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Not self-inked biography but close enuff. Anybody buying :)
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ST Forum May 31, 2011 Chiam on closure of void-deck office LAST Saturday's report ('All MPs can now rent void deck space') mentioned that I closed the office I built in 1985 at Block 108, Potong Pasir Avenue 1 for the Meet-the-People sessions (MPS). This is untrue. The office was actually built by the HDB and not by me. In 1992, the HDB swiftly demolished my MP's office within a day. This occurred a year after my former party (Singapore Democratic Party) won three seats in Parliament. I was then forced to use the void deck, and this was where I conducted my MPS. The premises had no toilet facilities and it was only in the last few years, through frugal savings by the Potong Pasir Town Council, that a toilet was built in that same void deck. Chiam See Tong FORUM NOTE: The writer was the MP for Potong Pasir from 1984 to 2011.
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Thank you Mr Chiam! Your loss is Singapore's loss, you have won respect from all parties and you greatly deserve it. I wish you good health and thank you for your contribution to Singapore.
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http://www.youtube.com/user/ElectricNewPap...u/1/vnURnu6R8BA
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Veteran opposition leader Mr Chiam See Tong will be abandoning his stronghold of Potong Pasir to lead a team to contest in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC led by Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng. The stunning news was revealed today by Chairman of the Singapore People’s Party Mr Sin Kek Tong to the media and was published in Shin Min Daily. It was not revealed who else will be running together with Mr Chiam in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC. Mr Chiam’s wife, retired nurse Ms Lina Loh will take over his place in Potong Pasir. Mr Chiam first won the single seat of Potong Pasir in 1984 when he defeated PAP’s Mah Bow Tan by winning 60.8 per cent of the valid votes. He were to keep his seat by winning the subsequent 5 elections and becoming the longest-serving opposition MP in Parliament. Mr Chiam just celebrate his 25th anniversary as MP for Potong Pasir and judging from the response he received from the residents attending the dinner, it is evident that he is still highly popular among them. Ms Lina Loh has been working the ground for the last few years and cuts a familiar figure in Potong Pasir. Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC has not witnessed any electoral contests since 1988 while Mr Chiam won his seat during the last election by 55 per cent of the votes. Mr Chiam has earlier indicated his desire to break the PAP’s stranglehold on the GRCs by winning the one. The closest the opposition has come to winning a GRC since the scheme was first introduced in 1988 was at Eunos GRC during the same year where the Workers’ Party trio of Francis Seow, Lee Siew Choh and Mohamad Yackob won 49.1 per cent of the votes. While Mr Wong may not be the most popular PAP leader in Singapore, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC has been his stronghold for over 20 years and it may be difficult for Mr Chiam to dislodge him. News Source
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Was at SPP Potong Pasir rally on 30 April. I've attended Mr Chiam's rallies in the past two elections and though I've known about his stroke it still caught me a bit by surprise when I saw him tonight. Gone were the rousing speeches in the past and what I heard tonight was a man uttering sentences in a slurred voice with long 30-second to a minute's pauses in between. Despite this, the crowd was deafeningly silent - patiently waiting for his next sentence with none of the background chatter one normally hears in rallies. When he spoke about LKY's criticism of his 5 'O' Levels and how he, despite his results, became a lawyer and then a MP, and that nothing is impossible once we put our minds to it, I found myself struggling to hold back my tears. Even though the line may be cliche, I found myself in awe and greatly humbled by the frail man struggling to deliver his speech before me. In truth, he didn't say much - he didn't need to. The crowd needed absolutely zero convincing that here is a man with nothing left to prove but yet strives on simply for his "love of Singaporeans". I thought maybe I was just being emo, but I saw that the grown uncles beside me were in tears too. I never thought I would ever witness such a spontaneously emotional scene in pragmatic Singapore, certainly not in a rally. The above is just my way of describing how I felt during the rally (I couldn't sleep and hence felt to need to type this out ) Perhaps after reading this you may wonder what's the big deal to get emotional about but I think it's different when one is there in person. Maybe those of you who attended can share your thoughts as well?
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谢谢你
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http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/mini_gesi...2588#player_top After effects of stroke? Obviously problem with speech but mind seems still sharp. Not sure if he can win the crowd over though...
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Potong Pasir MP Chiam See Tong has chosen his wife Lina to be his political successor. This means that Mrs Chiam, 61, will be contesting the single-seat constituency her husband has held since 1984. Mr Chiam,75, on the other hand, intends to lead a team to stand in the neighbouring Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, a five-MP constituency he has been eyeing for some time in the next General Elections, which must be held by February 2012. The opposition veteran told The Straits Times at his Meet-the-People session on Wednesday night that he chose his wife as she was his
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Alex Zhixiang Tan hi all i have joined the Singapore Democratic Alliance through Singapore People's Party under the respectable Mr Chiam See Tong. Singapore for Singaporeans
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New opposition candidate expected in Potong Pasir By Zul Othman, TODAY | Posted: 03 November 2009 1829 hrs SINGAPORE: It is likely that Potong Pasir Member of Parliament Chiam See Tong will contest in a Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the next General Election, which is due by February 2012. According to Singapore People's Party (SPP) chairman Sin Kek Tong, "someone new" will be fielded to defend the Potong Pasir ward - a constituency that Mr Chiam has represented since 1984. Mr Sin did not give any details on the potential candidate or which GRC Mr Chiam plans to contest. On Sunday, People's Action Party secretary-general Lee Hsien Loong said at the party's annual convention that "had to be some change with the way we treated Potong Pasir". He was referring to the 2006 election when Mr Chiam had urged voters to vote for him, and get "two MPs for the price of one". Catch the full story in TODAY newspaper on Wednesday.
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May 31, 2008 Chiam fulfils walkway promise made at 2006 polls By Keith Lin Mr Chiam (centre, with garland) walks in the linkway which links Potong Pasir MRT Station and Block 147. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM THE completion of a covered walkway in Potong Pasir marks the fulfillment of a promise Mr Chiam See Tong made during the 2006 General Election. On Saturday, the opposition MP 'opened' the walkway which links the MRT station to the town centre, amid a shower of colourful confetti and a rousing lion dance. Hailing the walkway as proof that the opposition 'will fulfill whatever we promise', he told reporters: 'At the last election, I said I will build this covered linkway, and now this task has been completed. We have done our job.' The project, which costs the town council $250,000, also ended a dispute between Mr Chiam and Mr Sitoh Yih Pin from the People's Action Party, who lost the contest for the ward in 2006 polls. Before the election, Mr Sitoh had installed solar lamps along the pathway - where the walkway now stands - after obtaining lease of the land from the Singapore Land Authority (SLA). When some of the lights were vandalised, Mr Sitoh declined to repair them, saying the land's lease was due to expire. Mr Chiam, on the other hand, said it was illegal for his town council to use its funds for the repairs, as the land was not under the council's jurisdiction. http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/...76.html?vgnmr=1 sianz.... my lift upgrading is nowhere in sight... worst then in opposition wards.
