The Workers' Party

Chen Jiaxi Bernard

"On the issue of SCCC arrears where the opposition TCs had exceeded the criteria set by the MND on TCMR ... the more serious question is whether this is fair to other residents who pay promptly." - Low Thia Khiang.

Still relevant today.

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Indeed, still very relevant, esp to AHPeTC.

This Hammerrhoid zombie only knows how to copy and paste but don't know how to read. He should stick to his role as a mini-tour guide for WP.

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[h=2]Chen Jiaxi Bernard (陈家喜)[/h]
Fascinating read. Attending temple dinners at the grassroots would never be the same again.

[h=2]The Workers' Party[/h]
AHPETC Vice-Chairmen Pritam Singh and Png Eng Huat respond to the Minister of State for the Ministry of National Development.

"AHPETC have not obfuscated or intentionally delayed in responding to the matters raised by MOS Lee, but have made it known to the public that we are looking into the S&CC arrears data, and will respond to the query on the financial and arrears situation in due course."


Media Release - 22 November 2014 | AHPETC
[url]www.ahpetc.sg

We refer to the remarks made by the Minister of State for the Ministry of National Development (MND), Mr Desmond Lee on 21 November...

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Joe Teo C C B:
November 13, 2014 at 12:40 am (Quote)

50 years of lessons we get from PAP teaches us one thing.
That is, SG should never rely on just 1 party.
If WP becomes ruling party, its very likely that they will become another PAP. Just look at how stubborn WP is now. It does not even entertain the opposition supporters who invited them to attend protests as peaceful attendees.
They made very bold claim to be the co-driver who slaps the driver.
LTK freezes.
What credibility does WP have other than ability to give rhetorics?
Its very easy to talk rhetorics. Any dick can do that.
Just say what the people want to hear.
WP also has been distancing from other opposition.
Even when its not a ruling party it is already so snobbish .
I think they placed their party interest above ours.
WP is still useful. But I have to be honest and not anyhow make claims like WP.
WP has not lived up to what it promised.
WP is not the solution. Its only a calafaire. A Wayang.
It does not have the courage to speak up on some of the main issues.
I do not expect WP can lead successfully as a ruling party. It does not have the right DNA.
To prevent another PAP, we need MULTI-PARTY VIEWS and Opposition Alliance. We need a mature 2 party system.

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what has Low thia piak proven ? he can only be heard in funerals, in parliament he can stat a sub committee and head the
“Silence and obedience in pariliament membership forum” he is the most most most well behaved ops! opposition in the history of Singapore..
Yet most can consider he the better than JBJ and David Marshall and CST.
sUPPOSE WE gather Low entire work and weight, it wont event be equal to the coughs of those ex opposition .
Paid to be silent and obedient .

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Realist:
November 5, 2014 at 11:26 am (Quote)
Why should WP MPs risk their comfortable 15k/month salary and stir shit in Parliament ?
They get paid for saying and doing nothing which is a better deal than opposing the PAP.
However come 2016, these wayang MPs will emerge from their hibernation and start to stir some shit. Just wait and see.

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WP just like an idiot...:
November 5, 2014 at 3:28 pm (Quote)

Forget about WP, LTK best friend of LKY, no balls MP. He has been in parliament 20 over years what has he done? LHL loves him so much because WP only WAYANG and roar like a lion only in GE rally. The whole party is like a church mouse, anyone will think the WP is PAP. Do not put your hope on WP, already shown after all these years they are not a good opposition, they are happy to collect $16000 salary and be a seat warmer. Vote SDP, SFP or KJ.

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Wayang Party:
November 5, 2014 at 4:38 pm (Quote)

WP is Wayang Party – once in a while perform some “heated argument” with PAP members to con the voters that they are against PAP/PAP policies.
Pay attention and watch their performance, any fool can see that they are a secret branch of the PAP. Just wayang to fool voters.
Remember what LTK said? …… PAP will rule for another 50 years.
Which genuine oppo member would say this? When he said this, he seemed to be quite pleased about it.
All genuine oppo parties would certainly aim to take over the govt if possible – only WP expects & quite happy that PAP will rule for another 50 years….. ANOTHER 50 years ! It has to be pro-PAP for him to conceive in his mind !

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WP is weak:
November 5, 2014 at 8:14 pm (Quote)

Sad to say WP is a very weak opposition. Against the PAP in Parliament u cant just sit there and talk. WP got to stand up and challenge the issues that are posing problems for Singaporeans in a much stronger way. WP should show they are there in the Parliament and they are worth to be counted. When JBJ was in Parliament , PAP would shiver. JBJ would ask questions on PAP’s policies and PAP wouldn’t be able to answer it. JBJ was one man. But he was intelligent and smart. He asked all the right questions. He asked probing question. But in this WP they don’t have anyone of such caliber.

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

Congratulations to all who received their PSLE results today!

Good luck to all PSLE students who are receiving your results today, cheers!

[h=2]Yee Jenn Jong, JJ (余振忠)[/h]Politician

All dressed to support Team Singapore tonight. Go Lions. Will be at new stadium for the first time since its opening.

[h=2]Chen Jiaxi Bernard (陈家喜)[/h]
Magnanimity and Singapore's political future
At the outset, one has to recognise that there are many possibilities for Singapore’s future. We could probably begin the discussion by stating that as Singaporeans, we can love an imperfect Singapore perfectly and contribute the little we have to the nation-building process. While we ponder over the many possibilities, I would like to share my perspectives on the political future of Singapore.



The political direction of this nation in the future can be framed on the back of a broker state. This will complement the petitionary state that we see week in and week out at the various Meet-the-People sessions across the island. The state guarantees the rights of the various interest groups and oversees pluralistic competition in the national marketplace. Magnanimity would be the core value that underpins this. Magnanimity provides a clear signal to Singaporeans that the state is investing its confidence in them to make calibrated and constructive decisions in the name of the larger national interest.



Magnanimity in governance is not about playing to the audience with populist policies. It is about fairness and compassion and more importantly, flexibility to meet the needs of groups left out by public policies. It is also the awareness that nation building is large enough an endeavour to accommodate the various distinct interest groups and political parties. Magnanimity in governance is also an understanding that the relationship between the community, grassroots organisations, the constituents and the government has to be radically reconsidered. Politics has to leave the grassroots, and in doing so, both the grassroots and the political discourse in this country would be enhanced. Magnanimity in politics is having the awareness that no one comes into politics to damage the national interest. Rather, to enhance it and build a more resilient nation for generations to come. The government, led by the political party with the most parliamentary seats is merely one of the many stakeholders, an important stakeholder nonetheless, with obligations and responsibilities to the electorate and sacrifices have to be made to serve them. Politics in the future of Singapore can be magnanimous.



It can be said that the opposition parties in Singapore lacks a strategy. In the ecosystem of a typical opposition party in Singapore are several issues that it will encounter, such as the tensions on its resources, questions about its competency, contradictions in its messaging and trade-offs in their goals. An attempted prescription and the repeated intent and articulation of an alliance of parties speak of rhetoric without substance. The definition of a framework has taken form but without the slightest inkling that when executed four mediocre swimmers do not produce an Olympic winning relay team. There is a basic lack of comprehension on the part of the member-parties of the historical context and undercurrents in Singapore politics, the crucial importance of the element of trust in Singapore politics and the electoral behavior of the voters, without which there can be no strategy. Decisions, when made would lead only to conflict, confusion and in the case of the opposition alliance, temporality and defeat.



Politics in Singapore is about trust and political parties need to build this crucial relationship with the electorate. Trust is a work-in-progress, continually evolving, but never to be taken for granted. A critical part of the trust quotient is not merely a name on the electoral ticket but the presence of an able organisation behind the names on the ballot. Every vote is important, not because it is rhetorically pleasing to the ears, but because voting is the process where responsibility and trust is transferred from the voters with all their uncertainties, hopes and aspirations that comes along with it onto the names on the ballot. It is about the electorate entrusting you with the future of their estate and the direction of the nation. It is a sacred process; one that I hope our members of parliament and national leaders would never take for granted as we embrace SG50 and embark on the next fifty years in our nation-building process.

A Singaporean, A Pioneer, A Workers' Party Member
Uncle Ee Ping is a veteran stalwart of the Workers' Party. He began his commitment to WP in 1959 when he was just 20 years old. His words of advice have enrich my political journey tremendously. A former confectionary helper, he dedicated his entire life to ground work and constituency initiatives. He was literally jumping in joy when the results for Aljunied GRC were announced in the early morning of 8 May 2011. Even today,

despite his age, he makes it a point to visit as many meet-the-people sessions and grassroots activities as possible, as far as his legs could carry him. His dedication to grassroots works is, to say the very least an inspiration to me to continue to run the good race and keep the faith. In 2007, at the Party's fiftieth anniversary dinner, Uncle Ee Ping was awarded a Honorary lifetime membership of the Workers' Party.

"Taking good care of our elders who built the nation is the right thing to do in the “fair and just society”

"mother chi khaw c boey si seng, a (change) lah eng" - Koh L. H.

[h=2]Daniel PS Goh[/h]
Am leaving Melbourne soon, the end of my sabbatical break, not quite enough thinking and writing done, but there is much work to be done back in Singapore.

Met up with my buddy for beers, Korean fried chicken and makgeoli to say goodbye. He was the one I said goodbye to last year when I was just appointed to WP CEC, just when he was migrating here in search of a better life for his family (https://www.facebook.com/danpsgoh/p...11202.460369130692502/579781312084616/?type=1)

We traded stories about families and friends, talked about politics and society, mused about music and life. After being friends for nearly 24 years now, and knowing we know each other very well, we discovered something new: we both like Muse and used to listen to Plug In Baby on the train to work to block out the maddening crowd.

Can't sleep (it is nearly 1am here), caught somewhere between memories and nostalgia. Muse is on continuous play, between the two songs, because he asked me what I was going to do in/with/for Singapore, with regards to politics.

Starlight / I will be chasing your starlight / Until the end of my life / I don't know if it's worth it anymore ... Our hopes and expectations / Black holes & revelations



Muse - Starlight [Live From Wembley Stadium]

2008 WMG Starlight [Live From Wembley Stadium]

[h=2]Chen Show Mao[/h]From the corridors of time. A long lost friend shared this with me today. The photo calls to mind one of my earliest compositions, in which the "corridors of time" was revised by the English-language teacher to the more idiomatic "passage of time"

The Singapore national team has shown much improvements under new coach, Bernard Stange. We were unlucky not to have gotten a point out of the match. We certainly could do with better finishing and greater composure in front of goal. The arithmetic should be clear enough, we will have to get the three points against both Myanmar and Malaysia. Let's cheer the Lions on as they seek to make progress from the group. I am confident we can do it with exemplary gamesmanship and resolve. Let's do it and see Thailand again in the final of the Suzuki Cup!











Football Association of Singapore added 40 new photos to the album 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup (Group B) - Singapore vs Thailand.
Singapore 1-2 Thailand

[h=5]Chen Jiaxi Bernard

"The PAP is not just an ordinary political party with partisan views and advancing only vested interests. It is a unique and key institution - the only party able to hold our country together."
When the lines between the state and party is indivisible, the "only political party able to hold our country together" has put into motion long term and detrimental effects on the long term interests of Singapore and Singaporeans. The ironies passes him by, in the name of rhetoric. And a sweeping statement, with loaded insinuations from a former Prime Minister creates divisions rather then heals them.
So now that we know that your good party is "partisan" and "advances [their] vested interests", I guess it's time to depoliticise the People's Association, the Citizens' Consultative Committee, Residents' Committees and stop the perpetuation of divisions for the good of this nation.






PAP - The only political party to hold Singapore together | People's Action Party
We re-produce Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong's message in the PAP60, Forward Together book. He was also the party's Secretary-General from 1992 to...
pap.org.sg






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[h=1]Media Release – 28 November 2014[/h] RESPONSE TO VERDICT IN NEA v AHPETC TRIAL



We are disappointed with the verdict but we will consult our lawyers on our legal options and do not rule anything out.



PRITAM SINGH & PNG ENG HUAT
VICE-CHAIRMEN
ALJUNIED-HOUGANG-PUNGGOL EAST TOWN COUNCIL

Chen Jiaxi Bernard

[Keeping Kaki Bukit division, Aljunied GRC clean and tidy] 1500hrs: Glad to see that the area behind the block where the rubbish chutes are located have been kept clean. Also heartened to see that some emphasis have been placed to ensure that the market and the common areas surrounding it are washed daily with a jet spray.

Joe Teo C C B:
November 13, 2014 at 12:40 am (Quote)

50 years of lessons we get from PAP teaches us one thing.
That is, SG should never rely on just 1 party.
If WP becomes ruling party, its very likely that they will become another PAP. Just look at how stubborn WP is now. It does not even entertain the opposition supporters who invited them to attend protests as peaceful attendees.
They made very bold claim to be the co-driver who slaps the driver.
LTK freezes.
What credibility does WP have other than ability to give rhetorics?
Its very easy to talk rhetorics. Any dick can do that.
Just say what the people want to hear.
WP also has been distancing from other opposition.
Even when its not a ruling party it is already so snobbish .
I think they placed their party interest above ours.
WP is still useful. But I have to be honest and not anyhow make claims like WP.
WP has not lived up to what it promised.
WP is not the solution. Its only a calafaire. A Wayang.
It does not have the courage to speak up on some of the main issues.
I do not expect WP can lead successfully as a ruling party. It does not have the right DNA.
To prevent another PAP, we need MULTI-PARTY VIEWS and Opposition Alliance. We need a mature 2 party system.

==================================================

what has Low thia piak proven ? he can only be heard in funerals, in parliament he can stat a sub committee and head the
“Silence and obedience in pariliament membership forum” he is the most most most well behaved ops! opposition in the history of Singapore..
Yet most can consider he the better than JBJ and David Marshall and CST.
sUPPOSE WE gather Low entire work and weight, it wont event be equal to the coughs of those ex opposition .
Paid to be silent and obedient .

================================================

Realist:
November 5, 2014 at 11:26 am (Quote)
Why should WP MPs risk their comfortable 15k/month salary and stir shit in Parliament ?
They get paid for saying and doing nothing which is a better deal than opposing the PAP.
However come 2016, these wayang MPs will emerge from their hibernation and start to stir some shit. Just wait and see.

================================================== ====

WP just like an idiot...:
November 5, 2014 at 3:28 pm (Quote)

Forget about WP, LTK best friend of LKY, no balls MP. He has been in parliament 20 over years what has he done? LHL loves him so much because WP only WAYANG and roar like a lion only in GE rally. The whole party is like a church mouse, anyone will think the WP is PAP. Do not put your hope on WP, already shown after all these years they are not a good opposition, they are happy to collect $16000 salary and be a seat warmer. Vote SDP, SFP or KJ.

================================================== ===

Wayang Party:
November 5, 2014 at 4:38 pm (Quote)

WP is Wayang Party – once in a while perform some “heated argument” with PAP members to con the voters that they are against PAP/PAP policies.
Pay attention and watch their performance, any fool can see that they are a secret branch of the PAP. Just wayang to fool voters.
Remember what LTK said? …… PAP will rule for another 50 years.
Which genuine oppo member would say this? When he said this, he seemed to be quite pleased about it.
All genuine oppo parties would certainly aim to take over the govt if possible – only WP expects & quite happy that PAP will rule for another 50 years….. ANOTHER 50 years ! It has to be pro-PAP for him to conceive in his mind !

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WP is weak:
November 5, 2014 at 8:14 pm (Quote)

Sad to say WP is a very weak opposition. Against the PAP in Parliament u cant just sit there and talk. WP got to stand up and challenge the issues that are posing problems for Singaporeans in a much stronger way. WP should show they are there in the Parliament and they are worth to be counted. When JBJ was in Parliament , PAP would shiver. JBJ would ask questions on PAP’s policies and PAP wouldn’t be able to answer it. JBJ was one man. But he was intelligent and smart. He asked all the right questions. He asked probing question. But in this WP they don’t have anyone of such caliber.

"The PAP is not just an ordinary political party with partisan views and advancing only vested interests. It is a unique and key institution - the only party able to hold our country together."
When the lines between the state and party is indivisible, the "only political party able to hold our country together" has put into motion long term and detrimental effects on the long term interests of Singapore and Singaporeans. The ironies passes him by, in the name of rhetoric. And a sweeping statement, with loaded insinuations from a former Prime Minister creates divisions rather then heals them.
So now that we know that your good party is "partisan" and "advances [their] vested interests", I guess it's time to depoliticise the People's Association, the Citizens' Consultative Committee, Residents' Committees and stop the perpetuation of divisions for the good of this nation.






PAP - The only political party to hold Singapore together | People's Action Party
We re-produce Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong's message in the PAP60, Forward Together book. He was also the party's Secretary-General from 1992 to...
pap.org.sg

The Workers' Party Youth Wing (WPYW)

Getting ready for our Christmas outreach at MINDSVille this Sunday. The home is a multi-service centre dedicated to the care of adults and children with intellectual disabilities who are unable to care for themselves independently. We are very grateful to have an opportunity to be of service to the residents of MINDSVille. Looking forward!
For more information, please contact Allan Goh at [email protected].

Chen Jiaxi Bernard

Preparing for next year's Meet-the-People session for Kaki Bukit division, Aljunied GRC.

Chen Jiaxi Bernard

The cyclical painting works are under way for some blocks in Hougang SMC.