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..

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.