Dr Koh now speaks.......Good start in english...old kampung uncles..bring back memories.....
we can always do better...my father was a bus driver. no stable income ...i know what it is like ...to be poor...my mum took the head, the tail and the bare bone...we could not even afford ....a tin of biscuit to share for one week....< teary and choky...> moved my heart and my tears welled up....poverty...my family and i have been before....
there is no problem which cannot be solved if you put all your heart and soul in it....honest hard work will get us out of it one day...wow!!!
HOPE, FAMILY AND ACTION - these three words have shaped me and made me the person today!!! WOW!!!!
i know the singapore story can continue...we will leave a legacy which is far better than our forefathers left for us....teach the man to fish!!!! asking you to vote for me....i will speak for you....i will push for more help for the poor and the elderly....i will bring up issues ...education, childcare, cost of leaving....i will do all i can....to enable families to stand on their own two feet. we can all enjoy a better home....
speech tails off ....softer and weaker...getting tired......promises...promises...promises.....job placement centre, childcare centre......engage the youth to harness their postive energy....a new community centre...more infra structure...promises...i will push for early implementation....i will work with all of you....feeder bus services...more coffee shops...a lot of things we can do....i need all of you to support me...with your support, we can make PE A HOME WITH A HEART....
i cannot predict what the future...we got here not by chance ...we have to build on the foundations....we have to work harder....i stand here before you to ask for your support...to be a voice for change...vote for me...vote for PAP!!!!