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The Workers' Party
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"The last 4 years haven’t been smooth sailing for PAP because it has refused to revamp its flawed immigration policy. It has increased the foreigner population by more than 240,000 with a targeted 6.9 million population and ignoring our concerns, ie shortage of hospital beds, overcrowded public transportation, work-life imbalance, unfair competition with foreigners using fake degrees, Medishield Life, CPF Life, etc."
Do you want another 5 years with the PAP?
20150908 Will PAP line up and take a bow, release CPF before 9/11?
The crowds at opposition party rallies tell a very different story from what has been painted by the mainstream media. If Singaporeans had just wanted to listen, we...
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Do you want another 5 years with the PAP?
20150908 Will PAP line up and take a bow, release CPF before 9/11?
The crowds at opposition party rallies tell a very different story from what has been painted by the mainstream media. If Singaporeans had just wanted to listen, we...
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BLUE SKY: Workers' Party's leader Low Thia Khiang, chairman Sylvia Lim, Mr Png Eng Huat and Ms Lee Li Lian addressing their supporters at Bedok stadium on the last night of hustings. #GE2015 (Photos: Kong Chong Yew/TMG)
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It has also come to our attention that the PAP has been circulating a flyer stating that the sinking fund of $22.5 million which was transferred to Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) is “now unaccounted for”.
The statement is incorrect and a malicious attempt at discrediting the Workers’ Party. The sinking fund transferred from Punggol East to AHPETC is clearly accounted for and AHPETC has also proven the same in its press release dated 8 September 2015 (insert weblink).
A copy of the PAP’s flyer containing the baseless allegation is attached in this statement for the public’s reference.
Png Eng Huat
Vice-Chairman
Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council
9 September 2015
The statement is incorrect and a malicious attempt at discrediting the Workers’ Party. The sinking fund transferred from Punggol East to AHPETC is clearly accounted for and AHPETC has also proven the same in its press release dated 8 September 2015 (insert weblink).
A copy of the PAP’s flyer containing the baseless allegation is attached in this statement for the public’s reference.
Png Eng Huat
Vice-Chairman
Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council
9 September 2015
Thank you for your overwhelming support over the past few days. See you at the polls on 11 September 2015, let us make history!
Vote Workers' Party, Empower Your Future!! #GE2015
Vote Workers' Party, Empower Your Future!! #GE2015
[h=1]Singapore vote will test ruling party’s grip on power[/h]
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[h=4]East Coast: Time for change?[/h]
SINGAPORE — The vast open field was awash in blue.
More than 50,000 people, wearing the color of the opposition Workers’ Party, cheered wildly as speaker after speaker called on Singaporeans to vote for change. Whistles, drums and bugle calls stirred the crowd.
“This is the biggest I’ve ever seen,” Michael Goh, who at 71 is older than independent Singapore itself, said as he waded into the rally last week. “You go anywhere, it’s not as big as this.”
For an election in which one party always wins, there has been a lot of excitement on the streets of Singapore ahead of the parliamentary vote Friday. The vote will be the first since the death of modern Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, in March, and the first in which all 89 seats are being contested. It also comes during the tropical island state’s 50th anniversary of independence.
Signs of discontent
Perhaps most important, it is the first general election since 2011, when voters awarded their government with something it had never seen during its five unchallenged decades in power: a barely passing grade. There were signs of discontent, especially among the young and the poor, over the lack of jobs and affordable housing, the rising cost of living and competition from foreign workers.
Chastised by winning barely 60 percent of the vote, its worst showing ever, the governing People’s Action Party, or PAP, embarked on a period of soul-searching.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the son of Singapore’s founder, publicly apologized for some of his government’s previous policies and has spent the past four years trying to make amends.
His government has, among other things, slightly curbed the influx of skilled foreign talent that was perceived to have been taking jobs from Singaporeans, rolled out subsidized health care programs for all Singaporeans and other welfare programs to help the working class deal with high living costs, and tried to make it easier for citizens to buy government-subsidized housing.
To help pay for the new programs, the government announced a tax increase in February on the top 5 percent of earners, a radical step in a nation that has low taxes embedded in its DNA.
© Ng Han Guan, Associated Press In this Sept. 7, 2015, photo, Sylvia Lim, Singapore's opposition Workers' Party candidate, speaks during a rally in Singapore. A policewoman-turned law teacher-turned-politician…The question voters will answer Friday, then, is whether these steps have been enough.
There is little doubt that the governing party will win — even in 2011, it won 81 of the 87 contested seats, thanks to a British-style first-past-the-post formula — but by how much remains to be seen.
“We say that 2011 was a watershed election, but whether it is or not, this time will tell,” said Chua Beng Huat, a political analyst and head of the sociology department at the National University of Singapore.
“If the PAP ups its percentage” of the popular vote, he said, “we will have to rewrite the watershed.”
Viable opposition
Analysts say the party’s main opposition, the populist Workers’ Party, stands a good chance of retaining the six seats it won in 2011, and possibly adding a few more, giving the country a viable opposition for the first time.
The Workers’ Party positions itself as the only check on the governing party, which Low Thia Khiang, the head of the Workers’ Party, said otherwise rules by its “whims and fancies.”
“We must remind the PAP that there is a distinction between what is national interest and what is the PAP’s party interest,” Low said.
For the Workers’ Party, that means more curbs on immigration, the introduction of a minimum wage and more spending on education.
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[h=4]East Coast: Time for change?[/h]SINGAPORE — The vast open field was awash in blue.
More than 50,000 people, wearing the color of the opposition Workers’ Party, cheered wildly as speaker after speaker called on Singaporeans to vote for change. Whistles, drums and bugle calls stirred the crowd.
“This is the biggest I’ve ever seen,” Michael Goh, who at 71 is older than independent Singapore itself, said as he waded into the rally last week. “You go anywhere, it’s not as big as this.”
For an election in which one party always wins, there has been a lot of excitement on the streets of Singapore ahead of the parliamentary vote Friday. The vote will be the first since the death of modern Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, in March, and the first in which all 89 seats are being contested. It also comes during the tropical island state’s 50th anniversary of independence.
Signs of discontent
Perhaps most important, it is the first general election since 2011, when voters awarded their government with something it had never seen during its five unchallenged decades in power: a barely passing grade. There were signs of discontent, especially among the young and the poor, over the lack of jobs and affordable housing, the rising cost of living and competition from foreign workers.
Chastised by winning barely 60 percent of the vote, its worst showing ever, the governing People’s Action Party, or PAP, embarked on a period of soul-searching.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the son of Singapore’s founder, publicly apologized for some of his government’s previous policies and has spent the past four years trying to make amends.
His government has, among other things, slightly curbed the influx of skilled foreign talent that was perceived to have been taking jobs from Singaporeans, rolled out subsidized health care programs for all Singaporeans and other welfare programs to help the working class deal with high living costs, and tried to make it easier for citizens to buy government-subsidized housing.
To help pay for the new programs, the government announced a tax increase in February on the top 5 percent of earners, a radical step in a nation that has low taxes embedded in its DNA.
There is little doubt that the governing party will win — even in 2011, it won 81 of the 87 contested seats, thanks to a British-style first-past-the-post formula — but by how much remains to be seen.
“We say that 2011 was a watershed election, but whether it is or not, this time will tell,” said Chua Beng Huat, a political analyst and head of the sociology department at the National University of Singapore.
“If the PAP ups its percentage” of the popular vote, he said, “we will have to rewrite the watershed.”
Viable opposition
Analysts say the party’s main opposition, the populist Workers’ Party, stands a good chance of retaining the six seats it won in 2011, and possibly adding a few more, giving the country a viable opposition for the first time.
The Workers’ Party positions itself as the only check on the governing party, which Low Thia Khiang, the head of the Workers’ Party, said otherwise rules by its “whims and fancies.”
“We must remind the PAP that there is a distinction between what is national interest and what is the PAP’s party interest,” Low said.
For the Workers’ Party, that means more curbs on immigration, the introduction of a minimum wage and more spending on education.
GE2015: Workers' Party's second party political broadcast
Published: 9:56 PM, September 10, 2015
Updated: 10:48 PM, September 10, 2015
SINGAPORE — The Workers' Party today (Sept 10) delivered its second party political broadcast. Here is the full transcript of the speech by WP's chairman Ms Sylvia Lim:
Good evening voters.
The Workers’ Party has called on you to empower your future.
The ruling party has asked you to vote for the status quo, to continue the political system that has brought us to this crossroads today. This crossroads is a mix of successes and failures. The ruling party has emphasized the successes and attributed them to its own talent and effort.
Remember that our pioneer generation was only recognised last year in 2014 for their long contribution to building our nation. The Workers’ Party supported the government’s pioneer generation package because we called for the recognition of the pioneer generation during the National Day immediately after the last General Election in 2011. “Better late than never”.
In recent years, “better late than never” has become a recurring theme, in housing, in transport, in healthcare, in social welfare nets, in costs of living. The ruling party has run out of ideas and is chasing after failures in these key sectors, trying to put out the fire and fix the breakdowns. Better delay than complete breakdown. But during the delay, the people suffer.
We need a new vision for the next fifty years. We should seek to free the people to aspire and empower them to realise their dreams.
In our vision, the role of the government is not to interfere with and supervise every aspect of our life, but to focus on investing in our social, economic and political institutions and ensuring their independence. The Singaporean talents unleashed would then take these institutions to new heights of achievement.
In our vision, society is not shaped like a pyramid, with a super-elite ruling over the struggling masses and a shrinking middle class feeling squeezed by rising costs. We seek a society with many peaks of excellence rising from the thriving majority of successful Singaporeans. In our vision, Singapore would be a society where Singaporeans are secure in their accomplishments and would willingly support fellow Singaporeans who have fallen through the cracks.
We need a new kind of politics. It no longer makes sense to give a small group of self-selecting and self-checking leaders a blank cheque to take us forward into the murky future. We believe that empowering Singaporeans entails a system of government where there are adequate checks and balances without political gridlock. Parliament must play the crucial role of checking and pushing a powerful executive to make well-balanced policies and laws that protect and advance the people's interests.
A Parliament monopolised by one ruling party fails the test of rigorous debate and voting in forging sound policies. This grave imbalance has given free rein to the ruling party to take our country in any direction it deems fit. It has refused to listen for many years. Policy U-turns take place only after our institutions come close to breakdown.
It has also led to our current situation where the ruling party is suspicious of all critical voices and opposition parties, and equates the nation with the government and the government with itself. This has led to the ruling party seeking to hold on to power by making unfair rules against other political parties.
Patriotic but disagreeing citizens who seek reforms through the democratic process should not be deemed as enemies to be picked on and discredited. Politics and elections should not be treated as wars. We need to move away from the unscrupulous politics of knocking out your opponent at all costs to fostering fair play and truly constructive politics.
Fellow citizens, Singapore is not the PAP. Singapore is now a mature and diverse society. We are ready for a Parliament with different political voices. A balanced Parliament is critical in assisting the government to make sounder judgments about policy trade-offs. A balanced Parliament is critical in getting the ruling party to treat all citizens, with decency and respect, including those who disagree.
Your vote is your power. The Workers’ Party is your credible choice.
We offer a slate of capable candidates, carefully selected to ensure the renewal of the Party, who embody our values of bottom-up service to the people and being a rational, respectable and responsible party. Our candidates come from many professions with diverse skill-sets and expertise, but are all united in seeking the empowerment of Singaporeans.
Empower yourself to make decisions for your own future! Vote Workers’ Party. Empower your future.
Published: 9:56 PM, September 10, 2015
Updated: 10:48 PM, September 10, 2015
SINGAPORE — The Workers' Party today (Sept 10) delivered its second party political broadcast. Here is the full transcript of the speech by WP's chairman Ms Sylvia Lim:
Good evening voters.
The Workers’ Party has called on you to empower your future.
The ruling party has asked you to vote for the status quo, to continue the political system that has brought us to this crossroads today. This crossroads is a mix of successes and failures. The ruling party has emphasized the successes and attributed them to its own talent and effort.
Remember that our pioneer generation was only recognised last year in 2014 for their long contribution to building our nation. The Workers’ Party supported the government’s pioneer generation package because we called for the recognition of the pioneer generation during the National Day immediately after the last General Election in 2011. “Better late than never”.
In recent years, “better late than never” has become a recurring theme, in housing, in transport, in healthcare, in social welfare nets, in costs of living. The ruling party has run out of ideas and is chasing after failures in these key sectors, trying to put out the fire and fix the breakdowns. Better delay than complete breakdown. But during the delay, the people suffer.
We need a new vision for the next fifty years. We should seek to free the people to aspire and empower them to realise their dreams.
In our vision, the role of the government is not to interfere with and supervise every aspect of our life, but to focus on investing in our social, economic and political institutions and ensuring their independence. The Singaporean talents unleashed would then take these institutions to new heights of achievement.
In our vision, society is not shaped like a pyramid, with a super-elite ruling over the struggling masses and a shrinking middle class feeling squeezed by rising costs. We seek a society with many peaks of excellence rising from the thriving majority of successful Singaporeans. In our vision, Singapore would be a society where Singaporeans are secure in their accomplishments and would willingly support fellow Singaporeans who have fallen through the cracks.
We need a new kind of politics. It no longer makes sense to give a small group of self-selecting and self-checking leaders a blank cheque to take us forward into the murky future. We believe that empowering Singaporeans entails a system of government where there are adequate checks and balances without political gridlock. Parliament must play the crucial role of checking and pushing a powerful executive to make well-balanced policies and laws that protect and advance the people's interests.
A Parliament monopolised by one ruling party fails the test of rigorous debate and voting in forging sound policies. This grave imbalance has given free rein to the ruling party to take our country in any direction it deems fit. It has refused to listen for many years. Policy U-turns take place only after our institutions come close to breakdown.
It has also led to our current situation where the ruling party is suspicious of all critical voices and opposition parties, and equates the nation with the government and the government with itself. This has led to the ruling party seeking to hold on to power by making unfair rules against other political parties.
Patriotic but disagreeing citizens who seek reforms through the democratic process should not be deemed as enemies to be picked on and discredited. Politics and elections should not be treated as wars. We need to move away from the unscrupulous politics of knocking out your opponent at all costs to fostering fair play and truly constructive politics.
Fellow citizens, Singapore is not the PAP. Singapore is now a mature and diverse society. We are ready for a Parliament with different political voices. A balanced Parliament is critical in assisting the government to make sounder judgments about policy trade-offs. A balanced Parliament is critical in getting the ruling party to treat all citizens, with decency and respect, including those who disagree.
Your vote is your power. The Workers’ Party is your credible choice.
We offer a slate of capable candidates, carefully selected to ensure the renewal of the Party, who embody our values of bottom-up service to the people and being a rational, respectable and responsible party. Our candidates come from many professions with diverse skill-sets and expertise, but are all united in seeking the empowerment of Singaporeans.
Empower yourself to make decisions for your own future! Vote Workers’ Party. Empower your future.
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The Workers' Party secretary-general Low Thia Khiang leaves the polling station in CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School in Ang Mo Kio after casting his vote.
More on-the-ground updates: tdy.sg/polling11sept
(Photos: Ray Chua/TODAY)
More on-the-ground updates: tdy.sg/polling11sept
(Photos: Ray Chua/TODAY)
"The Elections Department (ELD) announced on Sep 2 that it will make public the results of sample counts for each of the 16 GRCs and 13 SMCs soon after polling stations close at 8pm today.'
GE 2015 Sample Count: You will have a rough sense of the GE results earlier than expected today...
How accurate? A plus / minus 4 percent difference.
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GE 2015 Sample Count: You will have a rough sense of the GE results earlier than expected today...
How accurate? A plus / minus 4 percent difference.
mothership.sg
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