According to SDP’s website, Mr Tan Kin Lian will be gracing its event at Hong Lim Park on 31st December 2008 with a speech.
SDP will be holding a New Year Eve Countdown at Hong Lim Park where it will be lining up a panel of speakers to honor the memory of the late J.B. Jeyaretnam.
While fellow opposition leaders Mr Low Thia Kiang and Mr Chiam See Tong have been avoiding SDP as a plague, it is indeed gentlemanly and courageous of Mr Tan to accept SDP’s invitation to speak at their event.
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Mr Tan is one of the few high-profile establishment figures who have crossed over to the “opposition” in recent years (if opposition is the correct word to use). It is a coup for SDP to have him speak at their event. However, will Mr Tan’s urbane middle class supporters continue to stick with him if he continues to lean further towards SDP ?
If Mr Tan has indeed set his sights on running for political office, he must remove all possible obstacles in his path on the parliamentary route. Unless he intends to stay an activist all his life, it is neither pragmatic or wise to be labelled as part of the “SDP gang” by the state media.
Read full article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2008/12/30/t...p-may-prove-more-to-be-a-hindrance-than-help/
SDP will be holding a New Year Eve Countdown at Hong Lim Park where it will be lining up a panel of speakers to honor the memory of the late J.B. Jeyaretnam.
While fellow opposition leaders Mr Low Thia Kiang and Mr Chiam See Tong have been avoiding SDP as a plague, it is indeed gentlemanly and courageous of Mr Tan to accept SDP’s invitation to speak at their event.
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Mr Tan is one of the few high-profile establishment figures who have crossed over to the “opposition” in recent years (if opposition is the correct word to use). It is a coup for SDP to have him speak at their event. However, will Mr Tan’s urbane middle class supporters continue to stick with him if he continues to lean further towards SDP ?
If Mr Tan has indeed set his sights on running for political office, he must remove all possible obstacles in his path on the parliamentary route. Unless he intends to stay an activist all his life, it is neither pragmatic or wise to be labelled as part of the “SDP gang” by the state media.
Read full article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2008/12/30/t...p-may-prove-more-to-be-a-hindrance-than-help/
