Ex-government scholar joins Chiam's SPP party
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Ex-government scholar joins Chiam's SPP party
By Liyana Low | SingaporeScene – Sun, Apr 17, 2011 1:33 AM SGT
SPP's Bishan-Toa Payoh team unveiling their poster to the media. From left: Mr Benjamin Pwee, Mr Wilfred Leung, …
Singapore People's Party (SPP) new candidate and former government scholar Jimmy Lee says he hopes to create a "more robust political environment".
A former assistant chief information officer at the Ministry of Defence, Lee was officially unveiled together with SPP's founding member, Mr Mohamad Hamim Aliyas, at a Toa Payoh walkabout on Saturday.
Together with Mr Chiam See Tong, Mr Wilfred Leung, and Mr Benjamin Pwee, the quintet will form the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC team that will contest against the People's Action Party (PAP) team led by Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng.
Jimmy Lee hopes he can reach out to young Singaporeans in the election. …
Lee (right), 36,who studied computer science at Cornell University in the United States on a Defence Science and Technology Agency scholarship, attributed his decision to join the opposition because of his respect for the party's chief.
Currently working as a business consultant, he said he been inspired after reading Chiam's story about how he had soldiered on in a makeshift cubicle under a Potong Pasir void deck during his early days as an opposition member.
The MBA holder saw how "dogged and determined" Chiam's efforts were in making a difference for his residents that he decided to join the opposition. He was contacted by the party early this year.
Said Lee, "Given our political environment as it is now, the best we can do for Singaporeans now is to step forward and be the alternative voice. I believe that the PAP has enough people to represent the incumbent voice."
Added fellow candidate Pwee, who was a fellow Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College mates with Lee: "It was not hard to get him into SPP, I was actually quite surprised at how easy it was."
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For Malay candidate Hanim (right), who has a diploma in interactive media from Scotland's James Watt College, it will be his second time running in the General Election.
In 2006, he contested in Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC as part of the former Singapore Democratic Alliance, which consists of SPP, PKMS, NSP and SJP. Hanim founded SPP in 1994 with Mr Sin Kek Tong, who is currently its chairman.
After unveiling his team, Chiam said that he was very happy with his line-up and if elected, they will do their best to serve the residents of Bishan-Toa Payoh.
When asked if SPP's game plan was to focus on discontent over DPM Wong's handling of the Mas Selamat issue during campaigning, Pwee said, "We don't want the elections to be about personal attacks on anybody. We want to address issues that are in the hearts of the people because we want this to be a fair and respectable affair."
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Who will win? The one who let Mas Selamat free?
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it's now or never... singaproean pls wake up ar... got chance this round ar... opposition pls dun hoot among urself ar be united and hoot pap first ar...
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Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):
it's now or never... singaproean pls wake up ar... got chance this round ar... opposition pls dun hoot among urself ar be united and hoot pap first ar...
boss so supportive of oppositions.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
boss so supportive of oppositions.
no lah.. i just wan to help the poor only.... -
Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):
no lah.. i just wan to help the poor only....so you come back and vote if you have to.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
so you come back and vote if you have to.
still trying to see i can hit the 30days rules for overseas voter or not haha -
Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):
still trying to see i can hit the 30days rules for overseas voter or not haha -
I Think most sporeans are angry cause just the elite enjoying this while most take home pay less than 3k to pay the bills