MM Lee urges Aljunied voters to think carefully. (AFP
file photo)
Speaking to reporters during a visit to Tampines on Friday
night, MM Lee said, "If they (Aljunied voters) choose (the
opposition), then I say, good luck to them. They have five years to
ruminate and to regret what they did. And I have no doubts they
will regret it."
The 87-year-old warned Singaporeans would have to live with the
choice they make come Polling Day next Saturday.
"It may well happen that they win, in which case the people of
Aljunied live with the results," he was quoted as saying on The
Straits Times.
"The only way people learn is when they have to pay a price. From
time to time we may lose, and the voters pay the price, " he
said.
He further cautioned, "If Singaporeans are that fickle, they
will have to pay a price, the hard way."
He highlighted the example of opposition-held ward Hougang
where, "If you have the wrong government, your property prices go
right down. Ask why in Hougang the property is not as high as their
neighbours."
The high-powered 'A' team
from the Workers's Party contesting the Aljunied hotspot
consists of former Hougang MP Low Thia Khiang, former NCMP Sylvia
Lim, the party's "star catch" Chen Show Mao as well as family
counsellor Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap and post-graduate law student
Pritam Singh.
They will be up against the incumbent PAP team
fronted by Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo, Minister
in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Hwee Hua, Senior Minister of
State for Foreign Affairs Zainul Abidin Rasheed, Madam Cynthia Phua
and new face Ong Ye Kung, an assistant secretary-general of NTUC
.
He also urged Aljunied voters to look at the track record of the
different candidates.
"Do you want a capable team that can look after your interests,
or do you want a team with little track record?" he said.
"At the end of the day, if you are in Aljunied, ask yourself: Do
you want one MP, one Non-Constituency MP, one celebrity who has
been away 30 years, and two unknowns to look after you?"
Or, he asked if voters would prefer two ministers, one potential
Parliament Secretary, one potential Speaker of Parliament and one
grassroots MP?
WP chief slams GRC
system
Emotions run high at
SPP rally
Rallies on
Saturday
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GE: Losing Aljunied "not end of world", says MM
Lee
Posted: 30 April 2011 2049 hrs
SINGAPORE: Minister Mentor
Lee Kuan Yew has said it would not be "the end of the world" if the
People's Action Party (PAP) loses Aljunied GRC in this
election.
Mr Lee was speaking to reporters on a wide range of issues about
this election, including cost of living and the younger generation,
at the Radin Mas branch after a meeting with party activists and
PAP candidate Sam Tan on Saturday.
Asked about the possibility of the PAP losing Aljunied, Mr Lee said
"losing one GRC does not mean the end of the world".
On the higher cost of living, Mr Lee said that the PAP has helped
to resolve the problems by sharing the benefits of growth with
citizens.
He said that was possible only because of a capable government and
finance minister.
To give more to citizens, Mr Lee said the country needs to grow and
not raid its reserves.
He cited the many initiatives that have helped Singaporeans cope
such as Workfare, Grow and Share bonus and utilities rebates.
Mr Lee also took aim at the opposition's real motives.
Pointing to the Workers' Party's aim of capturing Aljunied GRC, he
said every party sets out to win a majority to form the
government.
"Let's have no hypocrisy about this," he said.
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