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  • Aide Iskandar Beri Sokongan Kepada Rakan-Rakanya, Tan Chuan-Jin Dan Edwin Tong

    Aide Iskandar Beri Sokongan Kepada Rakan-Rakanya, Tan Chuan-Jin Dan Edwin Tong

    Encik Aide Iskandar biasanya dilihat di padang bola sepak.

    Namun, bekas pemain bola sepak nasional itu dilihat di Sekolah Kong Hwa berpakaian putih pada Hari Penamaan Calon.

    Encik Aide, 40 tahun, mengaku itu kali pertama beliau menyaksikan sendiri pelaksanaan Hari Penamaan Calon.

    “Saya ingin tahu tentang proses penamaan calon dan ingin mengalami diri sendiri suasana pada hari penting ini.

    “Lagi-lagi ia berkaitan dengan daerah kediaman saya,” ujar bekas kapten pasukan bola sepak nasional itu.

    “Saya juga ingin memberi sokongan kepada rakan-rakan saya dan calon PAP, Encik Tan Chuan-Jin dan Encik Edwin Tong,” ujarnya.

     

    Source: http://beritaharian.sg

  • PAP Unveils Team For Marine Parade GRC

    PAP Unveils Team For Marine Parade GRC

    The People’s Action Party (PAP) has confirmed that Mr Edwin Tong will be fielded in Joo Chiat as part of the Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) team for the coming General Election.

    Anchored by Social and Family Development Minister Tan Chuan-Jin, the rest of the team will include incumbents Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, Assoc Prof Fatimah Lateef and Mr Seah Kian Peng.

    The team had previously been cited as the likely line-up for Marine Parade GRC by Mr Goh on the MParader Facebook page. Mr Goh had said he requested for Mr Tong “to be tested” in Joo Chiat, a single-seat ward in the 2011 GE that has been absorbed into Marine Parade GRC for the coming GE.

    Mr Tong, who comes from Moulmein-Kallang GRC, replaces MP Tin Pei Ling, who will stand in the newly carved-out MacPherson single-seat ward.

    Fighting his 9th election, Mr Goh said this morning (Aug 26) he could have retired but felt duty-bound to stay on when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong asked him to. On Mr Tan’s appointment as anchor minister in Marine Parade GRC, Mr Goh said: “This is national leadership transition in action”.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Goh Chok Tong To Stand In Marine Parade, Reveals ‘Likely Team’

    Goh Chok Tong To Stand In Marine Parade, Reveals ‘Likely Team’

    Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, who has been an MP in Marine Parade since 1976, said on Tuesday (Aug 4) that he will likely stand in the next election.

    In a post on the Marine Parade Facebook page, he revealed the People’s Action Party (PAP)’s likely line-up in his five-member GRC for the next election.

    Four of the five members of the current team will remain, except Ms Tin Pei Ling, whose MacPherson ward will be carved out as a single seat in the next General Election (GE).

    The fifth member of ESM Goh’s team is likely to be first-term MP Edwin Tong, whose current Jalan Besar ward is part of the soon-to-be-dissolved Moulmein-Kallang GRC.

    He will likely be fielded in the Joo Chiat division, a closely-contested single seat that will be absorbed into Marine Parade GRC for the next GE. Joo Chiat’s current MP, Charles Chong, is expected to contest the Workers’ Party-held single seat of Punggol East.

    Mr Tong attended his first public event at the constituency, a National Day celebratory parade, on Sunday. He also attended the Joo Chiat National Day dinner the same day.

    Said ESM Goh: “At my request, (the) party sent Edwin Tong to Marine Parade GRC to be tested for Joo Chiat.”

    “This is likely to be the MP GRC team for GE,” he added, referring to a picture of himself, Mr Tong, Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin and veteran backbenchers Fatimah Lateef and Mr Seah Kian Peng

    “As for me, a few friends have suggested that I retire as I have done enough for the country. But Marine Parade residents and many others urge me to stay on. They say the country and Marine Parade still need me.”

    He added that he will explain his decision at the GRC’s National Day dinner to be held on Aug 14.

    The PAP slate won 56.7 per cent of the vote against the National Solidarity Party (NSP) in 2011, which was the ruling party’s second-closest shave in a group representation constituency, after East Coast.

    It was also the first contest the constituency had seen since 1992 by-election, and the first time the vote share in its history had fallen below 70 per cent.

    The constituency is also shaping up for a tough fight in the next hustings, with both the Workers’ Party (WP) and NSP having said they intend to contest there. The Straits Times also understands that this was one of the flashpoints at an opposition meeting on Monday, with neither party wanting to budge.

    Also on Tuesday, Mr Tan posted about the Joo Chiat National Day dinner on his Facebook page: “Appreciate the hospitality shown to both ESM and myself! We’d miss Charles but welcome Edwin Tong who will get to know all of you better, along with us in the team.”

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

     

  • Edwin Tong: Allegation That I Scolded Volunteers Completely False, I Did Not Even Have To Queue

    Edwin Tong: Allegation That I Scolded Volunteers Completely False, I Did Not Even Have To Queue

    I have been a fan of football since I was very young and was thrilled to attend the @SEAGames2015 football opener between ‪#‎Singapore‬ and the Philippines at @JalanBesarStadium. I have a lot of regard for our ‪#‎SEAGames2015‬ volunteers, the people on the ground who make these Games tick. In fact, many in my family and amongst my friends are SEA Games volunteers, and I know how much time and sacrifices they have put in.

    So I was very surprised at the contents of an article on social media, claiming that I was supposedly “clearly unhappy” about having to wait in queue at the stadium or had shouted at volunteers.

    This is completely false.

    As I was trying to make my way into the stadium that night, I had stopped to ask for directions to the correct entry point to my allocated seat. I was given directions to the correct entrance and I made my own way there. At no point did I make an issue with having to queue or complain to anyone about having to queue. In fact, the contention that I had been unhappy about being made to queue or to “wait so long” is plainly false because I did not have to queue at all that night to get to my seat, let alone that I had apparently complained about having to queue.

    The next game is against Myanmar tomorrow night. Please come and watch what promises to be a very exciting match, especially after Myanmar upset Indonesia 4-2 last night. Let’s stay united behind @TeamSingapore at the SEA Games and spur them on to give their best!

     

    Source: Edwin Tong

  • PAP MP Edwin Tong Raised His Voice At Volunteers For Being Slow To Serve Him

    PAP MP Edwin Tong Raised His Voice At Volunteers For Being Slow To Serve Him

    Dear Editors,

    I was working at the SG vs Phillipines game last night at Jalan Besar Stadium. As usual the crowd will queue up to enter the stadium once the gates opens.

    As this is the first match played at JBS, there was a queue forming at the security check point.

    Most of you probably do not know that all our MPs and their spouses are given access to all games venues and they are allowed to enter the venues even if the tickets are sold out.

    So Mr Edwin Tong of Moulmein-Kallang GRC turned up at my queue and he was clearly unhappy that he being a “VIP” was being made to wait in the queue. So he started raising his voice at me as well as those student volunteers doing the ticket scanning. His complaints were “no proper signage around the stadium”, “made me wait so long”, “how you all organize the games”.

    I am clearly disappointed that he being a MP, could not even stand in line and queue with the ordinary citizens who voted him into the parliament.

    After he left, the student volunteers asked me who is that fellow. I told them he is an MP and they were shocked. They asked me how come our MP is so uncivilized. My reply to them is our dear Mr Tong is only human. Maybe he had a busy day yesterday and lost his cool. But I am still very disappointed with his behaviour. This is totally uncalled for.

    Regards,
    Shawn Quek

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com