Which GRC AM I ?????

[mleewh]

till now i dont know.. zzz

to vote wp if NS... to vote SDP if SBW

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[wolfeyes1974]

mine's mountbatten smc...nvr heard of my MP before...plus no rolex as a dangling carrot..

[surestik]

till now i dont know.. zzz

to vote wp if NS... to vote SDP if SBW

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Can check here with singpass: http://www.elections.gov.sg/online.html

[KuchingKu]

Read this on yahoo....very balanced report. The whole of Singapore is looking to Aljunied. The voters there has the power to change Singapore's political landscape. Let me talk to all my friends and relatives who live in that GRC......



As the Workers' Party A-team addressed their ecstatic supporters from an upper floor of Deyi Secondary this afternoon, a nondescript sign below them read "LIGHTNING RISK ALERT". It spoke more eloquently than the lightning-logo flags and placards wielded by hundreds of PAP supporters, of the storm brewing over Aljunied GRC.

You can bet that the ruling party will throw everything in its formidable arsenal at Low Thia Khiang and company. Equally, though, the raucous heckling that greeted every PAP candidate — even when Zainul Abidin Rasheed cheered "Majulah Singapura!" to try to shame WP supporters into gentlemanly conduct — suggests that the WP isn't about to be intimidated.

Singapore has had hot GRCs before but Aljunied 2011 shoots off the temperature scale. This isn't because the Opposition necessarily have a better chance here and now than in Eunos GRC in 1988 (when the PAP scraped through by 1.8 points).

No, this one is special because never before has a contest so perfectly embodied the fundamental, irreconcilable tension in Singapore's electoral politics.

Set aside the roughly 25 percent of voters at each end of the political spectrum — the partisans who will vote for the PAP and the Opposition irrespective of who's standing and who's won the debates. It's the middle 50 percent or so that ultimately decides the fate of Parliamentary seats.



Mr George Yeo and his Aljunied team arriving at Deyi Secondary School to submit their nominations. (Yahoo! photo/Henry …

This broad middle ground, I sense, considers the PAP to be the natural party of government right now, on account of having a larger team of able, experienced and trustworthy administrators and a more detailed plan for Singapore than the Opposition. Swing voters also acknowledge that the PAP includes a handful of truly outstanding individuals, who they're glad are on the Singapore team (though most Singaporeans would not praise them too loudly, lest the PAP grow up proud and complacent; we are all Amy Chuas that way).

At the same time, middle-ground voters believe it's sensible to have checks and balances on PAP power. Since other institutions such as the press are stopped from providing that, they should send an Opposition presence into Parliament. They've also noted that, lately, the best heavyweights in the Opposition ranks are superior to the worst lightweights on the PAP side. Given a choice, they would pick the former at the expense of the latter — but that choice is usually not available.

In most other contests in this and previous GEs, the choice offered to swing voters made it easier for them to decide one way or another. Those inclined to vote for the Opposition could tell themselves that, well, the PAP guys weren't particularly likeable, so they deserve to be taken down a notch. Those leaning towards the PAP could silence the Opposition voice in their heads by saying that the Opposition candidates weren't impressive, even after giving allowance to their underdog status.

Aljunied 2011 removes these excuses. On the one side is a PAP team that's hard to dislike. A veteran former journalist, Zainul Abidin, who is genuinely popular and is being mentioned as a future Speaker of Parliament. An intriguing new candidate and possible future PM, Ong Ye Kung, who has spent quality time at the NTUC and shows a determination to work for workers. And an anchor minister, George Yeo, who has distinguished himself as one of Singapore's best ever foreign ministers. In the last GE, Yeo was the first Cabinet Minister to call a halt to the mudslinging against James Gomez, and in these polls he has continued to take the high road, denying snipers the pleasure of accusing him of gutter politics. Today, he called the WP A-team "worthy opponents".



WP chief Low Thia Khiang will lead his team in contesting Aljunied GRC. (Yahoo! photo/Henry Lim)

On the WP side, too, is a team that defies all the stereotypes. Fly-by-night opportunists who are dormant between elections? Low Thia Khiang is known as a hardworking grassroots MP. And his decision to leave his safe seat in Hougang for the fight of his life confirms yet again his steely idealism. Low calibre? In the early 1980s, Lee Kuan Yew likened the Opposition leaders to DC3 propeller planes while the PAP's were Boeing 707 jets. But in Chen Show Mao, the WP have a Dreamliner whose specifications match any high-flier in the PAP fleet. It's as if, like diligent children in paternalistic Singapore, Low's WP has taken note of every criticism the PAP has levelled at the Opposition and has now come back with an answer for everything.

Middle-of-the-road voters in Aljunied GRC must now feel the heat of the critical decision before them. It boils down to this twin conundrum:

Do they prize the goal of a stronger, better Opposition enough to sacrifice a set of outstanding present and potential PAP office holders, whose absence from government would be missed by Singaporeans?

Or do they treasure quality governance sufficiently to reject the worthiest set of Opposition candidates to have ever been offered to the electorate and whose victory would boost democratic politics?

The choice between good government and a strong opposition has been a perennial one. But never before has it been posed as starkly as now, in Aljunied GRC.

I don't know what Aljunied's voters are thinking about the momentous decision before them. But I can imagine what swing voters in other constituencies must be feeling:

Thank goodness we don't live in Aljunied.

Cherian George is an associate professor in communication at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He blogs at www.airconditionednation.com and www.journalism.sg.

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[triton]

i got my slip to say where i need to go and vote

[4Dvisor]

I guess 50% of singaporean are casting their vote first time! We must thank opposition party for that.

[KuchingKu]

The rally starts tonight....got time go and listen.

Party rallies close to you on Thur 28 April
By Liyana Low | SingaporeScene – Thu, Apr 28, 2011 12:51 AM SGTShareretweetEmailPrint

Time: 7 pm to 10 pm
Where: Open field in front of Blk 837, bounded by Hougang Ave 4 and Hougang Central Hougang SMC Who: Workers' Party

Time: 7 pm to 10 pm
Where: Clementi Stadium, 10 West Coast Walk West Coast GRC
Who: Reform Party

Time: 7 pm to 10 pm
Where: Open field bounded by Commonwealth Ave, Commonwealth Drive and Commonwealth Close Holland-Bukit Timah GRC
Who: Singapore Democratic Party

Time: 7 pm to 10 pm
Where: Open field bounded by Geylang East Central, Aljunied Ave 1 & Ave 2, beside multi-storey carpark & Blk 118 Marine Parade GRC
Who: National Solidarity Party

Time: 7 pm to 10 pm
Where: Open field bounded by Sengkang Central, Sengkang East Road , Sengkang East Ave and Buangkok Drive, beside Buangkok MRT Station Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC
Who: People's Action Party

For latest list, voters can check the SPF website.

[mleewh]

i got my slip to say where i need to go and vote

why you so good got slip one?

[Paneraii]

aiyo! singaporean with pink ic will get one. please

[mleewh]

i haven get ma.. zzzz

aiyo! singaporean with pink ic will get one. please

[kenlinliu1419]

I don't know if I should mention this but....

The WP candidate for Joo Chiat, Yee Jenn Jong used to be my boss 10 years ago!
If you could hear my stories about him, I don't think anyone would vote for him.

[4Dvisor]

Election Department will send to u on Friday.... by next Tuesday everyone should get it.

i haven get ma.. zzzz

[Seventh Son]

I don't know if I should mention this but....

The WP candidate for Joo Chiat, Yee Jenn Jong used to be my boss 10 years ago!
If you could hear my stories about him, I don't think anyone would vote for him.

Most politicians put on a fake humble front, how many are geniunely serving the people. It's the power they're really after.

[seiko.citizen]

Most politicians put on a fake humble front, how many are geniunely serving the people. It's the power they're really after.

nicely said. in oz, people say "the first bloke" (cos our PM is a bu; not kang) is making use of his girlfriend to get tax funded travels overseas

[Watcha]

Just got my slip.

Around my house many sembawang grc banner.
I stay sembawang.

My slip put Nee soon . Haha