PAP till this day still no response from the crowd.
Useless is useless.
“Toh
Chin Chye spoke first, in English! No response from the crowd. -
1955
PAP rally 2006 GE:

James Puthucheary, who was in charge of PAP publicity for the
elections recalled the first rally held in a remote Chinese
village.
“Toh
Chin Chye spoke first, in English! No response from the
crowd. Ong Eng Guan was next, in
Hokkien, but not very good. The crowd was restless.Then,
Chin Siong stood up. He was brilliant and the crowd was
spellbound.”
Worker's Party rally 2006 GE:

Then,
Chin Siong stood up. He was brilliant and the crowd was
spellbound.”