It’s just the beginning of the road for the Workers’ Party’s Png Eng Huat in Hougang.
Based on Yahoo! Singapore’s interview with some residents, Png, who won the by-election in the single member constituency over People’s Action Party candidate Desmond Choo on Saturday, is now expected to make good on his promises.
Jeffrey Lai, a 46-year-old business development manager, noted that Png is still a “relatively new man” in Hougang, and that the Member of Parliament-elect has to do a lot more to prove his credibility and win the hearts of the residents in the next four years.
22-year-old Loh Hui Min, who works as a coordinator, echoed Jeffrey’s sentiment. She said, “What Png needs to do now is to stick to what he mentioned in his rallies – creating a first world government, conducting upgrading works where possible and representing the marginalised people in Hougang and Singapore.”
Most residents that Yahoo! spoke to were not surprised that Png won, although some expected it to be a closer fight.
“It is quite expected that the Workers’ Party would win. From the results, it is evident that the residents strongly want the WP to have a bigger voice in Parliament,” Eileen Yeo, a supervisor in her 50s said.
“I expected the winning margin to be much smaller, although I’m not surprised that the WP won, said Pamy Tan, a 23-year-old writer. “At the national level, Png’s win means the next step in democracy. At the ward level, it means that the people really love the way WP has been running the ward if not they would not have voted Png in.”
Png garnered 62.09 per cent of the total votes cast while Choo got 37.91 per cent, almost three percentage points better than the share he got in the general elections in May last year. At that time Choo was up against then WP member Yaw Shin Leong, whose expulsion from the opposition party in February over alleged marital indiscretions triggered the by-election.
Some observers feared that confidence in the Workers’ Party would be affected by the scandal and questions over Png’s honesty over whether he considered a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament seat.
At least one resident expressed disappointment with the results. Irene Teng, a 54-year-old senior designer in a construction firm said, “There has not been much change in Hougang and I was hoping for a change. Maybe I’ll wait for the next election.”
Hougang by-election 26-5-12 -- WP Png Eng Huat
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
Dun blame him cos he got a smooth ride to where he is now.
Same for the rest.
If he damn best, he should be contesting in Hougang in 2016.
The dragon dun even want to show his face and release a lousy speech on winning extra 145 votes.
Nah, heshe loong is no dragon though heshe has the chinese character dragon in hisher name. Dragon is an auspicious animal , Loong is not. Loong is a curse to Singaporeans with all his evil ongoing plans to continue to bring in foreigners to affect employment for hisher own country people.
It is an insult to use dragon to call heshe lee hsien loong.
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our pretty hsien loong in pink
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Originally posted by laurence82:
our pretty hsien loong in pink
Look at heshe suay leh, won't strike toto, big sweep, 4D . . . . . . .
lau ah qua !!!
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The prince will not take this defeat lightly as he dun like to lose and he lower down his status to shake hand with HG pple to curry their favour.
Expect more price increase in the coming month.
They will punish the rest of people for their support to the blue.
More foreigners will be imported to make the local suffer for their ungratefulness.
One point is valid under him.
The people have suffered more and there are more unhappiness in the pursuit of more profit, cost cutting and GDP growth. All benefit went to the 5% of the society while the 95% have to fill the bills of the mistake they have made. (MRT breakdown, Bus purchase, lift upgrading, ponding, YOG over-spending, Scholarship for foreigners only)
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What has caused Desmond Choo to lose?
Apart from LTK's all time popularity in the constituency, Desmond's defeat was attributed by:
1) the harping on NCMP issue
As Dr Tan Cheng Bok has shared in his facebook "Desmond tried hard but his attempt was distracted and dampened by the NCMP issue."
2) mainstream media bias.
How often did they report on what Desmond Choo wanted to do, his policy etc, as compared to their day and night reporting of TCH's allegation?
As reported in Today, "While Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean has questioned the integrity of Mr Choo's opponent, Mr Png Eng Huat, Mr Choo reiterated that he is focused on his own campaign." But how many ppl paid attention to that? Can't blame the ppl cuz the mainstream media kept echoing what TCH alleged and reported on WP's response to the allegation. The whole media reporting in this episode made Desmond look like a calefare. As such, this has not been a good, clean fight that Desmond has wanted.
Somebody ought to stay at home today to do some soul searching and the person is not Desmond nor Png.
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Originally posted by laurence82:
our pretty hsien loong in pink
maybe he the one who intro his tailor to yam ah mee
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CYC
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WELL DONE !!!!
thanks to the people in Hougang, you hav done Singaporean proud
no matter how many FTs the pap took in to prop up their votes, they still cannot beat the heart of the people.
THE CHANGE IS EVITABLE
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Talking about main stream media, they gave so much undeserved attention to the Papigs when they are not the winners.
Especially the damn sarkah CNA, wasted so much air time talking to Papigs .
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Hope in 2016 there will be more Papigs wards losing to oppositions.
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Png must now start proving himself: residents
By Melissa Law | Yahoo! Newsroom – 12 hours ago-
Workers' Party's Png Eng Huat, who won the by-election in the single member constituency over People’s Action Party candidate Desmond Choo on Saturday, is now expected to make good on his promises. (Yahoo!
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bump
don't want to surf this topic seeing the damn suay qua
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Hope the winning for Hougang in 2016 will be more than 65%
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Let's see in days to come how the Papigs find fault with Png to paint his reputation black.
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Will this winning for WP spur the other alternative parties to be active to contest in the next election?
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Throughout the whole programme last night, CNA kept announcing the reason why the call of the by election in Hougang by continuously repeating the case of Shin Leong.
Despicable.
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What is on the mind of ah qua loong now???????
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Originally posted by No_10_Tomas:
I will sue you
i will sue you
i will sue you
sue me lah!
sue me lah!
sue me lah
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Workers' Party retains Hougang with 62.09% majority
Yahoo! Newsroom – 15 hours ago-
WP secretary-general Low Thia Khiang and Png Eng Huat address the media after their win. (Yahoo! photo/Christine Choo)
The Workers' Party (WP) has retained the seat of Hougang, with its candidate Png Eng Huat winning 62.09 per cent -- or 13,447 -- of total votes.
His rival from the People's Action Party (PAP), Desmond Choo, won 37.91 per cent -- or 8,210 -- of total eligible votes.
[Slideshow: Polling Night]
Png's winning margin was 5,237 votes. Rejected votes formed 294 or 1.34 per cent of total votes.
Png's victory means he takes over the seat vacated by ex-WP member Yaw Shin Leong, who was expelled from the party after he failed to address allegations of marital infidelity in February.
This by-election was triggered by Yaw's expulsion.
However, Png's winning margin is nearly three percentage points lesser than Yaw's margin of 64.8 per cent against the same PAP candidate last May.
Speaking to the media after the results, Png said, "I thank the voters of Hougang for giving me a mandate. This has been an exciting, tiring and colourful campaign. For those that didn't vote for me, give me a chance to serve you."Reacting to his loss, Choo said he was determined as ever to continue his work in Hougang.
"Residents have shown faith in our vision of new beginning," he said, referring to his 2 percentage point rise in votes.
"Change has started but it is a long process and we will keep on building the momentum. Results shown that there is a lot more work to do but I want to congratulate Png Eng Huat. He clearly deserves to be Hougang MP and he has worked very hard on the ground," said the 34-year-old deputy director at NTUC.
Voting booths closed at 8pm on Saturday before sealed ballot boxes were delivered to two counting centres at Serangoon Secondary School and Holy Innocents' Primary. Both candidates and their election agents moved between the two centres to oversee the counting.
Counting concluded slightly past 10pm but before the official results were announced, party sources had already leaked that Png was the obvious winner and what mattered more was only the margin of victory.
With no permits for outdoor assembly areas issued for both parties, supporters from Workers' Party gathered at the coffeeshop at Block 322, Hougang Avenue 5. By the time the results were announced, the boisterous crowd had swelled to over 600, many of whom were waving placards in a festival-like atmosphere.
WP supporters assemble at a coffeeshop in Hougang.
In contrast, the mood at the de-facto PAP assembly area, at the party's branch headquarters at nearby Block 328 was muted and more orderly, although they too took to chanting messages of "Desmond boleh ('can' in Malay)".
Hougang has been a stronghold of WP since 1981. It is an estate, made up of mainly older Singaporeans, many of whom are Teochew.Over the nine day of hustings, Png's credentials were constantly questioned by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean. Despite that, the 50-year-old businessman maintained his conscience over the much-mentioned NCMP issue was clear.
Choo, on the other hand, was content to focus his attention on the heartland voters, going door-to-door in a bid to win over their support.
Png's win means he will join five fellow WP members from Aljunied GRC in Parliament, restoring the party's seats back to six in the 87-seat parliament. He is also set to be made the vice-chairman of the Hougang Town Council, going by an earlier promise by WP chairman Sylvia Lim.
Three NCMPs – Singapore People's Party Lina Chiam, and WP's Gerald Giam and Yee Jenn Jong – add to the opposition voice. -
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Originally posted by FireIce:
anyone noticed this just nw?
I still can't get over this. LOL that I must add a caption to this:
"Por 到出�，Por 到出错" LOL
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Originally posted by laurence82:
our pretty hsien loong in pink
side track a bit, I suspect his Fengshui Master told him pink and red are his lucky colours. We all notice that he wears red/pink shirt or tie pretty often. Maybe his bazi lack fire or something.
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I hate PAP. WHy the NCMP ballot was leaked out> COS PAP Plant SPY inside Worker's Party. They are really very dirty. Do not deserve to wear White. Should wear Black. Khaw and Teo are making a lot of stupid noise. Be Gentleman. Annouce how u going to serve and what you want to do. Be genuine.
Singaporean Are not STUPID> ALl at least got ITE ceft. F PAP. 2016. Opposition rise. -
Originally posted by winsomeea:
Png must now start proving himself: residents
By Melissa
Law | Yahoo!
Newsroom – 12 hours ago-
Workers' Party's Png Eng Huat, who won the by-election in the single member constituency over People’s Action Party candidate Desmond Choo on Saturday, is now expected to make good on his promises. (Yahoo! …more
It’s just the beginning of the road for the Workers’ Party’s Png Eng Huat in Hougang.
Based on Yahoo! Singapore’s interview with some residents, Png, who won the by-election in the single member constituency over People’s Action Party candidate Desmond Choo on Saturday, is now expected to make good on his promises.
Jeffrey Lai, a 46-year-old business development manager, noted that Png is still a “relatively new man” in Hougang, and that the Member of Parliament-elect has to do a lot more to prove his credibility and win the hearts of the residents in the next four years.
22-year-old Loh Hui Min, who works as a coordinator, echoed Jeffrey’s sentiment. She said, “What Png needs to do now is to stick to what he mentioned in his rallies – creating a first world government, conducting upgrading works where possible and representing the marginalised people in Hougang and Singapore.”
Most residents that Yahoo! spoke to were not surprised that Png won, although some expected it to be a closer fight.
“It is quite expected that the Workers’ Party would win. From the results, it is evident that the residents strongly want the WP to have a bigger voice in Parliament,” Eileen Yeo, a supervisor in her 50s said.
“I expected the winning margin to be much smaller, although I’m not surprised that the WP won, said Pamy Tan, a 23-year-old writer. “At the national level, Png’s win means the next step in democracy. At the ward level, it means that the people really love the way WP has been running the ward if not they would not have voted Png in.”
Png garnered 62.09 per cent of the total votes cast while Choo got 37.91 per cent, almost three percentage points better than the share he got in the general elections in May last year. At that time Choo was up against then WP member Yaw Shin Leong, whose expulsion from the opposition party in February over alleged marital indiscretions triggered the by-election.
Some observers feared that confidence in the Workers’ Party would be affected by the scandal and questions over Png’s honesty over whether he considered a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament seat.
At least one resident expressed disappointment with the results. Irene Teng, a 54-year-old senior designer in a construction firm said, “There has not been much change in Hougang and I was hoping for a change. Maybe I’ll wait for the next election.”Please, EVEN the coffeeshop peoples reaches 15,000 people. Police come lo. Put tear gas and arrest us. See 2016 PAP will drop to the bottompit for their vote. My uncles, Aunties, cousins all singaporean, all vote for opposition from that time. PAP Finsih.
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