Ng Chee Meng attends Fernvale event amid speculation over election candidacy

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https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/20...ent-amid-speculation-over-election-candidacy/

 

[batman1]

Vote him out in coming GE 2025 !!!

 

[bobby]

No shame…when lose again he should emigrate to Canada.

 

[glockman]

He should've been booted to the private sector after the loss, instead of staying on as labour chief. This government is full of shit.

 

[KingFook Sr]

No shame…when lose again he should emigrate to Canada-

Rejected by voters multi times
Really shameless.

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[nabeifuckpap]

Ong Ye Cunt, Desmond Choo, Koh Poh Koon, Xie Yao Quan, all backdoor entry fuck them all

 

[Charlie99]

No shame…when lose again he should emigrate to Canada.

Why Canada?

 

[nabeifuckpap]

Why Canada?

Full of CECA

 

[Narong Wongwan]

He should've been booted to the private sector after the loss, instead of staying on as labour chief. This government is full of shit.

Private sector? What he know? He’s a paper general who only knows how to bark orders

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Private sector? What he know? He’s a paper general who only knows how to bark orders

lol nailed it. Most army regulars are clowns when they venture to the real world.

Here’s a few samples

 

[shittypore]

NCM has no talent to make a living in the private sector, must leech onto govt till his last breath.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

GE2025: NTUC chief Ng Chee Meng attends community event in new Jalan Kayu SMC alongside SM Lee​

SINGAPORE: Labour chief Ng Chee Meng was spotted at a community event within the new Jalan Kayu single-seat ward on Sunday (Mar 16), alongside Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

He was also at a Meet-The-People Session held at the Fernvale branch of the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) last week, CNA understands.

Sunday’s constituency event took place at an open space between Block 466A and Block 469C Fernvale Link and the hard court beside Thanggam LRT station.

When asked if he will be running in Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC) or the Jalan Kayu ward in the next General Election, Mr Ng said: “You’ll find out, I’m sure, in good time. We’ll see what happens, what the prime minister decides.”

He told reporters that he visits constituencies about once a quarter, having visited places like Bukit Batok, Ang Mo Kio and Sengkang previously.

These visits can be part of his work with the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), or due to his relationships with incumbent MPs. For example, he was at Sunday’s event at the invitation of Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Gan Thiam Poh, the sitting MP for the ward.

Mr Gan told reporters that he had invited Mr Ng to the event as the NTUC has been a firm supporter of efforts to help the needy in his ward.

As for his presence in the adjacent areas of Ang Mo Kio and Sengkang, Mr Ng said it “just happened by chance” that his engagements always happened to be in this area.

He said that he is familiar with the areas.

“I grew up here. I went to fly at the junior flying club. I used to stay around this area as well, so I’m familiar with the general area,” he said, adding that his wife grew up in Ang Mo Kio too.

Mr Ng later clarified that he did not actually grow up in the area but spent two years there with the Singapore Youth Flying Club, which is located in Seletar, during his junior college days. He also lived in Seletar for about 20 years subsequently.

THE NEW JALAN KAYU SMC​

Mr Ng’s presence in the ward is noteworthy. He had told national broadsheet The Straits Times last month that he was “prepared if asked” to run in the next General Election, and that he “never stopped walking” the ground in Sengkang.

However, he is not likely to be in the PAP’s Sengkang slate for the coming polls, as the party has already unveiled three new branch chairs in the GRC, with only former political office holder Lam Pin Min remaining from the ruling party’s original team there.

The Fernvale area where Mr Ng was in on Sunday is located on the edge of Sengkang GRC, with the two constituencies separated by Sungei Punggol.

In 2015, the ward was under the now-defunct Sengkang West Single Member Constituency (SMC), and was later absorbed into Ang Mo Kio GRC in 2020. In the latest electoral boundaries review, the area was carved out of the five-member constituency.

The new Jalan Kayu SMC includes private estates along Jalan Kayu Road, the Seletar Aerospace Park and a portion of the Housing Board flats in Fernvale. There are 29,565 voters in the ward.

Mr Lee had said after the release of the new electoral map, that Jalan Kayu SMC will also go under the purview of the Ang Mo Kio Town Council after the next general election, which has to be held by Nov 23.

RETURNING ON HIS OWN TERMS​

Analysts said that if Mr Ng does run for the Jalan Kayu seat, it would show that he is attempting to make it back into parliament on his own merit.

Independent political observer Felix Tan said that it would “send the signal that he can make it or break it on his own terms”, instead of having to depend on the popularity of a more senior politician.

He noted, however, that standing in an SMC “might not seem to be (a) shoo-in to political office”. Mr Ng was Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office before the 2020 defeat.

“At the very least, being in an SMC would also mean he does not have to shoulder all the (responsibilities) of being (in) a team. This will certainly give him some leeway and flexibility to position himself in the way that he wants to. There’s more control of the situation,” said Dr Tan.

Observers added that Mr Ng could be seen as a potential replacement for Senior Minister Lee as the future anchor minister in the adjacent Ang Mo Kio GRC.

Dr Mustafa Izzuddin, a senior international affairs analyst with Solaris Strategies Singapore, noted that there is a “plausible risk factor” in being fielded in the newly created SMC, “especially when you are not as familiar to the residents because you (were) not the designated MP for the area when it was under Ang Mo Kio GRC”.

In light of that, he said Mr Ng could be fielded in Ang Mo Kio GRC instead, as an understudy to Mr Lee, before taking charge of it in future elections. A current member of the GRC whom residents are more familiar with could instead contest for the Jalan Kayu seat.

“Given his military background and his political experience, he is more than well-suited to take over Ang Mo Kio in the long run if and when the time comes,” said Dr Tan of Mr Ng’s experience.

POLITICAL DEBUT​

Mr Ng made his political debut in the 2015 hustings, winning as part of a five-member PAP team in Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC.

He had resigned as the Chief of Defence Force in the Singapore Armed Forces, becoming the highest-ranking military officer to become a Member of Parliament.

In 2020, Mr Ng led a team including political office holders Lam Pin Min and Amrin Amin, and newcomer Raymond Lye, in the newly created Sengkang GRC. He was back then focused on the Sengkang North portion of the constituency.

The four-member constituency had been created by merging the Punggol East single-seat ward with parts of Pasir-Ris Punggol GRC and Sengkang West SMC.

They were defeated by the Workers’ Party team of Jamus Lim, Raeesah Khan, He Ting Ru and Louis Chua, which garnered 52.13 per cent of votes.

Since then, Mr Ng has remained as secretary-general of NTUC, and was also co-opted into the ruling party’s 38th central executive committee in December last year.

 

[VanDick]

This lucky JLB is born with a silver spoon. So even if he fails again, the pappies will reward him with a cushy position in another GLC.

 

[batman1]

He should've been booted to the private sector after the loss, instead of staying on as labour chief. This government is full of shit.

He can only go back to his old job as a air force general. No pte sector will employer him unless he is allotted a director post in a GLC company by pap.

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

He should've been booted to the private sector after the loss, instead of staying on as labour chief. This government is full of shit.

private sector ?.............what can this guy do ?

 

[bobby]

Why Canada?

far away mah

 

[Hightech88]

A PAP minister who lead a GRC and lost in GE is already a disgrace and should be permanently banned from contesting forever.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

A PAP minister who lead a GRC and lost in GE is already a disgrace and should be permanently banned from contesting forever.

That’s if they have any sense of shame

 

[joemartini]

to those guys in here who's shooting at NCM...you guys haven't seen the real world yet lah.
I have seen it...... inside my circle.

1) SAF regular. basically zero education. 1 or 2 O levels credits. leave SAF after first contract. goes out into the private sector...sales job. kena tekan. allocated to ULU type of location to sell your stuff. you cannot go to areas like Shenton way, Raffles place, Tanjong pagar. these locations are booked/choped by the veterans sales guys.
so quit, try to go study, private courses (think TMC, Informatics or BMC or Thames) abandoned probably even before starting the 1st lesson...wasted money on the enrolment fees..
then set up a small shop. own business. after a few months...closed down.... LPPL...go back inside SAF again. the entire merry go round ...about 2-3 years from the time he collect his Pink IC after the first contract, to re-signing to go in SAF again.

years later, conceived a passionate business idea. (if you do something you love, you never need to work another day in your life again)
set up shop with wife as the business owner.. later exit from SAF, brimming with confidence and also because cannot get along with a scholarly officer in his unit.

business profitable for some 2-3years. then start to falter. then sold off the business, cannot survive. then set up small F&B shop...6 mths closed down. F&B we all know..very very hard to survive. then try to heygey heygey with one very-high-ranking-general in his unit during NDP SG50. trying to get back his job in the original SAF unit. in the end. he got a job in a primary school. some estate officer or maintenance manager post.

2) govt scholar. got govt scholarship to study in UK for 1 year. master degree. come back fast track up the ladder from Asst mgr to Mgr to Director. then hook up some ang mo (probably internet dating website)..married and migrated to USA after snubbing her old civil service job. this is 1999 dot com era.
big big dreams and hopes of making it big big. USA is land of big dreams yes??? job hopped around 2-3 jobs in USA, clerical job only...do cheques and pay to fellow colleagues during pay day. then decided to come back here after about 4-5years....kuai kuai crawl back to civil service job after being jobless here for about 1 year.
knn. after that, can even go up back to Assistance Chief Exec officer. i think she created that position herself and comfortably slotted herself in it, unnoticed, unchallenged. work and collect money, until govt mandatory retirement age. knncb, income tax monies paying for all these ok!!!!

3) another SAF regular. signed on since day one, then left to join Singapore technologies...then bo pian, signed back to SAF same unit, same formation same job.
decades later, after contract is up, left the SAF at retirement age. then saw in FB posting, he showed face at some SAF event, obviously try to heygey heygey and wriggle his way in to a temp job or contract job or something. now already 68 yo. doing some temp job, cannot retire... v poor personal financial mgmt skills.

very similar story right?? heygey heygey with LHL and then try your luck at some newly created Jalan Kayu SMC hoping to get something out from it.

I cut and paste this comment from youtube video about NCM.

These are the scholars who will not make it in the private sector.
Hopeless without taxpayer’s money. No different from a beggar.

again look at my 3 examples. go compare.

 

[joemartini]

Ong Ye Cunt, Desmond Choo, Koh Poh Koon, Xie Yao Quan, all backdoor entry fuck them all

hey..... anyone forgot about Ivan lim? I haven't ok.