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The Workers' Party
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[h=5]Koh Choong Yong 许俊荣[/h]
To me, it is always about the people. The people we meet, the people we speak to on their concerns and the people whom we work together with.
Koh Choong Yong 许俊荣
[h=5]Koh Choong Yong 许俊荣 shared Channel NewsAsia Singapore's photo.
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"I joined politics to help in my little way to reduce the imbalance we see in Parliament today": The Workers' Party candidate for #GE2015 Koh Choon Yong.
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Koh Choong Yong 许俊荣
Bernard and I joined the Workers’ Party about the same time, and we both started off as fellow Executive Council members of the Workers’ Party Youth Wing. Throughout the years, we spent lots of time together, both working in our various roles within WP, and more importantly as friends and buddies. Our late night conversations on politics, life and everything bonded us and we share common values and the common goal to help in our own small way to make Singapore a better place for ourselves and people we love. Jiaxi, jiayou!
工人党新人陈家喜： 居民小事 我们的大事
想阅读更多精彩报道，可订阅数码晚报（wbsub.com.sg），或到App...
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[h=2]Chen Jiaxi Bernard (陈家喜)[/h]
Lunch break after a morning of house visits with the team and a timely reminder. #majulah #Singapura.
Chen Jiaxi Bernard (陈家喜)
“人民的小事，是我们的大事。”
My interview with Lianhe Wanbao (晚报). Read it if you have the time.
"The people thing, our event. ”
My interview with Lianhe Wanbao (晚报). Read it if you have the time.
Translated by Bing
工人党新人陈家喜： 居民小事 我们的大事
想阅读更多精彩报道，可订阅数码晚报（wbsub.com.sg），或到App...
wanbao.com.sg
[h=2]Mohamed Fairoz Shariff[/h]Public Figure
"He sees political activism, and grassroots and sports volunteerism as ways for him to give back to his community and his country. He hopes that what he does now will ultimately make Singapore a better place for the next generation of Singaporeans to live in."
Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff | The Workers' Party
EnglishChineseMalayTamil Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff Age: 36 Posts in WP:Member, The Worker’s Party Youth Wing Executive Committee Education:Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in History, NUS Masters of Arts in Southeast...
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Dennis Tan
Public Figure
Our Workers' Party volunteers are the backbone of our party. They make things possible. They come from all walks of life. They are of all ages. Pictured below is my team's oldest and youngest volunteers, Simon and Seraphin, both Bedok residents. It is so heartening to see them walking tirelessly together from flat to flat, block to block. Walking with them and other volunteers has been truly inspiring. The laughter we share also help us to forget our fatigue.
In this GE 2015, three generations of WP volunteers are walking the ground every single day, spreading the message and building a new generation of Singapore, not just in Bedok, but elsewhere in East Coast, Hougang, Aljunied, Punggol East, Sengkang West, Marine Parade, Macpherson, Jalan Besar and Yishun. Join us if you can!
https://docs.google.com/…/1G-GeVdzvbp2A24sPCnjZcXN…/viewform
[h=2]Workers' Party introduces another four new candidates[/h] The opposition party introduced Mr Kenneth Foo, Mr Dennis Tan, Mr Gurmit Singh and Mr Mohamed Fairoz Shariff on Sunday (Aug 30), but will only announce the constituencies the candidates will contest on Nomination Day on Sep 1.
Posted 30 Aug 2015 14:52 Updated 30 Aug 2015 23:44
SINGAPORE: The Workers' Party (WP) unveiled another four potential candidates for the 2015 General Election (GE) on Sunday (Aug 30).
The new faces are Mr Kenneth Foo Seck Guan, Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong, Mr Gurmit Singh and Mr Mohamed Fairoz Shariff. The party has declared that it will contest 28 seats – five more than the 23 candidates it fielded in 2011 – and, including the four introduced on Sunday, has unveiled 16 new candidates so far.
Mr Dennis Tan, 45, joined the party in 2011 and became a member in 2012. The shipping lawyer is the vice-chairperson of the WP's media team and he has helped to produce the party's Hammer newsletter.
Describing the current parliamentary situation as "untenable" for Singapore, he said there was a "greater need for political ideas and diversity in representation".
“I was quite disturbed with some of the policies of ruling party. I wondered if the ruling party had lost its way. The one-party system is untenable for Singapore. Singaporeans should have a strong say in how they want the country to move forward," said Mr Tan.
Mr Mohamed Fairoz Shariff, 36, is a former associate librarian at National Library Board. He joined the party in 2004 and he is a member of the WP's youth wing executive committee.
"I am most concerned for adult learners and support we can provide them. At UniSIM, I saw the challenges students faced to obtain their first degree - balancing work, school and family," he explained. "Taking part is a chance for me to build bright future for my kids."
Mr Fairoz has a Master's degree in arts, majoring in Southeast Asian studies at the National University of Singapore.
Mr Kenneth Foo, who is in his 30s, works in a voluntary welfare organisation. He joined the party in 2006 and has helped out at Meet-the-People sessions at Punggol East SMC.
Mr Foo, who has an Honours degree in psychology, described himself as a "defiant child" who turned over a new leaf after a report book comment urged him to attend school regularly. "I'd like to do something meaningful and give back to community," he said. Mr Foo said that he would focus on issues such as housing, healthcare and usage of CPF monies.
Mr Gurmit Singh, 55, is the head of the legal department in a real estate company. He joined WP as a volunteer after the General Election in 2011 and did grassroots work at Aljunied GRC. Mr Singh was a regular personnel at Singapore Armed Forces before receiving his law degree at 35.
Mr Singh said he hopes to address challenges faced by Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians (PMETs), as well as doing more for a minimum wage for low-income workers.
“We should protect Singaporeans' right to jobs as jealously as some other countries do. Recent moves on minimum wage for cleaners at S$1,000 is merely scratching the surface and a token change," he said.
AHPETC ANNUAL REPORT TO BE FILED "ON TIME"
At the press conference on Sunday, WP chairperson Sylvia Lim said the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) will file its annual report for FY2014/15 by Monday. "It's on time," Ms Lim added, holding up a copy of the report alongside Mr Png Eng Huat.
Mr Png added that AHPETC will be in a "surplus position", after including grants owed to the town council.
- CNA/cy
Posted 30 Aug 2015 14:52 Updated 30 Aug 2015 23:44
SINGAPORE: The Workers' Party (WP) unveiled another four potential candidates for the 2015 General Election (GE) on Sunday (Aug 30).
The new faces are Mr Kenneth Foo Seck Guan, Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong, Mr Gurmit Singh and Mr Mohamed Fairoz Shariff. The party has declared that it will contest 28 seats – five more than the 23 candidates it fielded in 2011 – and, including the four introduced on Sunday, has unveiled 16 new candidates so far.
Mr Dennis Tan, 45, joined the party in 2011 and became a member in 2012. The shipping lawyer is the vice-chairperson of the WP's media team and he has helped to produce the party's Hammer newsletter.
Describing the current parliamentary situation as "untenable" for Singapore, he said there was a "greater need for political ideas and diversity in representation".
“I was quite disturbed with some of the policies of ruling party. I wondered if the ruling party had lost its way. The one-party system is untenable for Singapore. Singaporeans should have a strong say in how they want the country to move forward," said Mr Tan.
Mr Mohamed Fairoz Shariff, 36, is a former associate librarian at National Library Board. He joined the party in 2004 and he is a member of the WP's youth wing executive committee.
"I am most concerned for adult learners and support we can provide them. At UniSIM, I saw the challenges students faced to obtain their first degree - balancing work, school and family," he explained. "Taking part is a chance for me to build bright future for my kids."
Mr Fairoz has a Master's degree in arts, majoring in Southeast Asian studies at the National University of Singapore.
Mr Kenneth Foo, who is in his 30s, works in a voluntary welfare organisation. He joined the party in 2006 and has helped out at Meet-the-People sessions at Punggol East SMC.
Mr Foo, who has an Honours degree in psychology, described himself as a "defiant child" who turned over a new leaf after a report book comment urged him to attend school regularly. "I'd like to do something meaningful and give back to community," he said. Mr Foo said that he would focus on issues such as housing, healthcare and usage of CPF monies.
Mr Gurmit Singh, 55, is the head of the legal department in a real estate company. He joined WP as a volunteer after the General Election in 2011 and did grassroots work at Aljunied GRC. Mr Singh was a regular personnel at Singapore Armed Forces before receiving his law degree at 35.
Mr Singh said he hopes to address challenges faced by Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians (PMETs), as well as doing more for a minimum wage for low-income workers.
“We should protect Singaporeans' right to jobs as jealously as some other countries do. Recent moves on minimum wage for cleaners at S$1,000 is merely scratching the surface and a token change," he said.
AHPETC ANNUAL REPORT TO BE FILED "ON TIME"
At the press conference on Sunday, WP chairperson Sylvia Lim said the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) will file its annual report for FY2014/15 by Monday. "It's on time," Ms Lim added, holding up a copy of the report alongside Mr Png Eng Huat.
Mr Png added that AHPETC will be in a "surplus position", after including grants owed to the town council.
- CNA/cy
[h=3]Dennis Tan Lip Fong 陈立峰[/h] Age: 45
Posts in WP:
Executive Council Member and Vice Chair, Media Team
Education:
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), University of Nottingham
Master of Maritime Law, University of Southampton
Occupation:
Shipping lawyer
Marital status:
Married
Background:
Dennis had his early education at Nanyang Primary School, Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College.
Dennis is a partner of the shipping law firm, DennisMathiew. He is qualified to practise law in Singapore and in England. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK.
Dennis recently completed his national service obligations as an NSman Captain in the Army.
Dennis started volunteering with the Workers’ Party in the 2011 General Elections with the party’s campaign in the former Joo Chiat SMC, where he lives. He helps WP Members of Parliament and is actively involved in WP constituency grassroots teams at both Kaki Bukit and Paya Lebar Divisions of Aljunied GRC. He is also a director of the WP Community Fund.
Posts in WP:
Executive Council Member and Vice Chair, Media Team
Education:
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), University of Nottingham
Master of Maritime Law, University of Southampton
Occupation:
Shipping lawyer
Marital status:
Married
Background:
Dennis had his early education at Nanyang Primary School, Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College.
Dennis is a partner of the shipping law firm, DennisMathiew. He is qualified to practise law in Singapore and in England. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK.
Dennis recently completed his national service obligations as an NSman Captain in the Army.
Dennis started volunteering with the Workers’ Party in the 2011 General Elections with the party’s campaign in the former Joo Chiat SMC, where he lives. He helps WP Members of Parliament and is actively involved in WP constituency grassroots teams at both Kaki Bukit and Paya Lebar Divisions of Aljunied GRC. He is also a director of the WP Community Fund.
[h=3]Gurmit Singh s/o Sadhu Singh [/h] Age: 55
Posts in WP:
Member, Workers’ Party Grassroots Committee
Education:
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (College of Law (NSW)), Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies (Uni. of New England), Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Uni. of Western Australia)
Bachelor of Laws (Hons) (London)
Occupation:
Legal Counsel
Marital Status:
Married with 2 children, a daughter age 24 and a son age 21.
Background:
Gurmit is admitted as a Legal practitioner in New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory and Auckland. He completed his secondary education at Victoria School with somewhat dismal GCE ‘O’ Level results. He served 6 years in the SAF.
After leaving SAF, he was largely engaged in life insurance and real estate marketing. As marriage and parenthood dawned, they brought a sense of inadequacy and dissatisfaction. At age 35 he went back to studies and attained a law degree from the University of London in 1999. He was admitted as a Barrister & Solicitor in New South Wales in 2004. He has worked in various legally related positions which include, handling a patents department as a patents department manager in a boutique intellectual property law practice, in-house legal advisor in ST Electronics (Info-Software Services) Pte Ltd and a case manager cum mediator in a dispute resolution organisation.
Gurmit is currently heading the legal department of one of Singapore’s leading real estate agencies.
Posts in WP:
Member, Workers’ Party Grassroots Committee
Education:
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (College of Law (NSW)), Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies (Uni. of New England), Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Uni. of Western Australia)
Bachelor of Laws (Hons) (London)
Occupation:
Legal Counsel
Marital Status:
Married with 2 children, a daughter age 24 and a son age 21.
Background:
Gurmit is admitted as a Legal practitioner in New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory and Auckland. He completed his secondary education at Victoria School with somewhat dismal GCE ‘O’ Level results. He served 6 years in the SAF.
After leaving SAF, he was largely engaged in life insurance and real estate marketing. As marriage and parenthood dawned, they brought a sense of inadequacy and dissatisfaction. At age 35 he went back to studies and attained a law degree from the University of London in 1999. He was admitted as a Barrister & Solicitor in New South Wales in 2004. He has worked in various legally related positions which include, handling a patents department as a patents department manager in a boutique intellectual property law practice, in-house legal advisor in ST Electronics (Info-Software Services) Pte Ltd and a case manager cum mediator in a dispute resolution organisation.
Gurmit is currently heading the legal department of one of Singapore’s leading real estate agencies.
[h=2]Yee Jenn Jong, JJ (余振忠)[/h]Politician
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The Workers' Party
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Today, we also launched a video featuring our new candidates, as well as some thoughts from SG Low Thia Khiang and Chairman Sylvia Lim. Hope you enjoy it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvemfnN43VY
The Workers' Party - Empower Your Future
This General Election 2015, we introduce a batch of younger candidates who come from diverse backgrounds and have proven themselves in their...
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Sylvia Lim introduces the last and youngest new candidate for GE2015, Bernard Chen, 29. She added that he has had almost 10 years of grassroots experience, serving as legislative assistant to Low Thia Khiang and Muhd Faisal, and is currently in the WP Youth Wing ExCo.
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