By Election for Hougang
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Angelight, I do agree with you that residents should act gracefully and not jeered DC. However, maybe being an outsider, we are unable to understand how the HG residents feel, the unfair treatment they have received over the past 20 years, the kind of grieve they have and the need to blow out their unhappiness through the election. Sometimes, it is the case of 针还没刺到自己的肉. I am sure when DC decided to take up this role for PAP, he should very well understand the kind of treatment he would receive. On the other hand, when someone wish to join the opposition parties, they also aware it is not an easy path. This is life…
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Pris.tang:
:goodpost: :goodpost: :goodpost: I myself am not in the opp ward BUT i am surporting my mp Simply being hes the only one still walking the grounds whenever he can every Sunday, the help he has rendered to be before GE is unremarkable the concern he shown really make me feel he truly cares.Angelight:
Read from TODAY paper that DC was jeered at by the residents there when he went round to make his 'thank-you' parade in Hougang. I felt this is really uncalled for. Although he lost the by election, he was gracious enough to congratulate PEH and even said PEH \"deserved to win becos he had worked very hard in that estate\". I think DC has also worked very hard in Hougang, despite losing the GE last year, he still stayed on to serve the Hougang residents. For this alone, I don't think he deserved to be jeered at.
This is not the first time WP supporters had jeered at MPs of ruling party. At the last GE when GY, WKS and other PAP MPs gave a speech on Nomination Day, WP supporters also booed at them. What is with these pple, that they have absolutely no respect for others who are not in the same camp as them. It also reflects very badly on the WP supporters and the party they supported.
Actually I've tried to refrain from posting here cos I know there are many WP supporters here and didn't want to be slammed. But I felt so sorry for DC after reading about him being sneered and jeered at during the thank-you parade that I just felt I have to say something.
Btw, I am not a Hougang resident and this by election didn't affect me at all. But I just want to bring this up and hope that people will respect others who are not in the same camp, league or whatever. Respecting others is also respecting ourselves.
And honestly for my particular area i never see a opp face till ge is near when there is no ge where are they???
DC is staying on in Hougang to help even though he lost can we say the same about other areas belonging to the ruling party do we see any opp party walking the grounds??
Hm....i don't see my mp at all even. Last ge, no sight of anyone. But I supported mine cos he has been going round (reported in papers) checking things out on his own.
I am sure the opp party do their part in the const. But has not been reported in the papers . Activities organized by pa are always attended by pap and sometimes widely reported on tv and papers
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I don’t think the people were jeering at DC.
repeat ah, I really dont believe that the people were jeering at DC.
I believe that the people were jeering at what DC represents, which is the PAP.
Remember, this is the same political party that removed amenities from them, e.g. bus, MRT station, wet market, lift upgrading, etc
Their men and sons also do NS like us, they pay the same taxes and so on. And because they choose to exercise their democratic right to elect their own representative, they are punished like this? Lau Goh and PAP bigwigs also came out with nonsense like "Hougang will turn into a slum"
If you were them, would you be pissed off?
If someone pushed you around for 20 over years and then tries to court you back every 5 years, would you be pissed off?
Anyway time will tell what DC is made of. My only regret is that he has thrown in his lot with the whites. -
I don’t think I’m in the same ward as lolmum, but I have been living in pap ward all my life. So far, apart from one mp who is now in some other grc, I’ve never seen my MP (except when he is in the papers). Yes, I envy those who live in wards where the mp cares about them and reaches out to the residents - opp or not.
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honestly i cannot believe it myself that my mp is still going around block walking when hes injured everyone is telling him to rest but he say nvm is ok i prefer to know more heart warming very much.
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Me too. Never seen my MP nor opposition walking the grounds in my estate. Maybe the opposition who lost in my ward are too busy making ends meet? I don’t know what happen to them. Do they go back to their old job? Or they find a new full time job until the next election. Then they quit again to contest?
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Pris.tang:
You are very fortunate, pris.tang, to have a good MP and you should support him.
i am surporting my mp Simply being hes the only one still walking the grounds whenever he can every Sunday, the help he has rendered to be before GE is unremarkable the concern he shown really make me feel he truly cares.Angelight:
Read from TODAY paper that DC was jeered at by the residents there when he went round to make his 'thank-you' parade in Hougang. I felt this is really uncalled for. Although he lost the by election, he was gracious enough to congratulate PEH and even said PEH \"deserved to win becos he had worked very hard in that estate\". I think DC has also worked very hard in Hougang, despite losing the GE last year, he still stayed on to serve the Hougang residents. For this alone, I don't think he deserved to be jeered at.
But I daresay most constituencies are not so well-served. We do not get to see our MP at all, not during the 5 years, not during the election time, except for 5mins at 9pm on the last day of campaigning, when he was rushing through the neighbourhood waving. The shops, hawkers, residents around the area have nothing good to say about him at all.
And I think Joule is right, the HG residents are not jeering DC, but the party he stands for. If you found out during the speeches that applications for upgrading and works to help the elderly put up by your opp. MPs are being rejected, how would you expect them to feel ?
But to be fair, I am impressed with DC's work. It is unfortunate that he is running in such a WP stronghold as HG. I would think even if they put a minister there, he would have lost. Though it must be said, DC is there as a grassroot advisor ( not sure if he is paid or not, most likely I guess ), so he is there because it is his duty, and I salute him, because I dont see many other MPs performing their duties on the ground to help the residents, only their Parliamentary duties.
If DC was representing the PAP in my constituency, I will definitely consider giving him my vote, not like this xxx here at the moment. :mad: I think he has done more with the people in HG in 16mths than this guy at my place for 16 years. :censored:
a little tribute to DC :salute:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuM1Gg5PfQA][/youtube] -
Angelight:
Agree dat uncalled-for jeering is bad form n manners.This is not the first time WP supporters had jeered at MPs of ruling party. At the last GE when GY, WKS and other PAP MPs gave a speech on Nomination Day, WP supporters also booed at them. What is with these pple, that they have absolutely no respect for others who are not in the same camp as them. It also reflects very badly on the WP supporters and the party they supported.
But some really deserves it.Angelight:
I concur with joule's sentiments.Read from TODAY paper that DC was jeered at by the residents there when he went round to make his 'thank-you' parade in Hougang. I felt this is really uncalled for. Although he lost the by election, he was gracious enough to congratulate PEH and even said PEH \"deserved to win becos he had worked very hard in that estate\". I think DC has also worked very hard in Hougang, despite losing the GE last year, he still stayed on to serve the Hougang residents. For this alone, I don't think he deserved to be jeered at.
When SL revealed in BE 2012 dat their plans to upgrade HG
with party funds were rejected by HG grassroot organisations,
did DC stepped in then to help HG residents?
DC said he was his own man n independent in dis campaign.
He behaved like a nice gentleman in dis campaign but did he stepped up
to stop his party elders when they attacked PEH’s integrity n WP’s credibility?
DC seems a decent n sincere fellow, but by donning d whites,
he represents all dat ppl find reprehensive abt d party’s tactics.
He said he felt d warmth of HG residents when he did his walk-abouts,
so how cld dat suddenly turned cold after 9 days of campaigning?
Indeed I also think d ppl were jeering at d party dat he represents n
showing their disgust at d gutter politics they employed in d campaign
rather than d person himself.
I think it was Pritam Singh who said in GE 2011,
\"How can any self-respecting Singaporean join a ruling party that behaves in such a morally reprehensible manner!\"
when he spoke about linking upgrading to votes. -
CharlieB:
If DC is not appointed grassroots advisor, it would mean that he will not be fielded in Hougang for the next election.
The ruling party can play a curve ball by NOT appointing DC as Advisor!JR:
I find it a concern that grassroot advisors have authority to approve funding. It is fair enough if the grassroot advisor is elected and thus have the mandate but as in the case of Hougang, where DC lost and most probably be reappointed as grassroot advisor will still have the power. Is this democratic? Isn't the funds taxpayers' money?
I find it very sad that the ruling party had withheld upgrading for Hougang for so many years just because the majority there have voted opposition. Isn't the funds taxpayers' money? Why should the ruling party make use of this money (which is not their money) for their political advantage?
The fact that TCH or any PAP members did not deny what SL has mentioned in her speech means that her allegation is true. If TCH has come out to explain or maybe apologise for this and agree to change, maybe some votes will go to them. Thus I felt their call for \"change\" is really very hollow since they have not \"changed\".
I do hope for the sake of our children that the ruling party will really work for all Singapore's best interest and not have the narrow view of \"must win at all cost\". It reinforces my view that politics is dirty.
Then both the WP & DC will not be able to improve the lives of HG people... Hope this does not happen...
My point is that PAP lost the election due to their wrong strategy. They could have held moral high ground by changing their ways and accepted the new normal, but they did not. If TCH did not come in so strongly in the campaign and just let DC run a low key campaign, DC will still lose but at least the neutrals in the rest of Singapore will respect a principled campaign. But it did not happen. They had just sowed the seeds of more mistrust not only in Hougang but in other parts of Singapore. -
Pris.tang:
It’s not a level playing field.
And honestly for my particular area i never see a opp face till ge is near when there is no ge where are they???
DC is staying on in Hougang to help even though he lost can we say the same about other areas belonging to the ruling party do we see any opp party walking the grounds??
MIWs put up many barriers to make it very difficult for d opposition to gain ground
whereas they at d same time, make d rules (n passed in parliament without much objection)
dat allow their man to remain in oppo wards to maintain a constant presence.
u r fortunate to hv a gud MIW MP.
I hv nvr seen mine, whether GE or no GE.
If I shd suddenly see my MIW MP one day, I wld hv thot I saw a ghost! :rotflmao:
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