PE By election Results and Analysis

[TheRationalVoice]

so can you tell me with confidence that the MPs listed below are LEADERS ?

 

No Name Constituency

1 Mr Ang Hin Kee Ang Mo Kio GRC

2 Mr Ang Wei Neng Jurong GRC

6 Dr Chia Shi-Lu Tanjong Pagar GRC

18 Mr Gan Thiam Poh Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC

22 Mr Hawazi Daipi Sembawang GRC

36 Ms Ellen Lee Sembawang GRC

39 Mr Desmond Lee Ti-Seng (Li Zhisheng) Jurong GRC

49 Dr Lim Wee Kiak Nee Soon GRC

50 Ms Penny Low Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC

52 Ms Low Yen Ling Chua Chu Kang GRC

61 Ms Irene Ng Phek Hoong Tampines GRC

62 Mr David Ong Kim Huat Jurong GRC

63 Mr Ong Teng Koon Sembawang GR

68 Mr Seah Kian Peng Marine Parade GRC

73 Mr Sam Tan Chin Siong Radin Mas

76 Ms Jessica Tan Soon Neo East Coast GRC

78 Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan Nee Soon GRC

85 Ms Tin Pei Ling Marine Parade GRC

86 Mr Edwin Tong Chun Fai Moulmein-Kallang GRC

92 Mr Alex Yam Ziming Chua Chu Kang GRC

95 Mr Yeo Guat Kwang Ang Mo Kio GRC

96 Mr Zainal Bin Sapari Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC

 

 

No, I cannot. But I say with certainty that LLL is no leader. Maybe in time she may become a leader. But certainly not now in the raw form she is.

 

 

[Goldbug]

No, I cannot. But I say with certainty that LLL is no leader. Maybe in time she may become a leader. But certainly not now in the raw form she is.

 

yalor, one day TPL might even be the speaker of the house, or some minister hor

[Turret]

yalor, one day TPL might even be the speaker of the house, or some minister hor

 

i guess that will be the day Singapore is doomed to fall as well..

[Albeniz]

well....when you were young, no one ever told u that connections are very very important? knowing or best still marrying the right person can be that special door that open you to countless opportunties.

 

Please dont call desmond lim a politican....he is more of the kopitiam uncle or wet market butcher

 

Hey, I have just done a check. He is a principal engineer with M1, ok? Don't pray pray. What wet market butcher.

Edited January 27, 2013 by Albeniz

[Goldbug]

Hey, I just did a check. He is a principal engineer with M1, ok? Don't pray pray. What wet market butcher.

 

M1 engineer must earn lot of money, can afford to lose $30k election deposit

[Vroomtattat]

 

Dang! Another Red Nose!!

[inlinesix]

Being a MP involves a role of leadership. It's not like being a lowly soldier in the army. Leadership requires the ability to lead. The ability to lead hinges on knowledge. LLL represents the WP. As a leader she should know what her party is doing. She is not much of a leader if she does not know what her party is doing.

 

If, as you claim, she does not know what her party is up to, then, by your own assertion, she is a soldier, and, therefore, not fit to be a leader.

 

In fact, would you have voted for her if she had ran alone? I am sure votes went in her favour because she was representing WP. Hence, a victory for WP, not her.

To me, MP means ppl representative in the parliament. I nvr know MP has leadership role. Who are these MP leading?

[Porker]

To me, MP means ppl representative in the parliament. I nvr know MP has leadership role. Who are these MP leading?

 

Michael Palmer leading in planting durian trees. Durian trees everywhere

[Wson]

Let's put our hands together, close our eyes, and pray that one day we will have a leader and govt like this

 

 

 

 

[TheRationalVoice]

To me, MP means ppl representative in the parliament. I nvr know MP has leadership role. Who are these MP leading?

 

Representation involves leadership.

[Ahtong]

Butt doctor's victory thank you parade. I think they booked the bus beforehand and too late to cancel.

 

 

For comparison, here is Ah lian's victory parade

 

[Albeniz]

Michael Palmer leading in planting durian trees. Durian trees everywhere

 

Please get the fruits right. It is mango, not durian,

[inlinesix]

Michael Palmer leading in planting durian trees. Durian trees everywhere

I miss that phrase.

[inlinesix]

Representation involves leadership.

I don't see how representation involves leadership. Can u enlighten me?

 

Since MP are leader, what is minister & prime minister then?

[WTF]

Please get the fruits right. It is mango, not durian,

Not papaya meh??? [bounce2]

[Altivo]

Interesting read

 

http://therealsingapore.com/content/ravi-p...was-put-forward

 

Yes, the signs were quite obvious from the beginning that the Punggol East By-Election was down to the wire. Desmond Lim of the SDA is a good man who loved his family and cared for society. He made a principled decision to stand in this by-election because he made a promise that he'll come back after the last GE. But going by the results of the last GE, he didn't stand a chance. Kenneth Jeyaretnam on the other hand was a promise of a more robust parliament. But he too did not stand a chance, because his Party is new, and the people were unfamiliar with it. But the swing against the PAP was unexpected.

I called a friend this morning from the Punggol East PAP grassroots, to hear his views about the results and he said that there was a lot of unhappiness within the PAP grassroots that the PAP had parachuted a non-Party member from another constituency, and were only going through the motion in showing their support for KPK. He knew friends from PAP grassroots in Punggol East who had told their families and friends that they were going to vote against the PAP this time. The People's Association volunteers too (according to my friend), were unhappy about how the PAP leadership hung out a PA director to dry in the Michael Palmer affair, and chose to display their unhappiness in the clearest way possible, by giving minimal support to PAP in this by-election.

 

The Workers' Party on the other hand said my friend, fielded a candidate who they had fielded there in the last election, and showed that they valued the contribution of the grassroots.

 

But whatever the reasoning may be, Lee Li Lian has created history by being the first woman to be elected from a by-election. The Workers' Party fought a good fight, and deserve the victory. My congratulations to Lee Li Lian and to the Workers' Party.

 

As I have said to some previously, it is understandable why WP had pooled all its resources in Aljunied (it would have to do the same now in Punggol East), because Aljunied is not a Hougang, and can swing to the PAP if WP does not convince that it can manage the town councils well. For the sake of the opposition too, it is important how well WP manages its town councils, as it will prove to the electorate that opposition too can manage the town councils, and that their estates will not become slums.

[Albeniz]

MP is supposed to serve the people and technically should be our servant. What leader? We don't need MP to be a leader.

[Goldbug]

Interesting read

 

http://therealsingapore.com/content/ravi-p...was-put-forward

 

Yes, the signs were quite obvious from the beginning that the Punggol East By-Election was down to the wire. Desmond Lim of the SDA is a good man who loved his family and cared for society. He made a principled decision to stand in this by-election because he made a promise that he'll come back after the last GE. But going by the results of the last GE, he didn't stand a chance. Kenneth Jeyaretnam on the other hand was a promise of a more robust parliament. But he too did not stand a chance, because his Party is new, and the people were unfamiliar with it. But the swing against the PAP was unexpected.

I called a friend this morning from the Punggol East PAP grassroots, to hear his views about the results and he said that there was a lot of unhappiness within the PAP grassroots that the PAP had parachuted a non-Party member from another constituency, and were only going through the motion in showing their support for KPK. He knew friends from PAP grassroots in Punggol East who had told their families and friends that they were going to vote against the PAP this time. The People's Association volunteers too (according to my friend), were unhappy about how the PAP leadership hung out a PA director to dry in the Michael Palmer affair, and chose to display their unhappiness in the clearest way possible, by giving minimal support to PAP in this by-election.

 

The Workers' Party on the other hand said my friend, fielded a candidate who they had fielded there in the last election, and showed that they valued the contribution of the grassroots.

 

But whatever the reasoning may be, Lee Li Lian has created history by being the first woman to be elected from a by-election. The Workers' Party fought a good fight, and deserve the victory. My congratulations to Lee Li Lian and to the Workers' Party.

 

As I have said to some previously, it is understandable why WP had pooled all its resources in Aljunied (it would have to do the same now in Punggol East), because Aljunied is not a Hougang, and can swing to the PAP if WP does not convince that it can manage the town councils well. For the sake of the opposition too, it is important how well WP manages its town councils, as it will prove to the electorate that opposition too can manage the town councils, and that their estates will not become slums.

 

I think the tract is politically motivated to purge the Punggol East grassroots volunteers just because they didn't win,

well written tract... I am sure the volunteer ranks will be immediately fill up with new zealots