Desmond has been earmarked to become Parliamentary Sec with PEP of MOS when he becomes MP. He will be moved to a safe seat in 2016. I did not want to mention this earlier. He has been put on the same flight path template as Heng Chee How. Eric, Ken and Sitoh were not on that flight path.
Kinana said:Desmond Choo did not do anything wrong. Can't find anything against him right?
This piece of information, if true, has the potential to impact Desmond Choo adversely at this BE. The timing of your relevation is interesting.
This is common knowledge in the establishment. Like Heng Chee How, the PAP is getting their young ones bloodied to temper them. There is no expectation on him to win Hougang. Its also sends a message to potential PAP candidates that they won't abandon them. In the old days, Chng Jit Koon, Tang Guan Seng etc were people who were considered as experts in reading the ground. So was Choo Wee Khiang. They still need people like that. Hougang is an excellent place to get a al good feel. No point putting in a safe consitutency as there just to many sychohants giving the usual thumbs up message.
Its like a footbball team. No point winning against weaker opponents.
Scroobal sir. Desmond was reported saying that he would be in HG for the long haul. If he's indeed earmarked for political office (say parl sec), then chances are he will be placed somewhere else other than HG in GE 2016. Wouldn't that contradict him?
But I must say that my little bird said the same thing to me about Desmond being considered for higher office rather than just an MP. That's why I was surprised to hear him talk about wanting to be HG long long. Unless he's really confident of wrestling the seat back from WP at this BE or next GE.
Well, you wouldn't expect him to say, 'I will fight in Hougang now, but if I don't win, my masters will move me to a safe seat like AMK GRC so that I will then enter parliament by the rear. Then, I can go on to become an onion leader, or something like that.'
Scroobal sir. Desmond was reported saying that he would be in HG for the long haul. If he's indeed earmarked for political office (say parl sec), then chances are he will be placed somewhere else other than HG in GE 2016. Wouldn't that contradict him?
Scroobal sir. Desmond was reported saying that he would be in HG for the long haul. If he's indeed earmarked for political office (say parl sec), then chances are he will be placed somewhere else other than HG in GE 2016. Wouldn't that contradict him?
But I must say that my little bird said the same thing to me about Desmond being considered for higher office rather than just an MP. That's why I was surprised to hear him talk about wanting to be HG long long. Unless he's really confident of wrestling the seat back from WP at this BE or next GE.
You mean that up to now, you still believe and trust what they say? remember that in GE2011, they let Goh Chok Tong and LKY lead their GRCs to victory and then afterwards "retire" them? Isnt that being dishonest to the voters? Do you think had the voters known this in advance, they would still have voted for them?
Eric Low said the same thing too, got fed up after losing against LTK consistently and complained abt how HG voters screwed him up and being a bunch of ungrateful wankers. HG looked like a 'slum' according to him too