GE2015: 11 Sept
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rallies on friday, 4 Sep
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Political broadcast by political parties fielding at least 6 candidates : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/ge2015-party-political/2100070.html
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WP seems to have mellowed.
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For once we see a reversal of scenarios on national TV for the political broadcasts. It is now 7 parties attacking 1 party insteal of 80 MPs attacking 7 MPs.
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Originally posted by FireIce:
u definitely din see sim ann.
Is it true she from PRC like Han Hui Hui?
I completely support China in foreign politics but I reject PRCs in Singapore politics.
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This 八党�军 is getting strong and stronger, we should be moving closer towards a first world parliament this election.
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what exactly is a first world parliament?
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Originally posted by FireIce:
what exactly is a first world parliament?
I am not an expert in it but it is a parliament that resembles that of first world countries like USA, UK and Japan where there are at least two strong parties that would debate in parliament on national issues that affect the country and the people.
Our past parliaments resembles that of a one party communist society with up to only 2 non-ruling party MPs. Only the 12th parliament with 7 non-ruling party MPs resembles something like a first world parliament but the number of non-ruling party MPs was still too small to really be considered as first world parliament. At the end of the debates in parliament, they would vote whether to pass the bill or not.
Ruling party MPs cannot vote against what their leaders proposed as they would be subjected to party whip and punishments even if they disagree on policies that the leaders proposed.
26-year ex-MP Dr Tan Cheng Bock who had highest percentage of votes in 2001 and who almost became the President of Singapore is an example of a PAP MP who voted against the proposition of the PAP leaders regarding NMP scheme and he received a warning for that ( see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Cheng_Bock ).
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Originally posted by Neutral-Thinker:
I am not an expert in it but it is a parliament that resembles that of first world countries like USA, UK and Japan where there are at least two strong parties that would debate in parliament on national issues that affect the country and the people.
and look at whats happening to these countries
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rallies on Sat, 5 Sep
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They are still the most inflential countries in the world and Singapore government is still continuing to send top scholars there to learn from them.
In fact most of Singaporean politicians send their kids to these countries to learn from them.
Almost every Minister graduated from a university in these countries.
On the contrary, no Minister graduated from any university from a one-party communist country.
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The national pledge says "......to build a democratic society based on justice and equality so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation".
Last election, 40% of Singaporeans with voting rights exercised their voting rights against the ruling party. Very likely they were not happy about many things in Singapore. I am also eager to find out whether this percentage would dip or climb this coming election.
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The multilingual stars of GE2015 http://ebx.sh/1LZ47GN
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Tonight's (4Sep2015) political rally broadcasts :
1) PAP (Defu Lane) : https://youtu.be/YM2qujEAzYA
2) Reform Party (Yio Chu Kang) : https://youtu.be/F2hO8t1Q5Zc
There seems to be no permanent internet boardcasts for the 7 other political rallies. Need to catch live at : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/specialreports/sgvotes2015/live
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Originally posted by FireIce:
what exactly is a first world parliament?
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Elections/Story/A1Story20110429-276277.html
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chiam see tong chiam see tong!
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WP Rally at Yishun Stadium
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Originally posted by Neutral-Thinker:
Tonight's (4Sep2015) political rally broadcasts :
1) PAP (Defu Lane) : https://youtu.be/YM2qujEAzYA
2) Reform Party (Yio Chu Kang) : https://youtu.be/F2hO8t1Q5Zc
There seems to be no permanent internet boardcasts for the 7 other political rallies. Need to catch live at : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/specialreports/sgvotes2015/live
Was it ok to watch live streaming with the cna link you provide? Does cna live stream all rallies?
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Click on the links to see for yourself. I dont know whether you could still see them but when I posted the links, they were still valid.
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#GE2015: 5 things about independent candidate Han Hui Hui http://str.sg/Z8bQ
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Originally posted by FireIce:
#GE2015: 5 things about independent candidate Han Hui Hui http://str.sg/Z8bQ
She may not get her deposit back.
She did not qualify for political broadcast. Though she is passionate about national issues and often spoke at Speakers Corner, she has no political party support. Besides she is also an FT converted Singaporean who did not serve National Service. Matured voters would not want such a young MP to represent them. Other Singaporeans would not want someone who is torned between love for two countries as their MP.
Hardly anyone attended her rally; it was worse than PAP's rally.
Only one FT converted opposition Singaporean became MP in the history of Singapore politics. He is Dr Chen Show Mao (Oxford, Harvard and Stanford graduate) who was a Rhodes Scholar, was top student at the 1979 A Levels, who was already interested in serving people since students' days (was the President of Students Council at NJC) and served National Service in Singapore.
So may god bless her that she would get back her deposit. Radin Mas is a tough SMC to win. NSP went full force out there in 2011 but only got 32.9% of the votes. It was their worst performing district in 2011.
I would think Reform Party would get more votes there so she may lose the $14500 she got from donors. If Reform Party could get 20.4% of the votes there, her deposit is gone.