The Workers' Party

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Chen Jiaxi Bernard

MP Faisal's last house visit of 2014. Listening and understanding the issues of his constituents.

 

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Ending 2014 with Christmas, our last grassroots event for the year, at Aljunied GRC, Punggol East SMC, and Hougang SMC. A huge thank you to our residents for all your support, and of course, our volunteers for selflessly giving your time to serve the residents. Looking forward to a new year with everyone!

 

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[h=5]The Workers' Party Youth Wing (WPYW)

Happy New Year!



[h=1]2014: The Year We Shifted Gears[/h] fairoz
January 1, 2015



For the Youth Wing, 2014 could be described as “the year we shifted gears”.


Now that our Parliament is past the half way mark of its 5 years term, there was a feeling amongst the YW members that it was time for us to get ‘deadly serious’.


That is the thinking behind our very ambitious goal of organizing at least one YW event in each month of 2015. In fact, you may have noticed that we have started embarking on achieving this goal, with Youth Hammer outreach last October and a Christmas party at MINDS just over a month later.


At the same time, we also felt an urgent need to try to actively reach out to our youths through social media. As such, we have embarked on an exercise to revamp our website and Facebook page to make it look cleaner and more engaging.


Looking ahead to 2015, the YW has a lot more exciting events lined up for you. Another edition of Youth Hammer is being planned for January 2015, followed by an internal policy workshop for our members and volunteers, and a heritage educational tour in February 2015. We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events. Do join our mailing list if you would like to be updated on our upcoming events.


Last but certainly not least, the YW Exco would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year!

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Chen Jiaxi Bernard

Bustling start to the new year at the morning market and food centre at Block 538, Bedok North Street 3.

 

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[h=5]Pritam Singh

On open house duty tonight....kicking off 2015 with a bang!

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Chen Jiaxi Bernard

My Saturday at the grassroots, over a cup of coffee. Listening and more listening.
— at Bedok 538 Market & Food Centre.

 

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Chen Jiaxi Bernard

Every day in the afternoon, conservancy workers from the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council would ensure that there is a quick sweep of the market and food centre at Block 538, Bedok North Street 3 to ensure that the food centre remains conducive for patrons. A small act that goes a long way. Thank you.

 

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Chen Jiaxi Bernard

Preparing to give blocks in Kaki Bukit division, Aljunied GRC a fresh layer of paint. Kudos to the good work by the Town Council and their contractors.

 

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[h=2]Yee Jenn Jong, JJ (余振忠)[/h]At the first Hammer sales for the new year with a brand new issue. I contributed an English and a Chinese article for this issue.

 

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thanks for your efforts

 

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[h=2]The Workers' Party[/h]We start selling our new edition of Hammer on this New Year weekend at Kaki Bukit, Aljunied GRC!

 

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[h=5]Daniel PS Goh

Will be on WP Open House duty with my fellow Youth Wing exco member Pam this Friday 8pm to 9.30pm at the party HQ.
My favourite WP Open House experience was in late 2013 when a young man dropped by, almost fresh from the boat, just returned to Singapore from a decade living in Australia, and asked how he could contribute to the work to help fellow Singaporeans. Together with the Open House regulars, we had a good discussion that evening. The best part is that he has been volunteering with us since.
If you are in the area (and there are many good eateries and hipster cafes around these days) on Friday, do drop by for a chat!





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[h=5]Chen Jiaxi Bernard[/h]The metal drainage cover in front of Sheng Siong Supermarket at Block 539A, Bedok North Street 3 had caved in, causing a safety hazard for residents who frequent the area. Residents may trip over this undulated surface. The problem was rectified by the Town Council within the space of a day. A small but efficient act that goes a long way in safeguarding the interests and safety of residents. Thank you for the efficiency, Town Council.

 

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Chen Jiaxi Bernard

 

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Chen Jiaxi Bernard

Keeping the estate clean and tidy for the new day, before first light. Thank you, Sir.

 

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[h=5]Daniel PS Goh[/h]
Wah, swee---t! From the director of one of my favourite movies, 881!





The Workers' Party

By @filmr "chair with a political stand. what a thrill to find this."
Thanks Royston Tan for giving us beautiful moving images, including this

 

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[h=2]The Workers' Party Youth Wing (WPYW)[/h]Political Party

"The WP of today has made some headway, in no small part due to the hard work of many involved. Just as it was the case in 1959, there is a need for checks and balance in our politics. WP continues to play such a role."
A familiar face to many and a valued member of Team WP. Join us to make us a difference!






People of WP – Uncle Ee Ping
People People of WP – Uncle Ee Ping daniel.goh January 11, 2015 No Comments “我在1959年加入工人党。当时的我只不过20岁。因马绍尔的诚信我决定入党。...
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[h=2]The Workers' Party[/h]Political Party

We hope residents of Eunos (Aljunied GRC) and Tampines enjoyed our latest edition of the Hammer. Thank you for your support!

 

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[h=5]The Workers' Party updated their cover photo.
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Photo Credit: Tiana Yap

 

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[h=5]Yee Jenn Jong, JJ (余振忠)

"Education was the main topic discussed. One person spoke at length about how he felt PSLE was an unnecessary burden and source of stress, and wanted to know if it could be done away with.


The MP’s reply was that when MOE asked parents whether they wanted to scrap PSLE, the majority still said ‘no’, in spite of all the complaints about this exam."


I will focus on just this part of the TOC article.


It might be true that right now, the majority still wants the PSLE or some form of major streaming exercise at age 12. This is because this is the only way we have known the education system for the past 4-5 decades. Having spoken to many people on this issue myself, I find the 'minority' who do not want streaming is not small either. The problem now is that there is absolutely no way for anyone to opt out of the PSLE even if he/she does not care if the child does not go to the so-called 'top' secondary schools (exception is to get your child into an international school, which requires permission from MOE and is very costly).


Hence, I have been calling for pilot schools with through-train from primary to secondary so that this option can be available. Perhaps the 'minority' will not be so minority after several years of piloting if it can be shown that we can produce good students from such schools even if we exclude top schools from this exercise. If we are serious about every school being a good school and about different pathways to success, we should give this issue more serious thoughts. At the very minimum, I believe MOE should conduct a serious study on the demand for such schools and publish the findings.


I would have put my children through such schools, even knowing they may become ineligible to enter 'top' secondary schools without a PSLE score.






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