The fact is, people came and went at the event. I didn't see any real counting.. but I did see some people taking pictures.. one in particular, a man in full raincoat attire.. took several pictures of the speakers and left in a hurry.. with the hood over his head. After he crossed the road, 2 other men joined him and they seemed to be checking the photos.
I can safely say that more than 4,ooo came, saw, listened and went after hearing some of the speeches. There was no real MOTION or any petition signing (not that I saw anyways).
But it was rare indeed. So many people cheered when speakers hit the spot on "putting a stop" on the number of foreigners being allowed into Singapore. And when TKL took to speak, he started by wishing all a Happy Chinese Lunar New Year.. in Mandarin.
I too, left not too long.. as the speeches, though robust and passionate, kept on without a clear indication of what they wanted to do at the end.
With all being said, this is a show of numbers, with some speakers, loud cheering, singing of the national anthem, some songs like "count on me singapore".. and also the pledge.. in a way.. it was uniquely Singapore.. for no strong emtion was really displayed.. except for the cheers of agreement and yells of some slogans.
The question for me is, "what next?"
