House to House in West Coast GRC on 4th May 2010

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Tuesday, 04 May 2010, 18:30 - 21:30
by Kenneth

Dear Members/supporters,


There will be a house to house walkabout this coming tue, 4th May & wed 5th MAY; both starts 7pm in the West Coast GRC - Boon lay and Telok Blangah divisions respectively.
http://www.wctc.org.sg/wctc.html

Hence, on the 4th, we are looking forward to cover Blk 521 - 530 Jurong west St 52 (http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_3464/travel_site_115625/)
For the meeting point, i propose it to be @ Lakeside Mrt station, 6:30 pm for those taking MRT. For those who are taking bus, service no 98, 98M, 154, 180, 240, 246 and alight at/opposite lakeside MRT station - depending on which direction you come from. The blocks to cover on is directly opposite of lakeside MRT station further down the blocks that was covered last week (after a traffic junction).
Those driving can wait at Blk 521 directly.

For those who are interested to join us, Pls confirm your attendance via Tony Tan / James' email [email protected] This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / [email protected] This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or mobile 91871248 / 97600898.

As this walkabout involves house to house visit, we hope to see more members'/supporters' participation. It would allow us to have a better and faster coverage of the targeted blocks. Should you have suggestion/enquiries, please feel free to share. Thanks and we sincerely hope to see your support and participation this coming Tuesday and/or Wednesday
Location : Lakeside MRT
Contact : James/Tony on 97600898/91871248

 

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House to House in West Coast GRC on 5th May 2010
Wednesday, 05 May 2010, 18:30 - 21:30
by Kenneth

Dear Members/supporters,


There will be a house to house walkabout this coming tue, 4th Apr & wed 5th MAY; both starts 7pm in the West Coast GRC - Boon lay and Telok Blangah divisions respectively.
http://www.wctc.org.sg/wctc.html

On the 5th, we willl cover Blks 44 - 48A Telok Blangah Drive (http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_39322/travel_site_5759/).
The meeting point will be at blk 44 directly.
for those taking Public transport; the nearest mrt will be habourfront mrt station then take bus 10, 30, 57, 93, 97, 100, 143 at vivo city or bus 188, 963 at habourfront bus interchange located at Seah Im Hawker centre. Do alight opposite of blk 44. also, u should be able to see a temple at the opposite when u alight. For those who are driving, you may wish to meet directly at Blk 44 and if possible u might want to offer a ride to those who are coming from habourfront MRT.


For those who are interested to join us, Pls confirm your attendance via Tony Tan / James' email [email protected] This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / [email protected] This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or mobile 91871248 / 97600898.

As this walkabout involves house to house visit, we hope to see more members'/supporters' participation. It would allow us to have a better and faster coverage of the targeted blocks. Should you have suggestion/enquiries, please feel free to share. Thanks and we sincerely hope to see your support and participation this coming Tuesday and/or Wednesday
Location : Blk 44 Telok Blangah Drive
Contact : James/Tony on 97600898/91871248

 

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Reform Party May Day Message 2010
Written by Kenneth Jeyaretnam
Friday, 30 April 2010 19:10

The Reform Party wishes all Singaporean workers and their families a happy May Day 2010. We would like to take this opportunity to remind people that the Reform Party’s objective is to raise the living standards of all Singaporeans rather than just maximising the size of our GDP by allowing the import of foreign workers at Third World wage rates. The impact of these policies has been adverse for median real incomes, which have stagnated over the past decade and disastrous for those in the bottom 20% who have seen a fall in real incomes of the order of 20%.

The Reform Party has always emphasised productivity growth rather than GDP growth on its own as the key to higher living standards and pointed out Singapore’s abysmal record in this regard over the last decade. In the last Budget we forced an apparent U-turn by the PAP who made measures to improve productivity the cornerstone of the Budget. However with the fragile recovery in the US economy, as well as China’s switch to domestic demand-led expansion driven by enormous state-directed growth in bank lending, the emphasis on productivity seems to be being quietly forgotten in favour of a return to the old growth model fuelled by abundant supplies of cheap labour from abroad.

These are some of the policies the Reform Party would adopt, with the aim both of raising productivity and improving the position of our workers, when it is in government:

1. A minimum wage applicable to all workers except those in certain sectors, like domestic workers and possibly construction, where few Singaporeans work. This would force employers to use labour more productively and reduce the incentive to bring in foreign labour to replace Singaporeans

2. Allowing independent trade unions and removing some of the restrictions on industrial action provided appropriate democratic safeguards are in place to prevent damage to companies and the interests of the majority of workers caused by a small minority. The Reform Party believes that free trade unions and empowerment of the workforce are vital to raising productivity.

3. A tightening of the current very liberal foreign worker policy, particularly the S-pass, where the foreign workers compete directly with semi-skilled Singaporean workers for jobs. Requirement for employers to demonstrate that they are unable to get Singaporean workers at the prevailing wage rate rather than being able to sack their Singaporean workforce and bring in cheaper workers from abroad.

4. Anti-discrimination legislation to cover sex, race, and age discrimination.

5. Increased investment in education and training, particularly for workers laid off as a result of technological change and for women seeking to re-enter the labour force.

6. Introduction of limited paternity leave as well as greater rights to flexible working.

7. Tax rebates and other benefits for Singaporeans who have served NS on a much more substantial scale than the token amounts currently provided.

However without your help and support we will never get a chance to introduce policies that will directly benefit you and the majority of working Singaporeans. We will never even get seats in Parliament unless you vote for us. And you may not even get a chance to vote unless we get enough candidates and the donations necessary to finance them. The PAP would like you to believe that their expansion of the NCMP scheme will provide you with sufficient alternative voices in Parliament. However NCMPs are toothless and cannot vote on most matters of substance including the Budget. If you don’t want another ten years of income stagnation and being forced to take lower-skilled jobs or work part-time because of competition from cheaper, younger foreign workers (many of whose education has been subsidised by your taxes) who haven’t had to do NS or pay CPF contributions then you need to come forward now. The link below will take you to the various options for Getting Involved on the website:

http://www.thereformparty.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=49&lang=en
Last Updated on Friday, 30 April 2010 19:23

 

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House to House in West Coast GRC on 4th May 2010
Tuesday, 04 May 2010, 18:30 - 21:30
by Kenneth

Dear Members/supporters,


There will be a house to house walkabout this coming tue, 4th May & wed 5th MAY; both starts 7pm in the West Coast GRC - Boon lay and Telok Blangah divisions respectively.
http://www.wctc.org.sg/wctc.html

Hence, on the 4th, we are looking forward to cover Blk 521 - 530 Jurong west St 52 (http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_3464/travel_site_115625/)
For the meeting point, i propose it to be @ Lakeside Mrt station, 6:30 pm for those taking MRT. For those who are taking bus, service no 98, 98M, 154, 180, 240, 246 and alight at/opposite lakeside MRT station - depending on which direction you come from. The blocks to cover on is directly opposite of lakeside MRT station further down the blocks that was covered last week (after a traffic junction).
Those driving can wait at Blk 521 directly.

For those who are interested to join us, Pls confirm your attendance via Tony Tan / James' email [email protected] This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / [email protected] This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or mobile 91871248 / 97600898.

As this walkabout involves house to house visit, we hope to see more members'/supporters' participation. It would allow us to have a better and faster coverage of the targeted blocks. Should you have suggestion/enquiries, please feel free to share. Thanks and we sincerely hope to see your support and participation this coming Tuesday and/or Wednesday
Location : Lakeside MRT
Contact : James/Tony on 97600898/91871248

 

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Reform Party Annual Conference
Saturday, 08 May 2010, 13:00 - 17:00
by Kenneth

This year as we celebrate our second anniversary we will not be holding a dinner because it will divert energies from our campaigning. Instead we will host a conference and meeting for all our members. At the meeting we will present progres reports and we will seek members' approval on our strategy and our first batch of candidates for election. All members should also receive personal invitations. This is a members-only event so please sign up beforehand if you want to play a role in shaping the Reform Party's strategy!

Please see the following link for location:

http://www.stayvillage.com/albertcourt/index.aspx?page=location

Location : Albert Court Village Hotel
Contact : Jeisilan Sivalingam on 94516205 or [email protected]

 

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Singapore Democratic Alliance drops 11 terms laid down by new Reform Party

SINGAPORE: A list of 11 conditions laid down by the newly formed Reform Party for the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) to consider before the Reform Party joins the alliance has been abandoned after a meeting of the SDA's central executive committee on Friday night.

This was confirmed to MediaCorp by the SDA Secretary General, Desmond Lim.

Among the conditions laid down by the Reform Party, led by Kenneth Jeyaretnam, include selected GRCs which the party wants the SDA Chief Chiam See Tong to contest in and the allocation of key posts in the alliance to leaders of the Reform Party.

Mr Lim adds that he has been appointed by the SDA to be the spokesperson on discussions to re-look at the conditions for a possible alliance.

He has proposed that both the SDA and the Reform Party meet again on the 15th of this month.

Mr Lim however adds that in an email reply received today, the Reform Party has indicated that it would be able to meet again only after its central executive committee convenes a meeting and that is scheduled to take place only next month.

Meanwhile, the Reform Party will be having its news conference today and is scheduled to introduce its batch of candidates for the coming General Election.

There is no confirmation if opposition MP Chiam See Tong will attend the Reform Party's news conference, something which Mr Kenneth had hoped will happen today.

- CNA/jy

 

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Reform still in talks with SDA
Alliance impasse over list of 11 conditions
By Kor Kian Beng & Jeremy Au Yong

THE fate of a prospective alliance between an opposition veteran and a rookie with a pedigree name to fight in the next general election hangs in the balance.

By press time last night, 12 leaders of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), chaired by Potong Pasir MP Chiam See Tong, had yet to decide on whether or not to admit the Reform Party into the opposition grouping.

At the heart of the impasse was a list of 11 conditions for joining made by the Reform Party, which is led by Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam, its secretary-general.

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

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Reform Party-SDA alliance off for now, says Reform Party's Kenneth Jeyaretnam
By Hetty Musfirah | Posted: 08 May 2010 1117 hrs



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Reform Party-SDA alliance off for now, says Reform Party's Kenneth Jeyaretnam

SINGAPORE: The much-touted alliance between the opposition Reform Party and the Singapore Democratic Alliance is off for now.

Reform Party leader, Kenneth Jeyaretnam, said this in an interview with MediaCorp, after the party's first annual conference on Saturday evening.

The Singapore Democratic Alliance's central executive committee led by Chiam See Tong held a meeting on Friday evening.

They reportedly discussed what's said to be 11 conditions laid down by the Reform Party before it joined the alliance with SDA.

And on Saturday, the Reform Party's members gave their in-principle approval to push ahead with negotiations.

But it seems talks will now be put on hold after the SDA said it was abandoning the list of 11 conditions.

This was confirmed by the Secretary General of the Singapore Democratic Alliance, Desmond Lim.

On this, Mr Jeyaretnam said he was completely mystified as to what has happened.

He claims the 11 points had actually been agreed with the SDA and its leader Chiam See Tong.

He said: "I can only conclude that Mr Chiam did not have the agreement of the SDA when he entered into negotiations with me. We won't be conducting any further negotiations with the SDA because we're not entering into negotiations with an organisation that leaks confidential documents to the press."

But Mr Jeyeratnam said such an alliance is still “possible” though “not very likely”.

And that without the alliance, the Reform Party can stand on its own.

The Reform Party also unveiled its first batch of candidates for the next General Election due by February 2012.

Most were fresh faces except for 53-year-old Abdul Rahim Osman, who has contested in two elections under different parties.

He's also the sole non-graduate among the group which consists of two former civil servants Tony Tan and Hazel Poa.

The others are Alec Tok, artistic director for a New York-based theatre company, and Jeisilan Sivalingam, a process improvement manager.

The party said it's targeting to contest in two Group Representation Constituencies and two Single Member Constituency.

Among those on its primary list are West Coast GRC, Hong Kah GRC and Toa Payoh-Bishan GRC.

The party said it will wait for the election boundaries report before making a clear decision in which wards to contest. - CNA/vm

 

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ST Forum May 12, 2010
Reform Party chief on impasse with SDA

I WISH to correct Monday's report, 'SDA-Reform Party alliance: On or off?'. What I said was that our members had given us the go-ahead to enter into an alliance if negotiation reached that stage.

That is not the same as saying a tie-up has been agreed, nor is it asking us to push ahead with negotiation.

It is simply a vote of confidence in the secretary-general and the central executive committee to take that decision should it arise.

It would appear that the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) has thrown out the baby with the bath water in deciding to treat the summary of broad areas of agreement already reached by both parties as a list of demands.

Normally, in a negotiation, it would be seen as a starting point for entering serious and final negotiations.

We have written to the SDA informing it that it may contact us about the possibility of continuing talks only after two conditions have been met:

# It needs to settle its internal disputes, and;

# It needs to take steps to trace and deal with the source of the leaked documents as all negotiation must begin with a presumption of trust between the parties.

At our next central executive committee meeting, the Reform Party will make a decision on what action to take should the SDA satisfy both those conditions and come back to us. But it will not be high on our list of priorities.

My respect and admiration for Mr Chiam See Tong remains unblemished, and I sincerely hope that he is able to bring them to their senses, although we will concentrate on our own candidates now.

Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam
Secretary-General
The Reform Party

 

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The Reform Party extends its condolences on the death of Dr. Goh
Written by Kenneth Jeyaretnam
Friday, 14 May 2010 20:13

The Reform Party and I extend our deepest condolences to the family of Dr. Goh Keng Swee. Though he had been out of public life and not well for a considerable time, his place in history is assured as one of the principal architects of the economic policies that led to Singapore's success during the early stages of industrialization. By adopting policies of openness to foreign investment and export-led growth, inevitably dictated by the small size of the Singapore market, he enabled Singapore to benefit from the enormous expansion in world trade that took place from the 1960s onwards. I did not have the good fortune to meet Dr. Goh personally. However some of the Singaporean economists I knew at Cambridge University later worked for him and they always praised his intellect but spoke at the same time of his approachability and sense of humour.

 

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Reform Party Walkabout at Jurong West
Sunday, 16 May 2010, 09:00 - 11:00
by Kenneth

On coming Sun, 16th May, we will conduct our usual walkabout and connect with the residents at Blk 505 Jurong West hawker centre and market ; an area part of the West Coast GRC - Boon Lay division. http://www.wctc.org.sg/wctc.html
Time for the walkabout starts at 9am. The meeting point will be at BLK 505 Jurong west foodcentre and market itself -> http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_4414/travel_site_115610/

For those taking public transport, members can alight at the Lakeside MRT, cross the overhead bridge towars the HDB flats and take SBS bus no 98 and alight at the second bus stop at Blk 501. Blk 505 is just a few blocks behind blk 501.
Location : Lakeside MRT
Contact : Tony Tan / James' email [email protected] This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / [email protected] This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or mobile 91871248 / 97600898

 

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House to House in West Coast GRC on Tuesday 18 May
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 18:30 - 21:30
by Kenneth


Dear Members,

We will be conducting our usual walk-about at the West Coast GRC this Tues from Blk 515 to 517, Jurong West St 52. The meeting point is the ground floor of Blk 515. Please try to be there by 7.00 pm. The nearest MRT station is the Lakeside MRT Station.
http://www.streetdirectory.com/asiatravel/singaporemap/resto/7637/1000008968/

For those who are interested to join us, please confirm your attendance via my email [email protected] This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or mobile 97600898.

We hope to see more members'/supporters' participation. It would allow us to cover this area faster. Thank you and we look forward to meeting you on Tues.
Location : Lakeside MRT
Contact : James via email [email protected] This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or mobile 97600898.

 

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Walkabout in Clementi on Sunday 23 May
Sunday, 23 May 2010, 09:00 - 11:00
by Kenneth

Dear Members and Supporters,



We will be conducting our Sunday Walk-About (23 My 2010) at the Clementi Town Centre. Please alight @ Clementi MRT Station and meet @ McD'onald at 9 am. Please don party attires (yellow shirt with RP badges). Please be punctual as
the Clementi Town Centre is quite large. Please confirm your attendance asap.
Location : Clementi MRT
Contact : James on 97600898

 

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Mr Chiam and I share the same view that the purpose of a political party is to form a government. " Kenneth Jeyaretnam's Reform Party "

 

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Reform Party Leader Kenneth Jeyaretnam Talks To Yahoo! SEA

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Elections Dept identifies 1,400 premises for polling & vote counting

SINGAPORE : Singapore's Elections Department is looking at some 1,400 premises islandwide for use as polling and counting centres for the next general election and Presidential Election.

Responding to MediaCorp, a spokesman said the department will use mainly community centres, HDB void decks and schools as polling stations.

Some government buildings have also been earmarked for such use. They include the Ministry of Manpower Building, URA Building and Institutes of Technical Education (ITEs).

Meanwhile, nearly 21,500 public officers have been trained as election officers thus far.

The spokesman said 1,000 have been trained as assistant returning officers, 16,500 as presiding officers and 4,000 as counting assistants.

Singapore's next general election is due by February 2012, while the Presidential Election is due by August next year.

- CNA/al

 

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Open House at McDonalds Jurong West Street 52

Thursday, 17 June 2010, 19:00 - 21:00
by Kenneth

Open House tonight will be at McDonalds at Jurong Spring CC, 8 Jurong West Street 52 #01-05 & outside seating area Jurong Spring Community Club S(649296). The SG will be buying happy meals for any attendees. Please do not go to the office as this will be closed.
Location : McDonalds at 8 Jurong West Street 52 #01-05
Contact : Kenneth on 91461976

 

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Walkabout in West Coast on Sunday 20 June
Sunday, 20 June 2010, 09:00 - 11:00
by Kenneth

Location : Blk 505 Jurong West Street 52
Contact : Jeisilan on 98347517