My speech starts at 22:00.

ENOUGH! IT’S TIME FOR CHANGE

Speech by Gerald Giam at Workers’ Party GE 2011 Rally in Hougang Central on 28 April 2011.

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Please come and show your support for the Workers’ Party on Nomination Day for the Singapore General Election 2011!

East Coast GRC and Punggol East SMC teams will meeting friends and supporters at:

Venue: Blk 51 New Upper Changi Road (void deck)

Time: 10.00am

Attire: Light blue tops

From here, we will walk to the Nomination Centre (at Bedok View Secondary School) just a few hundred metres away.

The Nomination Centres for other WP teams and a security advisory from the police are listed here.

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Excerpts from Straits Times article “WP ‘not looking to raid reserves’” (22 April 2011) by Kor Kian Beng:

WORKERS’ Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang yesterday accused National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan of trying to distract Singaporeans from the issue of keeping new HDB flat prices affordable.

The opposition veteran said Mr Mah’s remarks on Wednesday, suggesting that the WP is trying to raid the reserves with its housing proposals and abolish the elected presidency, were ‘calculated to confuse Singaporeans’.

‘I would advise the minister not to sidetrack (from) the issue of public housing that the WP has raised in its manifesto,’ said the Hougang MP.

‘The WP is saying that the current flat prices are too high and would be a financial burden for younger generations of Singaporeans. What is the Government’s response to that?’

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I was introduced today by Workers’ Party secretary-general Low Thia Khiang as one of the party’s candidates for the upcoming General Election. I gave a short speech introducing myself. (See 7:25)

I also answered a question by Channel NewsAsia’s Imeda Saad on how my work experience can contribute to my role as an MP. (See 2:46)

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(Photo: Workers’ Party Facebook. More photos here.)

Fazli, myself and a few friends and supporters visited Pulau Ubin on Saturday. According to residents on the island, there are only about 30 or so families left there. Despite this, we decided that since Ubin falls within the boundaries of East Coast GRC, it would be important to pay a visit to the island to meet the residents there. After all, every resident counts.

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This is the speech I made at the launch of the Workers’ Party’s 2011 Manifesto on Saturday 9 April 2011. My speech covered the chapters on Economic Policy, Population and Immigration, and Public Housing. It starts at 4:23. The full text of the speech is below.

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