By-Election (Bukit Batok SMC)

So now that David Ong has relinquished his position as the MP of Bukit Batok SMC, there is probably going to be a by-election coming up very very soon (we are just waiting for the date). Some parties have indicated an interest in contesting while one decided not to.

I personally felt that it would be a good challenge if only 2 parties are contesting. One being the defending party and the other being the opposition. I know that Mr Samir is very eager to serve his residents but I do hope he will not join the fun to dilute votes.  SDP, DPP and PPP have also indicated their interest.  I believe the strongest opposition party out of these 3 is the SDP.  The participation of the other 2 parties merely swing votes all over the place and in the end, PAP will still take the ward.  I have nothing against PAP taking the ward but I felt it's high time our parliament has more colors.

WP has indicated that they won't be contesting.  Some of their supporters have encouraged them to contest but knowing their strategy....they will not contest in any area they have no presence in. MP Sylvia Lim has graciously indicated the party's decision to let SDP go for it and I certainly wish other opposition parties will follow suit.  Don't do it for party satisfaction but please do it for the people of Singapore.

On a lighter side....Kim Huat has an urgent announcement to make.

GE2015: Polling Results

Unbelievable results! This only tells me that attendance at rallies don't translate to votes.

SMC

Bukit Batok
- PAP David Ong 72.99% (Votes: 18,204)
- SDP Sadasivam Veriyam 26.4% (Votes: 6,585)
- Independent Samir Salim Neji 0.6% (Votes: 150)
Rejected votes: 545

Bukit Panjang
- PAP Teo Ho Pin 68.38% (Votes: 21,935)
- SDP Khung Wai Yeen 31.62% (Votes: 10,143)
Rejected votes: 626

Fengshan
- PAP Cheryl Chan 57.52% (Votes: 12,398)
- WP Dennis Tan 42.48% (Votes: 9,158)
Rejected votes: 1,871

Hong Kah North
- PAP Amy Khor 74.76% (Votes: 19,612)
- SPP Ravi Philemon 25.24% (Votes: 6,621)
Rejected votes: 1,912

Hougang
- WP Png Eng Huat 57.69% (Votes: 13,012)
- PAP Lee Hong Chuang 42.31% (Votes: 9,543)
Rejected votes: 236

MacPherson
- PAP Tin Pei Ling 65.58% (Votes: 17,227)
- WP Bernard Chen 33.6% (Votes: 8,826)
- NSP Cheo Chai Chen 0.82% (Votes: 215)
Rejected votes: 415

Mounbatten
- PAP Lim Biow Chuan 71.84% (Votes: 15,290)
- SPP Jeanette Chong-Aruldoss 28% (Votes: 5,992)
Rejected votes: 333

Pioneer
- PAP Cedric Foo 76.34% (Votes: 17,994)
- NSP Elvin Ong 23.66% (Votes: 5,578)
Rejected votes: 658

Potong Pasir
- PAP Sitoh Yih Pin 66.41% (Votes: 10,581)
- SPP Lina Chiam 33.59% (Votes: 5,353)
Rejected votes: 1,473

Punggol East
- PAP Charles Chong 51.76% (Votes: 16,957)
- WP Lee Li Lian 48.24% (Votes: 15,801)
Rejected votes: 1,708

Radin Mas
- PAP Sam Tan 77.25% (Votes: 20,230)
- RP Kumar Appavoo 12.71% (Votes: 12.71%)
- Independent Han Hui Hui 10.04% (Votes: 2,629)
Rejected votes: 768

Sengkang West
- PAP Lam Pin Min 62.11% (Votes: 17,564)
- WP Koh Choong Yong 37% (Votes: 10,716)
Rejected votes: 1,839

Yuhua
- PAP Grace Fu 73.54% (Votes: 15,298)
- SDP Jaslyn Go 28% (Votes: 26.46%)
Rejected votes: 1,814

GRC

Choa Chu Kang
- PAP Gan Kim Yong, Zaqy Mohamad, Low Yen Ling, Yee Chia Hsing 76.89% (Votes: 84,731)
- PPP Goh Meng Seng, Low Wai Choo, Lee Tze Shih, Syafarin Sarif 23.11% (Votes: 25,460)
Rejected votes: 9,740

East Coast
- PAP Lim Swee Say, Lee Yi Shyan, Maliki Osman, Jessica Tan 60.73% (Votes: 54,981)
- WP Gerald Giam, Daniel Goh, Fairoz Shariff, Leon Perera 39.27% (Votes: 35,547)
Rejected votes: 1,008

Holland-Bukit Timah
- PAP Vivian Balakrishnan, Sim Ann, Christopher de Souza, Liang Eng Hwa 66.62% (Votes: 62,630)
- SDP Chee Soon Juan, Paul Tambyah, Chong Wai Fung, Sidek Mallek 33.38% (Votes: 31,380)
Rejected votes: 10,481

Jalan Besar
- PAP Yaacob Ibrahim, Heng Chee How, Denise Phua, Lily Neo 67.73% (Votes: 63,561)
- WP L.Somasundaram, Frieda Chan Sio Phing, Redzwan Hafidz Adbul Razak, Adrian Sim Tian Hock 32.27% (Votes: 30,283)
Rejected votes: 1,549

Marsiling-Yew Tee
- PAP Lawrence Wong, Halimah Yacob, Ong Teng Koon, Alex Tam 68.73% (Votes: 68,485)
- SDP Bryan Lim, Damanhuri Abas, John Tan, Wong Souk Yee 31.27% (Votes: 31,157)
Rejected votes: 2,134

West Coast
- PAP Lim Hng Kiang, S Iswaran, Foo Mee Har, Patrick Tay 78.57% (Votes: 71,091)
- RP Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Andy Zhu, Noraini Yunus, Darren Soh 21.43% (Votes: 19,392)
Rejected votes: 2,415

Aljunied
- WP Low Thia Khiang, Sylvia Lim, Chen Show Mao, Pritam Singh, Faisal Manap 50.95% (Votes: 69,929)
- PAP Yeo Guat Kwang, K.Muralidharan Pillai, Victor Lye, Chua Eng Leong, Shamsul Kamar 49.05% (Votes: 67,317)
Rejected votes: 1,638

Bishan-Toa Payoh
- PAP Ng Eng Hen, Josephine Teo, Chee Hong Tat, Saktiandi Supaat, Chong Kee Hiong 73.59% (Votes: 86,514)
- SPP Benjamin Pwee, Hamin Aliyas, Law Kim Hwee, Abdillah Zamzuri, Bryan Long 26.41% (Votes: 31,049)
Rejected votes: 2,411

Jurong
- PAP Tarman Shanmugaratnam, Desmond Lee, Ang Wei Neng, Rahayu Mahzam, Tan Wu Meng 79.28% (Votes: 95,080)
- SingFirst Tan Peng Ann, Wong Soon Hong, David Foo Ming Jin, ukdeu Singh, Wong Chee Wai 20.72% (Votes: 24,848)
Rejected votes: 2,432

Marine Parade
- PAP Tan Chuan-Jin, Goh Chok Tong, Seah Kian Peng, Fatimah Lateef, Edwin Tong 64.07% (Votes: 84,939)
- WP Yee Jenn Jong, Terence Tan, Firuz Khan, He Ting Ru, Dylan Ng 35.93% (Votes: 47,629)
Rejected votes: 1,682

Nee Soon
- PAP K Shanmugam, Louis Ng, Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Lee Bee Wah, Henry Kwek 66.83% (Votes: 82,197)
- WP Kenneth Foo, Cheryl Loh, Ron Tan, Luke Koh, Gurmit Singh 33.17% (Votes: 40,796)
Rejected votes: 1,731

Sembawang
- PAP Khaw Boon Wan, Vikram Nair, Lim Wee Kiak, Ong Ye Kung, Amrin Amin 72.28% (Votes: 96,639)
- NSP Spencer Ng, Kevryn Lim, Abdul Rasheed, Eugene Yeo, Yadzeth Haris 27.72% (Votes: 37,067)
Rejected votes: 3,796

Tampines
- PAP Heng Swee Keat, Masagos Zulkifli, Baey Yam Keng, Desmond Choo, Cheng Li Hui 72.06% (Votes: 95,202)
- NSP Sebastian Teo, Lim Tean, Reno Fong, Nor Lella Mardiiiah Mohamed, Choong Hon Heng 27.94% (Votes: 36,920)
Rejected votes: 3,638

Tanjong Pagar
- PAP Chan Chun Sing, Indranee Rajah, Chia Shi-Lu, Joan Pereira, Melvin Yong 77.71% (Votes: 90,448)
- SingFirst Tan Jee Say, Ang Yong Guan, Chirag Desai, Melvyn Chiu Wng Hoe, Fahmi Rais 22.29% (Votes: 25,943)
Rejected votes: 2,405

Ang Mo Kio
- PAP Lee Hsien Loong, Ang Hin Kee, Intan Azura Mokhtar, Gan Thiam Poh, Koh Poh Koon, Darryl David 78.63% (Votes: 135,115)
- RP M.Ravi, Roy Ngerng, Osman Sulaiman, Gilbert Goh, Siva Chandran, Jesse Loo 21.37% (Votes: 36,711)
Rejected votes: 15,945

Pasir-Ris Punggol
- PAP Teo Chee Hean, Teo Ser Luck, Janil Puthucheary, Zainal Sapari, Ng Chee Meng, Sun Xueling 72.89% (Votes: 125,021)
- SDA Desmond Lim, Harminder Pal Singh, Ong Teik Seng, Abu Mohamed, Sunny Wong, Arthero Lim 27.11% (Votes: 46,508)
Rejected votes: 5,310

Number of parliamentary seats:
PAP - 83
WP - 6
SDP - 0
SPP - 0
RP - 0
SDA - 0
SingFirst - 0
Independent - 0

GE 2015: Who's gonna win where

Alright, this is my guess.  You can agree to disagree with me but this is just my guess. No need to get all hyped up for not supporting your party yah?

SMC
Bukit Batok - PAP David Ong
Bukit Panjang - PAP Teo Ho Pin
Fengshan - WP Dennis Tan
Hong Kah North - PAP Amy Khor
Hougang - WP Png Eng Huat
MacPherson - PAP Tin Pei Ling
Mounbatten - PAP Lim Biow Chuan
Pioneer - PAP Cedric Foo
Potong Pasir - SPP Lina Chiam
Punggol East - WP Lee Li Lian
Radin Mas - PAP Sam Tan
Sengkang West - PAP Lam Pin Min
Yuhua - PAP Grace Fu

GRC - 4 seats
Choa Chu Kang - PAP Gan Kim Yong, Zaqy Mohamad, Low Yen Ling, Yee Chia Hsing
East Coast - WP Gerald Giam, Daniel Goh, Fairoz Shariff, Leon Perera
Holland-Bukit Timah - SDP Chee Soon Juan, Paul Tambyah, Chong Wai Fung, Sidek Mallek
Jalan Besar - PAP Yaacob Ibrahim, Heng Chee How, Denise Phua, Lily Neo
Marsiling-Yew Tee - SDP Bryan Lim, Damanhuri Abas, John Tan, Wong Souk Yee
West Coast - PAP Lim Hng Kiang, S Iswaran, Foo Mee Har, Patrick Tay

GRC - 5 seats
Aljunied - WP Low Thia Khiang, Sylvia Lim, Chen Show Mao, Pritam Singh, Faisal Manap
Bishan-Toa Payoh - PAP Ng Eng Han, Josephine Teo, Chee Hong Tat, Saktiandi Supaat, Chog Kee Hiong
Jurong - PAP Tarman Shanmugaratnam, Desmond Lee, Ang Wei Neng, Rahayu Mahzam, Tan Wu Meng
Marine Parade - PAP Tan Chuan-Jin, Goh Chok Tong, Seah Kian Peng, Fatimah Lateef, Edwin Tong
Nee Soon - PAP K Shanmugam, Louis Ng, Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Lee Bee Wah, Henry Kwek
Sembawang - PAP Khaw Boon Wan, Vikram Nair, Lim Wee Kiat, Ong Ye Kung, Amrin Amin
Tampines - PAP Heng Swee Keat, Masagos Zulkifi, Baey Yam Keng, Desmond Choo, Cheng Li Hui
Tanjong Pagar - PAP Chan Chun Sing, Indranee Rajah, Chia Shi-Lu, Joan Pereira, Melvin Yong

GRC - 6 seats
Ang Mo Kio - PAP Lee Hsien Loong, Ang Hin Kee, Intan Azura Mokhtar, Gan Thiam Poh, Koh Poh Koon, Darryl David
Pasir Ris Punngol - PAP Teo Chee Hean, Teo Ser Luck, Janil Puthucheary, Zainal Sapari, Ng Chee Meng, Sun Xueling

PAP - 68 seats
WP - 12 seats
SDP - 8 seats
SPP - 1 seat

Nicole Seah declares statement of account as TNP’s smear campaign flops again

Repost from Temasek Review 20 June 2011
http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/06/20/nicole-seah-declares-statement-of-account-as-tnps-smear-campaign-flops-again/
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Popular young politician Nicole Seah has posted a detailed statement of account of her team’s election expenses in Marine Parade GRC on her Facebook which includes an overview of the campaign expenses incurred over the campaign period as well as the list of donors who donated to her team. (read more here)

Despite the feeble attempts of the state media to derail her fund-raising attempts by casting doubts on its legality, Nicole still managed to raise a total of $46,568.63, more than the initial $35,000 she asked for.

When Nicole started her fund-raising campaign by asking Singaporeans to channel their donations to her personal bank account, the English tabloid The New Paper under its infamous deputy editor Melvin Singh started a smear campaign against her.

In an article published on 21 May 2011, TNP insinuated that Nicole is not raising funds via the ‘proper’ way and even quoted an anonymous netizen as saying that she would ‘run away with the money and leave her party’ which was reproduced in the two Chinese tabloids. (read article here)

TNP’s ‘gutter journalism’ sparked a massive outcry among netizens with many calling on Nicole to sue the lowly tabloid for outright slander and defamation.

Melvin Singh is most remembered for writing a misleading article on SDP’s Dr Chee Soon Juan leading a non-existent ‘protest march’ after an election rally at Jurong East stadium when he was merely shaking hands with his supporters. (read more here)

He wrote another article a few days later claiming that it was SDP candidate for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC Michelle Lee who tipped him off about the ‘march’ as she did not want to get into trouble with the law. Ms Lee later denied making such statements to Melvin Singh on her Facebook. (read more here)

Melvin Singh’s blatant lies sparked a massive outcry among netizens calling him to apologize for disseminating falsehoods to smear SDP, but he subsequently issued a statement in The Straits Times proclaiming that he “stand by his story.”

A Facebook page was set up calling for a boycott of TNP and has garnered more than 8,100 ‘likes’ so far, more than the number of ‘likes’ on TNP’s official Facebook page itself.

Besides Nicole Seah and Dr Chee, Melvin Singh was also responsible for ’smearing’ Dr Vincent Wijeysingha (SDP), Spencer Ng (NSP) and Chen Show Mao (WP) as well.

Now that the truth is out, Nicole should consider taking legal action against TNP to prevent more innocent patriotic Singaporeans from becoming victims of Melvin Singh’s ‘poisoned pen’.

You can provide your ‘feedback’ to Melvin Singh below:

Melvinderpal Singh
Deputy Editor
Office: (65) 6319 5567
Email: melvin@sph.com.sg

The inconvenie​nt truth about WP’s campaign slogan

Repost from Temasek Review 26 April 2011 (http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/04/26/the-inconvenie%e2%80%8bnt-truth-about-wps-campaign-slogan/)
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Dear Straits Times,

I refer to the 23 Apr 2011 letter by Ms Indranee Rajah.

Ms Rajah claims that the Workers’ Party is twisting in every possible way to explain away its campaign theme of a First World parliament. That is not true. Along the way, the Workers’ Party has elaborated more in response to public queries and has clarified its campaign theme.

Ms Rajah claims that the Workers’ Party finds it inconvenient to identify countries as models for a First World parliament because of what is happening in most of the First World. Does Ms Rajah have proof to say so or is she saying it because she feels like it? As a lawyer, she should know better not to insinuate without proof. The Workers’ Party has already explained that it wants to evolve its own model that works for Singapore. Ms Rajah can refuse to accept the Workers’ Party’s reasons but she has no right to declare the reasons false unless she can prove it.

In any case, if we refer to the World Bank’s indicator for government effectiveness, what is happening in most of the First World isn’t as bad as Ms Rajah makes it out to be. Countries like Denmark, Finland, Sweden, New Zealand, Lichtenstein and Hong Kong have done as well as before if not better. Countries like Switzerland, Canada, Luxembourg and Australia have only dipped slightly. Countries like Norway and the Netherlands continue to do well despite larger dips. Therefore, Ms Rajah’s claim that parliaments of First World countries aren’t exemplary because of what is happening to their countries now isn’t quite valid.

Also, what is happening now is just a snapshot of what has happened over many decades. The Global Financial Crisis is touted as a once-a-lifetime event. Do we judge First World countries on the basis of this single event only? If this had been 1997 and we are in the midst of the Asian Financial Crisis, would Ms Rajah be able to say the same?

Ms Rajah claims that there is nothing unique about scrutinising government policies since we already have non-constituency MPs doing it. Ms Rajah is ignoring the right of the opposition MP to block government policies.

Ms Rajah now claims that blocking government policies is about gaining power. Must Ms Rajah and the PAP always see things through their own power hungry eyes? The most innocent thing can become tainted when seen through tainted eyes.

Ms Rajah should realise that even if the vision of a First World parliament is inspired by those found in First World countries, it doesn’t automatically follow that those countries must be the ones to model after. Ms Rajah cannot preclude the Workers’ Party from adapting existing examples into a model that suits Singapore.

The inconvenient truth is simply that of Ms Rajah’s convenient but illegal insinuations.

Thank you

Ng Kok Lim