GE: Ong Ye Kung confident of winning Malay support in Aljunied GRC
By Ryan Huang | Posted: 21 April 2011 1938 hrs
SINGAPORE: PAP candidate Mr Ong Ye Kung said he is confident of winning over the Malay community in Aljunied GRC, where he is likely to contest.
He said the warm response he has received from Malay voters during his walkabouts has been encouraging.
Mr Ong was responding to the media on whether being non-Malay would put him at a disadvantage, following comments from Worker's Party's Malay candidate Mr Muhamad Faisal Abdual Manap, who expressed his confidence in getting the support of Malay voters in Aljunied.
Instead of race, he noted that as a new candidate he saw bigger challenges during the meet-the-people sessions he attended.
"If I had five years behind me I think they would already know who I am, that I don't think I'm a stern person, but that takes time for people to know so for new candidates that is the issue," said Mr Ong.
Mr Ong was speaking on the sidelines of a productivity showcase at Royal Plaza on Scotts.
He highlighted how the hotel was an example of how training and adopting technology could lead to productivity gains as well as better wages.
For example, a service staff who has gone through skills upgrading to perform more functions at Royal Plaza can earn about 25 per cent more.
e2i, or the Employment and Employability Institute, of which he is the chairman, plans to start a new programme by year's end to get the rest of the industry to do the same.
The e2i has set two new targets for the hotel sector.
First, to multi-skill 30 per cent of the workforce and make Workforce Skills Qualifications certification more widely recognised within the sector.
Second, to raise the level of technology and automation adoption to 40 per cent of hotels.
- CNA/cc
By Ryan Huang | Posted: 21 April 2011 1938 hrs
SINGAPORE: PAP candidate Mr Ong Ye Kung said he is confident of winning over the Malay community in Aljunied GRC, where he is likely to contest.
He said the warm response he has received from Malay voters during his walkabouts has been encouraging.
Mr Ong was responding to the media on whether being non-Malay would put him at a disadvantage, following comments from Worker's Party's Malay candidate Mr Muhamad Faisal Abdual Manap, who expressed his confidence in getting the support of Malay voters in Aljunied.
Instead of race, he noted that as a new candidate he saw bigger challenges during the meet-the-people sessions he attended.
"If I had five years behind me I think they would already know who I am, that I don't think I'm a stern person, but that takes time for people to know so for new candidates that is the issue," said Mr Ong.
Mr Ong was speaking on the sidelines of a productivity showcase at Royal Plaza on Scotts.
He highlighted how the hotel was an example of how training and adopting technology could lead to productivity gains as well as better wages.
For example, a service staff who has gone through skills upgrading to perform more functions at Royal Plaza can earn about 25 per cent more.
e2i, or the Employment and Employability Institute, of which he is the chairman, plans to start a new programme by year's end to get the rest of the industry to do the same.
The e2i has set two new targets for the hotel sector.
First, to multi-skill 30 per cent of the workforce and make Workforce Skills Qualifications certification more widely recognised within the sector.
Second, to raise the level of technology and automation adoption to 40 per cent of hotels.
- CNA/cc
