Four-cornered fight in Radin Mas

[Teo Kok Eng]

http://www.straitstimes.com/GeneralElection/News/Story/STIStory_653497.html

Four-cornered fight in Radin Mas?
Opposition parties to go head to head with PAP
By Andrea Ong

THREE opposition parties are refusing to give up their bids for Radin Mas, and a four-cornered fight looms in the single seat ward.

However, Mr Yip Yew Weng, 60, who was unveiled as the National Solidarity Party (NSP) candidate for Radin Mas at a media conference on Tuesday, said the two other opposition candidates should give way and 'not waste their energy and resources'.

The other two are theatre director Alec Tok, 45, vice-chairman of the Reform Party, and businessman Nazem Suki, 42, assistant secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA).

Mr Yip, a businessman, said NSP should have first bite at Radin Mas as it has been active there for more than a decade. He also said he stands a higher chance of winning than the duo as he can speak Mandarin, Hokkien and Cantonese, enabling him to connect well with Radin Mas voters, most of whom he believes are Chinese.

Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

[Teo Kok Eng]

If all 3 opposition parties don't want to give in, one of the ways to resolve the issue is to have RP, NSP and SDA organzie a survey by mailing out a questionaire to the households in Radin Mas asking the question:

Who do you want to see contest in Radin Mas?

[ ] RP [ ] NSP [ ] SDA


The questionaires are numbered and checked by all 3 oppostion parties to ensure no cheating. The party that has the most votes will get to contest in Radin Mas.

By doing this, no party will feel denied the chance to contest in Radin Mas and the party contesting in Radin Mas will have a better chance of winning the seat.

 

[Char_Azn]

The Mat should go home fly kite. The CNA debate showed how lousy he is. Dun go dilute the votes of the other 2

 

[GoldenDragon]

Malay chap should just leave. He has no chance except lose deposit.

Yip and Alec, and their respective parties, should settle this issue rationally. Radin Mas looks attractive to the opposition. Between the two, I will go for Alec. IMO, he stands a better chance than Yip. He may be a new bird compared to old bird Yip but Alec appears a more promising chap.

 

[Forvendet]

Malay chap should just leave. He has no chance except lose deposit.

Yip and Alec, and their respective parties, should settle this issue rationally. Radin Mas looks attractive to the opposition. Between the two, I will go for Alec. IMO, he stands a better chance than Yip. He may be a new bird compared to old bird Yip but Alec appears a more promising chap.

Only Alec Tok is feasible. Yip Yew Weng reputably went drinking and massaging for campaign R&R break and half drunk went CC quarelled with Seng Han Tong making a scene. Fortunately, he didn't have kerosene or petroleum with him.

 

[Maximilian Chua-Heng]

This is good news.

One way to avoid 3-cornered fights is to have 4-cornered fights.

 

[annexa]

Radin Mas is a trap. Sam Tan is a good ground person and the grassroots and temple people there are very strong. Just because it is an SMC does not mean it is easy meat. These people probably dunno wtf they are up against.

 

[Forvendet]

Radin Mas is a trap. Sam Tan is a good ground person and the grassroots and temple people there are very strong. Just because it is an SMC does not mean it is easy meat. These people probably dunno wtf they are up against.

Agree absolutely. Let's see some donation to the treasury.

 

[Char_Azn]

Yip Yew Weng reputably went drinking and massaging for campaign R&R break and half drunk went CC quarelled with Seng Han Tong making a scene.

LOL

U serious???? That would look really funny. This Seng Han Tong chap seem to know how to really piss off a lot of pple

 

[Robert Half]

Radin Mas is a trap. Sam Tan is a good ground person and the grassroots and temple people there are very strong. Just because it is an SMC does not mean it is easy meat. These people probably dunno wtf they are up against.

For such SMC, oppositions at most score 30% of the valid votes. Going for a 4 corner fight show how naive our opposition parties is

 

[moolightaffairs]

i think got one time this siah lan seng pissed some temple people off and got to get lee con you go down to the temple to settle. right? even came out in the news, anyone got the detail???

 

[alantan27]

If all 3 opposition parties don't want to give in, one of the ways to resolve the issue is to have RP, NSP and SDA organzie a survey by mailing out a questionaire to the households in Radin Mas asking the question:

Who do you want to see contest in Radin Mas?





[ ] RP [ ] NSP [ ] SDA


The questionaires are numbered and checked by all 3 oppostion parties to ensure no cheating. The party that has the most votes will get to contest in Radin Mas.

By doing this, no party will feel denied the chance to contest in Radin Mas and the party contesting in Radin Mas will have a better chance of winning the seat.

who should come 1st in the list?
SHould it be 1. NSP 2. RP 3.SDA or 1. SDA 2.RP 3. NSP etc etc

THe one come 1st will have certiam advanatge

 

[GoldenDragon]

i think got one time this siah lan seng pissed some temple people off and got to get lee con you go down to the temple to settle. right? even came out in the news, anyone got the detail???

That was Ho Peng Kee's. Lau Lee intervenend after Ong Ah Heng arranged the meeting which was also attended by Shanmugam.

 

[moolightaffairs]

That was Ho Peng Kee's. Lau Lee intervenend after Ong Ah Heng arranged the meeting which was also attended by Shanmugam.

what happened then? got news but dont know the detail why must lau lee go down for what? to pray for winning the GE?

 

[GoldenDragon]

what happened then? got news but dont know the detail why must lau lee go down for what? to pray for winning the GE?

Temple chaps were very angry with HPK. The accusation was that HPK bo chap them coz he was Amen type. Also alleged to have denied applications for facilities unless paid. Lau Lee was worried the temple folks would influence their followers to vote against HPK enbloc. It was serious enough to merit Lau Lee's attention.

The initial bets were all in favour of HPK. Lau Lee got worried when tipped off that the pua changed, in favour of whoever the opposition chap was. After the meeting, someone was directed to swing the bets in favour of HPK. Sadly, the prof won and was promoted to Snr MOS.

 

[moolightaffairs]

Temple chaps were very angry with HPK. The accusation was that HPK bo chap them coz he was Amen type. Also alleged to have denied applications for facilities unless paid. Lau Lee was worried the temple folks would influence their followers to vote against HPK enbloc. It was serious enough to merit Lau Lee's attention.

The initial bets were all in favour of HPK. Lau Lee got worried when tipped off that the pua changed, in favour of whoever the opposition chap was. After the meeting, someone was directed to swing the bets in favour of HPK. Sadly, the prof won and was promoted to Snr MOS.

bro, jin pai seh! what or who is pua? that someone is from the temple committee? prof won? Snr MOS?

 

[jw5]

4 cornered fights and even 3 cornered fights are absurd from the opposition point of view.
Do any of them actually believe that they can win a 3 or 4 cornered fight or get an ncmp seat against the pap even in the current climate?
Or will they simply be satisfied with their day in the sun or their face in the papers?

The pap candidate(s) will be laughing their heads off if they get elected with 40% of the valid votes, whilst each of the opposition candidates get 30% or 20%.
The opposition candidates might be better off playing a game of chee-ku-pak (rock-paper-scissors to those who don't know) to decide who stands, if their ego or lack of reasoning power prevents them from seeing the reality.
For pete's sake, wake up and smell the roses. This is for the nation, not just for yourselves.

 

[Varuna]

If all 3 opposition parties don't want to give in, one of the ways to resolve the issue is to have RP, NSP and SDA organzie a survey by mailing out a questionaire to the households in Radin Mas asking the question:

Who do you want to see contest in Radin Mas?

[ ] RP [ ] NSP [ ] SDA


The questionaires are numbered and checked by all 3 oppostion parties to ensure no cheating. The party that has the most votes will get to contest in Radin Mas.

By doing this, no party will feel denied the chance to contest in Radin Mas and the party contesting in Radin Mas will have a better chance of winning the seat.

I agree. I sincerely appeal to ALL OPPOSITION parties to put all differences and party interest aside and work towards a common goal for the sake of the country and people. This year's election is hard to come by - the sentiment of the populace or voters is just right and the ruling party has spoken enough to pull themselves down. The only thing left is for the opposition parties to stand united and sort out all those 3 or more corner fights amongst themselves. Do not screw up! Or the ruling party can lie down yet effortlessly win most of the seats in one sweep. WE are looking up to you for a better future.

 

[red amoeba]

i think SMCs are the easiest route for those aiming to get inside parliment on the 6 non-constituency MPs ticket.

But having 4 corner fight is a joke...show even the opp is not united...no wonder they say cannot make A-team.

Radin Mas will be interesting, this SMC has mix of young and old voters...

 

[3_M]

who should come 1st in the list?
SHould it be 1. NSP 2. RP 3.SDA or 1. SDA 2.RP 3. NSP etc etc

THe one come 1st will have certiam advanatge

Should be RP, NSP, SDA.

SDA have been regressing over the years. NSP got nothing much to show. RP did look promising in the beginning. Rather give RP a chance