A Square Deal (GE 2011)- PH

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Workers' Party Super A team - Photo credit : Yahoo

"A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled, and less than that no man shall have." 
Teddy Roosevelt

Most Crucial Election in Singapore History

2011 Singapore General Elections promises to be fascinating. More than 2.2 million voters will get to vote on May 7 after many walkovers in previous elections.

Most importantly, Singaporeans will see many more close electoral contests between the PAP and the opposition especially in several GRCs, namely Aljunied, Bishan-Toa Payoh and Moulmein-Kallang.


Workers' Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang, chairman Sylvia Lim, corporate lawyer Chen Show Mao, Mr Pritam Singh, a postgraduate law student, and Mr Muhamad Faisal Manap, a freelance counsellor form the WP's Super A team to take on the PAP team in Aljunied GRC.

I salute these Singaporeans for their bravery and indomitable spirit. As opposition members, they face worse obstacles and problems, some seem insurmountable. But no matter how tough, talented or big their opponents are, they refuse to be beaten or give in.

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows,in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

Teddy Roosevelt
"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

I wish them all the best.

Time for Change

 If not now, then when?

2011新加坡大选 : 明智投票

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EastCoastLife on a House-to-House Visit - GE 2011 新加坡大选

Here in Singapore, our General Election 2011 is getting nearer and nearer each day.

On Sunday, I followed MP Lim Biow Chuan (47), who has been working in the Mountbatten ward for the last 5 years, on his house-to-house visit in a private condominium. Mountbatten becomes a single-member constituency (SMC). It was previously part of a 6-member Marine Parade GRC with Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong at the helm.

For years, as a grassroots leader in Amber Neighbourhood Community, my husband regularly visits each private condominium in Amber to gain the support and co-operations of its Management Committee and residents. Amber NC is one of the first in Singapore to conduct house-to-house visit in a private condominium. 






Starting from the 21st-storey of Block 31 at The Esta, we knocked on every door to visit the residents.


There's nothing quite like shaking the hand of a potential MP to get a feel of what he is like and how he relates to his constituents.



After completing house visits to a block of apartments, MP Lim Biow Chuan and his community leaders were soaked with perspiration.


A government agency representative answering a question from a resident.

At 5 pm, we adjourned to the function room where the MP and government agency representatives answered questions from residents.

MP Lim Biow Chuan paused for a photo with residents and community leaders.

After walking down from 21 storeys each of two blocks of apartments, my legs were tired and I was perspiring profusely. I think I lost a kilo in this exercise. :D

I enjoyed talking to the residents who were quite warm, inviting me into their homes for drinks and to take a look of the  beautiful views of east coast from their apartments. 

2011新加坡大选 : 明智投票

I am cheering the fact that I get to vote. I am not the member of any political party. I am a swing voter who will be voting in Joo Chiat. Sway me.


I will be attending a rally to see if the potential MP Charles Chong has the charisma to lead, inspire and effect change.

Get involved both online and offline to make sure your vote truly counts.