Re: TingRu Fan Club
http://mothership.sg/2015/08/mother...-believe-shed-one-day-join-the-workers-party/
Mothership.sg exclusive: Cambridge-educated lawyer He Ting Ru didn’t believe she’d one day join the Workers’ Party
Ten years ago, if anyone told you the Workers’ Party would one fine day be attracting lawyers, young professionals and even an academic to join their ranks, you would have wondered, “What’s a worker’s party?” and “Is it like a Zouk thing?”.
Now, take a look around you in 2015.
Besides noticing how much things have changed since those days when social media was Friendster and democracy meant one opposition member in parliament, it’s hard to overlook the fact that the Workers’ Party has gotten big enough it is producing its own gravity and sucking in some potentially bright stars.
And here’s one of them: He Ting Ru, 32, a Cambridge-educated lawyer who looks set to contest in this coming general election after being spotted on walkabouts with the party recently.
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4. So you are those really smart kind who went overseas on a scholarship?
Ting Ru: No… I was from Raffles Junior College, and there was the question about whether to apply for ‘S’ papers to qualify for scholarships.
My dad was adamant about me not applying for a scholarship, though, because he said he was able to save up enough for me to study wherever I gained acceptance to.
He strongly believes scholarships should be for people whose parents may not be able to afford to pay for their children to go to top universities even though they gained entrance to these places.
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Great values, I want her in parliament.