WP's Lee Li Lian confirmed !

[tangugu]

If I were a PE voter, this is how I would rationalise:

Firstly, the PAP candidate Dr Koh Poh Koon is probably not of minister calibre, otherwise he would have been picked for GE2011.

Secondly, I don't need a specialist doctor to look after my ward. He would probably be too busy with work anyway to have time to serve the residents well.

Thirdly, if as the Speaker of Parliament Michael Palmer could disappoint voters, what makes you think Dr Koh wouldn't?

Finally, one more PAP MP is not going to make a huge difference to the already majority PAP-controlled parliament.

So I would cast my vote on WP's Lee Li Lian. The reason being that while WP is certain to maintain its stronghold in Hougang come GE2016, there's no guarantee that it will be able to retain Aljunied - anything can happen.

What if it loses the only opposition-controlled GRC? It will be back to square one with just the pathetic single ward of Hougang.

So the opposition needs the safety of one more single seat win apart from Hougang, in case Aljunied falls.

 

[steffychun]

WP are all no high-flying non scholar candidates. Even Chiam brought in Ben Pwee a former Perm Sec (now gone from SDA/SPP). SDP tries to bring in brains through its silly health plan (cutting defence budget).

Cheers to WPs choosing of its type of people.

 

[steffychun]

If I were a PE voter, this is how I would rationalise:

Firstly, the PAP candidate Dr Koh Poh Koon is probably not of minister calibre, otherwise he would have been picked for GE2011.

Secondly, I don't need a specialist doctor to look after my ward. He would probably be too busy with work anyway to have time to serve the residents well.

Thirdly, if as the Speaker of Parliament Michael Palmer could disappoint voters, what makes you think Dr Koh wouldn't?

Finally, one more PAP MP is not going to make a huge difference to the already majority PAP-controlled parliament.

So I would cast my vote on WP's Lee Li Lian. The reason being that while WP is certain to maintain its stronghold in Hougang come GE2016, there's no guarantee that it will be able to retain Aljunied - anything can happen.

What if it loses the only opposition-controlled GRC? It will be back to square one with just the pathetic single ward of Hougang.

So the opposition needs the safety of one more single seat win apart from Hougang, in case Aljunied falls.

What if Ah Desmond makes a play for it?

 

[zhihau]

don't get into the limelight like standing for election and making rally speeches.

hehehe... don't think he's moving in this direction, or maybe he is...

Depends on got infraction powers or not.

me was talking about political parties, we're just a bunch of loonies here :p:p:p

 

[zhihau]

Kukubird is right. Civil servants cannot join political parties. Supposedly apolitical.

bro,
does it make any difference if that chap is party member first then join civil service or join civil service already cannot join political party? do political party membership auto-renews or what?

 

[metalmickey]

WP are all no high-flying non scholar candidates. Even Chiam brought in Ben Pwee a former Perm Sec (now gone from SDA/SPP). SDP tries to bring in brains through its silly health plan (cutting defence budget).

Cheers to WPs choosing of its type of people.

Yeh? Then what do you call Michelle Lee?

 

[cleareyes]

WP are all no high-flying non scholar candidates. Even Chiam brought in Ben Pwee a former Perm Sec (now gone from SDA/SPP). SDP tries to bring in brains through its silly health plan (cutting defence budget).

Cheers to WPs choosing of its type of people.

The most important quality of a MP is to be able to connect with the people, not because the person had high educational qualification.

So what if a person is highly educated when people dont understand what they say?

 

[kukubird58]

bro,
does it make any difference if that chap is party member first then join civil service or join civil service already cannot join political party? do political party membership auto-renews or what?

hahaha...this will be my last reply to u on this subject...
if u understand the principles, the answer would be obvious.....
u cannot be a civil servant and be a member of a political party at the same time...doesn't matter which one come first.
my advice...do the proactive thing and cancel the party membership...doesn't matter whether it is auto-renew or not...
u can still volunteer your services at your own time.
if u want to take up a more active role in a political party....then find a new job.

 

[zhihau]

if u want to take up a more active role in a political party....then find a new job.

hehehe... that chap stopped volunteering a while back. think must suggest to PO to get all civil servants to declare if they have any political affiliation or not

 

[metalmickey]

hahaha...this will be my last reply to u on this subject...

Why not make this your last reply on sbf - ever???!