will help the supporters do so. Due to the lack of time, everything must be properly organized while the candidates were speaking on stage..

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The flowers were quickly presented in less than 2 minutes..

When the candidates were talking on stage, any info updates are done the traditional way..

One observation I made during this GE campaign was that my perception that our young do not have any interest in politics could be wrong. During our walk about in Moulmein-Kallang, a group of Primary School kids went up to discuss national issues with Uncle George at his preambulating vehicle and also waited all the way till our candidates return from their walks. Well..not all kids got the opportunity to learn about the General Elections in this way!

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Read part1 here: http://tttansg.blogspot.com/2011/06/general-election-2011-from-my.html

General Election 2011 from my perspective..(Part 1)

I haven't updated my blog for almost a month..most people(for example, my Boss Kelvin Fong) would think that after GE 2011, I should be very free..I would have thought so too..but I was really so wrong. In fact, I became more busy than during the GE campaign.
Before I joined WP, I was actively involved in GE as a spectator. This was the 1st time I was so fully involved that i've no opportunity to go check out other opposition's rallies altough I would very much love to..in fact, I even have to give a few WP rallies a miss!
Allow me to bring you thru' the whole process of what I went thru' from right before the GE 2011. When the boundaries were announced,I could start to feel the changes in the pace of things..In fact, in the earlier part of March 2011, suddenly discovered a new back drop at Workers' Party HQ.
Then the pace for walks increased, especially in the locations that WP may possibly contest in..I was happily helping out a Bro who had 'booked' me to help him out for his campaign..

One fine day, I was summoned to a secret location in Singapore and given my appointment and introduced to my new team..since I am staying in Moulmein-Kallang GRC, I was appointed as the Principal Election Agent of the team!

These are my 4 candidates for Moulmein-Kallang GRC..As the PEA, I am attached to the team leader of the M-K team, Mr Rahizan.

We started visited homes at such a pace that would put any real estate agent to shame..(ermm...BTW,I am a real estate agent :P)..

As a matter of fact, I walked so much until i had 2 pairs of jeans ended up like this..

We do not know when the queue for rally site actually began at Cantonment Police Complex(seems to me that the aunties queing for PAP knows), but this GE 2011, with a stroke of luck, WP got the 1st position in the queue!

I got to multi-tasked a few roles and got to experience as much as I can imagine what goes on in a political party during the GE campaign. I was also the proposer for my M-K candidates!

On Nomination Day, I walked with my candidates into our Nomination Centre at SCGS. I was surprised that the few of us walked into a group of media people that outnumbered our team!

After the Nomination was confirmed, I went with the candidates to speak to our supporters present and on national TV.. This was what I saw..

The WP umbrellas was one of the items brainstormed by Alfred & myself as a youth wing project that did not really get the full scale approval of the CEC, however, thanks to Swee Bee, it got to see the day light of Nomination Day and it helped to shield a number of Singaporeans(be it WP or PAP) from the unforgiving sun. This umbrella immediately became a sold-out item at every rally such that we have to keep ordering from the factory in batches. I almost could not even get my hand on a single piece of umbrella myself if not for a twist of fate(or I should say luck)..I am happy that the umbrella managed to help whoever that is holding them.
I got to see how press interviews can be held in a kopitiam(coffee shop)..

I got to rent and set up/ do up the 'preambulating vehicle'..

..got to see what the supporters/ sponsors gave..

We are really grateful to the supporters who turned up suddenly out of no-where and left as suddenly as the finished their job, like this uncle below. He was using a changkul to sharpen the flag poles for the hard Hougang field.

My Facebook Profile picture was changed to this..

Final Day of Campaigning (WP Moulmein-Kallang GRC)

With the blink of an eye..
Today is the last day of campaigning for General Election 2011. Our Moulmein-Kallang GRC team have been walking the ground non-stop since this new GRC was drawn up barely 2 months ago. 


The response we gotten from the ground was wonderful and we even got a resident who presented our candidates with flower garlands today! It was indeed a very good encouragement to the team of members and volunteers such that they did not want to have lunch until we have achieved the objectives we set out for the day.


To all the residents of Moulmein-Kallang GRC, thank you very much for the support you have shown to us. We have tried our very best to reach out to you during the short duration that we have since the formation of this new GRC. We hope you can give us your support come polling day. To the rest of Singapore, think of the future that you and your children would like to have..would you like to have the best representation in a 1st World Parliament? 


You are our best secret weapon..

3rd Rally site for The Workers' Party in GE 2011

This is a very exciting General Election and I am actively involved as the Principal Election Agent for Moulmein-Kallang GRC team from The Workers' Party. One of the most interesting thing in my mind is how we managed to be 1st in the Queue for Rally Sites this year..the 1st time in History and now i finally understand the reason(s) behind it.


Our 1st rally was at the open field beside Blk 837 in Hougang. The 2nd was at Serangoon Stadium.

 After attending these 2 sessions, I have a conclusion in mind: There is a difference between this election and all those before..besides the number of seats contested that is. I noticed that this year, the Police blocked up a good number of car parks preventing visitors from attending the rally parking nearby. The roadside kerbs have cones placed along them to prevent roadside parking unlike last election.

*all photos from theonlinecitizen Facebook*

Anyway, our 3rd rally tomorrow 30th April 2011 is at Bedok Stadium from 7pm. Please try not to drive so as to avoid the disappointment of not being able to find parking, stuck in traffic jams etc..etc.
Thank you Singaporeans for the great support you have shown us so far! See you later! 

Singaporeans all across the country may finally get to vote in the upcoming General Elections!

This is really getting more exciting..
For the 1st time in a long, long time, the upcoming General Elections may see the alternative parties in Singapore contesting in all wards according to this news report by Channel Newsasia. This will present almost every Singaporean with at least a choice instead of the usual walkovers we saw in the past elections!
However, there is one point to ponder: Without the help of civil servants, well-connected sponsors, grassroots like your friendly neighbourhood RCs and the almighty People's Association (unlike the incumbent govt)  and volunteers, the opposition is likely to have very limited resources.
I would like to therefore extend an invitation to all fellow Singaporeans reading my post to volunteer whatever help you can possibly offer by signing up. The Workers' Party is looking for volunteers for roles as polling agents & counting agents or somebody to help us spread the message. Please click on the icon below to register. Thank you! :)

The Electoral Division for Singapore's 2011 General Election is ready! Full throttle ahead for all political parties!

The Elections is coming! Most Singaporeans participate by voting on polling day. Do you want to go behind the scene to the frontline of where the action is? Do you wish to see 1st hand how the votes are casted or tellied? Would anybody like to participate in this once-every-5-years event(click on the link)?? Come do your part for Singapore!

Source: Channelnewsasia.com
 The Electoral Division of Singapore voters in the upcoming General Election can be checked from Friday.
The Elections Department says the Registers of Electors for the 27 electoral divisions are now open for inspections.
The Register which has been compiled and certified, can be checked at the Elections Department along Prinsep Street and any designated Inspection Centres which are among 105 Community Centres/Clubs.
Singaporeans may also check their names in the Registers via the Elections Department website www.elections.gov.sg through the e-Services option.
The Registers and electoral maps are also available for sale through the Elections Department to political parties and aspiring candidates for the next General E

lection. 

Is the newspaper that I am reading skewed in a certain way??

This habit of mine began since my secondary school days when I was encouraged by my teacher to read The Straits Times everyday. I used to believe that if it is on the prints, then it must be real!
Over the years, I have grown up and begin to really learn to understand how the world could possibly work..I began to ask myself questions on what I had read instead of taking it in wholesale. One of the more memorable read(from ST) I could remember off hand was a certain Minister saying "Public Housing is affordable to those who are eligible ". When we talk about public housing, who should the eligible ones be? What is the point going round and round trying to explain his own version of affordability when people on the ground finds it hard to service their monthly installments?
I have also read recently(also from ST) that the arrears cases in HDB loans had dropped.I know elections must be coming! I wonder how this statistic was manipulated arrived at. Did all the arrear cases suddenly strike 4D or Toto or were they forced to sell their HDB flats?

Today,as I picked up the ST, the 1st half of the page tells me that election is getting nearer and possibly in the 2nd quarter already have 3 articles that immediately caught my attention. Let me highlight the largest piece(in terms  of the space it took up on the page): "SINGAPORE created 112,500 jobs last year, with less than half nearly half of them going to Singaporeans....". My guess is that the reporter for this article must be very happy with his year-end bonus.
Next. Annual public transport fare increase revision postponed. PTC chairman Gerard Ee said the deferment was done because election is around that time "with the interest of voters commuters in mind"...Commuters.."will experience at most one time jiatlat jiatlat round of fare increase adjustments for this year ". This whole issue seems very concerted and carefully stage:"Asked what they thought of the deferment, both operators said they have no quarrel with it".
The last piece I am commenting on is the most humble ST report I had read so far.."Most S'poreans satisfied".."more than 90 per cent of Singaporeans are confident in the Govt's..." 90% sia..They should list instead S'poreans overwhelmingly happy! I am very confident that if their survey result is accurate, if they were to call for an election right now or in the next quarter, maybe about 90% S'poreans will vote for the incumbent Govt..what should I call it? 60-something percent is a resounding mandate..can somebody suggest to me how to label the mandate for 90-something percent please? :)
My apologies for so many cancellations in my post ah..my English probably not as positive as trained reporters'. Pai seh pai seh..