ok, i just came from from there. i had my dinner at a coffeeshop at ave 5, after collect the car and was driving out of the carpark, wifey saw an ice cream vendor and wanted some. so while i wait inside the car, she as the ice cream vendor why dont do biz at the pap rally site as maybe can earn a bit more. the ice cream vendor said loud loud rather die than go near pap rally and claim rumor that each attendee can get $5 each so i drove to hougang stadium to verify and if got, good lah, can earn twenty dollar to offset the dinner bill a bit. nabei go there cannot enter carpark, block by carpark wardens so first thought was wow so many ppl meh? so park at xin min primary school and walk to stadium. KNN, all the carparks near or right at the stadium are only half full, mostly should be belong to the residents who live there. btw, that place belong to AMK GRC.
The stage was set at the centre circle of the field, so after taking into account of the steel barrier to protect the papig bigwigs, there only atmost 10 metres of stading room at the field plus the running tracks where residents can stand to listen. the grandstand was full but half are elderly who look confuse at what was happening plus ppl who more interested playing their handphone. from what i observe, the diehard supporters car standing 3 deep at the steel barrier making the most noise plus some RC marshals to que the elderly sitting at the grandstand to clap hands
seriously, pap idea of trucking ppl from other estates to make their support to look good is stupid as real residents had no place to sit and was force to stand to listen to whatever papigs were saying. the speech by demon choo keep repeating what he had done to certain individual residents he had help in the course of him being leader of the hougang crasslooters. hello, many are educated ppl who concern about their job secruity and bring family to come to listen to what demon choo can offer in the national issue instead had to endure him endorsing himself as person who can provide money assistance to the needy. Then having the parking wardens to turn away non season parking cars make ppl turn back to go home instead of listen to what demon can offer. of course they are real residents of hougang at the rally but most just stand there to listen with hands cross at their chest. The wild applause were only done by the pap entry level member who stand right at the steel barriers while the residents look on with indifferent. i think many heard of the $5 rumour and came and walk out immediately after finding out it not true.
i think pap had to review their election SOP. Hougang is already in opposition hands so instead on trucking in irrelevant ppl to the rally, they instead keep the grandstand for the real residents to sit and listen to what they can offer instead of now force to stand. It make ppl tulan having to stand when irrelevant who cannot vote in the by-election can sit.