Do you pity Desmond Choo

[Scrooball (clone)]

If you consider past PAP candidates posted to Hougang and even Potong Pasir, they were far less likeable. The likes of Eric Tan who scrapped all benefits and meet your people session after he lost one election. Also, Sitoh Yih Pin who was just being a pain in the arse.

To his credit, Desmond Choo did not capitalize on the NCMP saga to score some cheap shots at Png. Following his defeat, he was gracious and pledged to continue working with Png.

Even if it is wayang, i guess he seems like a likeable person who happens to be in the wrong colour at the wrong place.

Choo: Back on the ground today

http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120528-348743.html

By Gwendolyn Ng
my paper
Monday, May 28, 2012

He may not have been successful in the Hougang by-election but, for People's Action Party's (PAP's) Desmond Choo, it is back to work today, helping residents on the ground.

Said the 34-year-old: "Let's remain true to what we have always set out to do, which is to help residents solve their problems.

"Many residents have said that they want to come by, and there are some follow-up cases that we need to do... The programmes (for residents) still need a lot of fund raising."
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The battle for Hougang
Desmond Choo thanks supporters on Hougang tour

Despite his defeat, Mr Choo appeared upbeat before heading out to thank residents in Hougang yesterday morning.

At the PAP's Hougang branch office, he told reporters that he has "no regrets" about his "heartfelt campaign".

He was also encouraged by his larger vote share this time, compared to that in the General Election (GE) last year.

"We have an improvement in the percentage, reversed a downward trend, which is a big positive for myself and for the team... I believe that the process of change has started."

Mr Choo garnered 37.9 per cent of the votes in the by-election, compared to 35.2 per cent in last year's GE. In the 2006 GE, PAP secured 37.3 per cent of the votes in Hougang. Waving to residents from a lorry that took him around Hougang's public and private estates, Mr Choo was greeted by cheers and jeers. Still, he was heartened by the reception, saying it was "warmer" and better than it was at last year's tour to thank residents.

Last Saturday night, newly minted Member of Parliament for Hougang Png Eng Huat called upon Mr Choo to back the town council's efforts in pushing for upgrading in the constituency.

To this, Mr Choo said yesterday: "As long as the projects are sound, practicable, and are in the best interests of residents, I will try my best to support these programmes."

There was a chance meeting between Workers' Party (WP) and PAP members on their thank-you tours along Hougang Avenue 2, with spontaneous clapping erupting from both parties.

Hoping to catch up with Mr Png over a cup of coffee, Mr Choo said in Mandarin: "I told him, 'I'll wait till you aren't so busy and we will make a date'... We have exchanged phone numbers, he can look for me any time."

At an event last night, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean was asked about WP chief Low Thia Khiang's intention to put the by-election behind them and work together with the PAP.

Mr Teo said: "I do hope that he will move away from the combative tone he took during the by-election and work in a constructive way with the Government."

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Additional reporting by Ethan Lou

 

[streetsmart73]

hi there


1. hahaha!
2. yes, me do hoh.
3. me even offer my fingers for some solace & comfort.
4. you should know which finger hoh!

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

hi there


1. hahaha!
2. yes, me do hoh.
3. me even offer my fingers for some solace & comfort.
4. you should know which finger hoh!

Let me guess, is it the thumb?

 

[streetsmart73]

Let me guess, is it the thumb?

hi there


1. yo!
2. i guess you lack something up there leh.
3. i mentioned finger mah.
4. not some thumb thing.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

A finger is a limb of the human body and a type of digit, an organ of manipulation and sensation found in the hands of humans and other primates.[1][2] Normally humans have five digits, termed phalanges,[2] on each hand (exceptions are polydactyly, oligodactyly and digit loss). The first digit is the thumb, followed by index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger or pinky. Some other languages use the same generic term for all five digits of a hand.

 

[mscitw]

Do not be taken in by the regime.

Politics is a dirty game.

DC has a nice job waiting for him in NTUC. Therefore he has his arse covered and will well taken by the regime. This was the same for Sitoh. Imagine the campaign funds are almost limitless and they just need to take their jobs as ECAs while they curry favour with stupid impressionable peasants.

DC is not a saint. He is playing the good guy while Baron Teo acts as the big bad wolf. Do not be taken in by this old sales tactic.

 

[PMPunk]

DC fought a clean fight. He should show some balls and switch camp to WP!

 

[streetsmart73]

A finger is a limb of the human body and a type of digit, an organ of manipulation and sensation found in the hands of humans and other primates.[1][2] Normally humans have five digits, termed phalanges,[2] on each hand (exceptions are polydactyly, oligodactyly and digit loss). The first digit is the thumb, followed by index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger or pinky. Some other languages use the same generic term for all five digits of a hand.

hi there


1. aiyoh!
2. you win loh.
3. supporking some loser, give both hands mah.

 

[zeddy]

He has a comfy job with NTUC.. For sure he's being paid well for his job there.. Don't worry his Masters will still take good care of him even though he lost again in Hougang..

 

[Alamaking]

He reminds me of Seetoh Yipin, lol

 

[butoh6050]

HG resident's get the best of both world.
Go to desmond for help and he will really try hard so that he can score points with the residents which equal to more votes.
After he helps you,election time vote worker's party.

 

[halsey02]

DC fought a clean fight. He should show some balls and switch camp to WP!

He cannot bite the hands that feed him, he was in charge of a police division somewhere in Jurong, a police scholarship...he is another wed fed cannie from the lightning logo kennels...:p WELL FED!, we are the ones, who are pitiful!.

 

[zhihau]

Even if it is wayang, i guess he seems like a likeable person who happens to be in the wrong colour at the wrong place.

me don't trust this man, looks 做作, especially when he cries :o:o:o

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

me don't trust this man, looks 做作, especially when he cries :o:o:o

Can't be as bad as this fella. No tears come out still use hanky.

 

[halsey02]

me don't trust this man, looks 做作, especially when he cries :o:o:o

Crying is common for the 'whities', "zorro limp" cries, "limbeh heng" cries....crying is their trademark....only difference is the crocodile cries, its cry is much genuine.!!:p

 

[zhihau]

Can't be as bad as this fella. No tears come out still use hanky.

did this man win an Oscar? bet he didn't :p:p:p

 

[3_M]

DC fought a clean fight. He should show some balls and switch camp to WP!

Why he needs to resort to dirty tactics when someone else (tch) is already doing it on his behalf?

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

How to make Lim Swee Say cry
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE
By Wong Kim Hoh

Minister in the Prime Minister's office Lim Swee Say (in red) teared as his grassroots leaders sent him off while singing a Mandarin song during a farewell dinner thrown by Buona Vista residents at Commonwealth Crescent. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG

HER name is Fresh, and she is from China.

Her matronly figure was sheathed in black tights and a gold sequinned top, at least a size too small. But her voice was big, and full of feeling as she crooned the Teresa Teng classic, The Moon Represents My Heart, just for Mr Lim Swee Say.

She was part of the entertainment at a boisterous farewell dinner thrown for the labour chief by Buona Vista residents at Commonwealth Crescent on Friday night. After 15 years, the Minister in the Prime Minister's office recently left the ward to helm the People's Action Party in East Coast GRC.

The organisers of Friday's shindig - which also celebrated the third anniversary of My Buona Vista Place community service centre - wanted not just to pay tribute to Mr Lim but also to make him cry.

After all, he has been known to turn on the waterworks quite easily. He wept copiously when an unseeded Thai player trounced and deprived Singapore's badminton ace Ronald Susilo of a place in the Olympics badminton semi-finals in 2004.

'He even cried at movies like Homerun and 881,' said My Buona Vista Place chairman Jackie Goh, 37, referring to the two melodramas by filmmakers Jack Neo and Royston Tan respectively.

No effort was spared to elicit Mr Lim's tears at the party, initially planned for just 200 but which finally accommodated 1,500 residents and supporters. They dined on an eight-course Chinese dinner under a white marquee, next to an open carpark.

Holding court in Hokkien, Mandarin and English was master of ceremony Lee Pei Fen, decked out in her getai best.

All she needed to do was exhort, and the crowd would gamely wave their the night's equivalent of xylume sticks: handheld plastic fans bearing Mr Lim's face.

A contingent of singers and dancers - many in sequins, feathers and thigh-high leather boots - bravely worked the crowd, belting out Mandarin, Hokkien and Malay songs.

In between, grassroots leaders including Major-General (NS) Chan Chun Sing - Mr Lim's successor at Buona Vista - took to the stage to pay tribute to, and spill a few 'secrets' about the MP, such as his penchant for bawdy jokes.

The organisers later upped the ante with a video. Set to suitably sappy music, it featured a collage of photographs and featured interviews with people who had worked alongside the minister, as well as residents who have fond memories of his time in Buona Vista.

As fried prawns were served, Mr Lim went on stage to receive gifts and tokens of appreciation from residents and stakeholders in the area.

A 15m scroll bearing the well-wishes and signatures of more than 1,000 residents was dramatically unfurled by a cavalry of grassroots leaders.

Other gifts from groups such as the Holland Village Shopkeepers' Association included a framed calligraphic couplet, a giant eagle statue and a plate with a beautifully painted carp, the Chinese symbol of success and abundance.

Although moved, Mr Lim's tears did not materialise, not until the finale when he stood on stage, flanked by grassroots leaders, residents and performers.

The band struck up the opening notes of Emil Chau's Friend, and on cue, diners waved their fans, picked up the lyric sheets thoughtfully placed on their table and sang along with gusto.

The English lyrics - With our hearts in unison, we convey our heartfelt thanks; here we are wishing you all the best in future - verged on the corny but the sentiments and affection were heartfelt and reverberated loudly in Commonwealth Crescent.

And that's when the dam burst.

Mr Lim took off his glasses, reached into his pocket for his handkerchief to wipe the tears away.

He looked down the stage to see a long line of residents - young and old - waiting to shake his hands and bid him adieu.

He cried again.

 

[Baluku]

See pap always ask the kar kias to thank the people.

While workers party even the head honcho showed up to thank the voters.

Where are the Ministars who spoke the loudest?

 

[sta1100]

Sorry I don't pity him as he is a PAP dog, win or lose in HG he will still kana XXXX by the citizens, reason is he in the wrong party. A party that don;t care for Singaporean only for $$$.