7:00pm
SDP rally – Rally begins. Danny the bear onstage, leads the crowd to chant “SDP! SDP!”
SPP rally – PAP truck spotted outside Bishan Stadium, SPP rally venue. “We have more experience.”
SDP rally – Jaslyn and Bentley on stage. Jaslyn addressed the crowd in Mandarin. “SDP is here, you have a choice!”
SDP rally – Jaslyn Go: “We don’t have an A team or B team, we have a victorious team! Our team knows mee siam no hum!”
SDP rally – Jaslyn Go: “Remember that your vote is secret!”
7:10pm
SDP rally – First up is Mohd Sharmin, Young Democrat. Talking about youth and politics.
SDP rally – Sharmin: Youth are relied upon to bring society forward. Need to provide them with vision. Low fertility rate is reflection of low confidence level of youth in government.
RP rally: Crowd grows. But they’re staying 5 – 10 metres away from the stage.
7:15pm
SDP rally – Sharmin: Population problem started with government’s ruthless two is enough policy.
SDP rally – Sharmin: Throughout history, the youth have been at the forefront of change.
SDP rally – Sharmin: HDB should be a zero-profit public service.
SDP rally – SDP needs polling agents for 7 May. Asking volunteers to register.
7:20pm
SDP rally – Jarrod Luo speaks. He introduces himself to the crowd in Tamil. They cheer.
RP rally – MC: We have 5 more days to make the biggest choice of our lives.
SDP rally – Jarrod Luo (now in English): There are mainstream media organisations ready to slant stories to their agenda. Did anyone at the rally see Dr Chee try to lead protest march?
Crowd: NO!
7:30pm
RP rally – MC: Hope is the bedrock of the nation.
SDP rally – Jarrod Luo: My colleague Vincent W and his capable team, they stand ready serve you, as one united team. We, the SDP winning 11 candidates are united, not only in mind or spirit, but in our love for Singapore.
SDP rally – Jarrod Luo addresses Holland-Bukit Timah: Vote with your heart! Vote for Vincent and his team, they will not turn their backs on you!
RP rally – West Coast team arrives. Crowd cheers.
SDP rally – Holland-Bukit Timah resident, Dr Wong: For the next few days you are the boss of Singapore! But we don’t want to be the boss for 9 days, we want to be the boss forever!
RP rally – MC: REFORM!
Crowd: WE WANT CHANGE!
7:40pm
RP rally – Arthero Lim: By the next elections, I may have to address you as… Chindiapore. (referring to influx of foreigners)
SDP rally – Dr Wong: PAP promised Swiss standard of living to you.
Crowd member: Swiss chocolate ah!
RP rally – Arthero Lim: There is no reason to fear. Have the residents of Potong Pasir and Hougang regretted (voting for opposition)?
SDP rally – Dr Wong: We are being crowded out and one day we will be a minority. Now when you take MRT you have to stand all the way. We now have 5 million and if we don’t send a signal to the government soon we will have 6.5 million!
SDP rally – Dr Wong: With too many people we have to worry for our children, who have to fight. Fight for place in school, for housing. This is not the Singapore you, I and our children deserve.
RP rally – Arthero Lim: Ministers should be called “millionsters”.
7:45pm
SPP rally – Sin Kek Tong: PAP’s Parliament is Third World.
SDP rally – Dr Wong: Our country can lose millions in investments and overspend on YOG, but no minimum wage for an honest day’s work? That’s why we need minimum wage for workers and limited wage for ministers!
SDP rally – Dr Wong on Lim Swee Say, who feels so rich when he sees his CPF: Of course with your salary you will feel so rich!
SDP rally – Singapore is a rich country but we see old people doing menial jobs. Is this what we want? This is a national shame?
7:50pm
SDP rally – Dr Wong: Lily Neo’s question to Vivian Balakrishnan, and he said looking after the poor is the job of the social worker, not the politician. In that case we should replace him with Vincent Wijeysingha, who is a social worker!
Crowd cheers.
SDP rally – Dr Wong: SDP candidates not in this for money. Have pledged percentage of MP allowance for endowment fund.
SDP rally – Dr Wong: I am a resident of Holland-Bukit Timah. I will not vote for someone who uses smear tactics.
RP rally – Mansor Rahman speaks in Malay.
SDP rally – Sembawang candidate, Mohd Aziz, speaks. He was hospitalised recently and the bill was S$27,000.
7:55pm
SPP Rally – Bishan stadium: stands are packed and many more sitting and standing on the field. Great turnout.
SDP rally – Aziz: But even if I have to walk, to crawl, I will be with you, Singaporeans! My heart is with you.
RP rally – Mansor: Malays are suffering. They are behind time.
WP rally – ‘Whose money are they using?’
Crowd: ‘Our money!’
RP rally – Mansor: All PAP members and ministers should resign from NTUC.
SDP rally – Aziz: Let me touch on the comment of the PAP that if you vote for opposition, your property price won’t be safe. Your future won’t be sure. But I ask you, after 15 years of PAP, who is assured? They talk about CPF, but I’m about to retire, where is my CPF?
RP rally – Mansor: There is no difference between the PAP and the NTUC. NTUC is No Trust Union Chief.
8:00pm
SDP rally – Aziz: What should we do? Sack that bugger!
Crowd shouts: SACK THAT BUGGER!
SDP rally – Aziz: We pay $150,000 a month to Ministers but what do they do for us?
RP rally – Mansor: Have Malays become second class citizens? With influx of foreigners, have we become third class citizens?
RP rally – Mansor: How can limping man escape Singapore?
SPP rally – Ben Pwee: We are here not to overturn the government, but to get more than just 2 opposition MPs in Parliament.
SDP rally – Aziz: Morning time, you go through gantry. Evening time you also go through gantry. Raymon Lim only know how to charge and charge. Sack that bugger!
Crowd: SACK THAT BUGGER!
PAP rally: why would be want an unknown party to come takeover? Do they know you? Do you want the uncertainty? #SGelections
8:05pm
WP’s Koh Choong Yong: We should abolish the GRC system and revert to SMC system #sgelections
SDP rally – Aziz: The issue close to my heart is the home. Singapore is our home. And for our home, who are we gonna sack?
Audience member: MAH BOW TAN!
WP’s Gerald Giam: Our manifesto demonstrate that we are not an Opposition party that opposes for the sake of it #sgelections
RP rally – Mansor: If you love JBJ, Kenneth Jeyaretnam is representing him.
SPP rally – Ben Pwee leads the crowd with the pledge.
SDP rally – Rally begins. Danny the bear onstage, leads the crowd to chant “SDP! SDP!”
SPP rally – PAP truck spotted outside Bishan Stadium, SPP rally venue. “We have more experience.”
SDP rally – Jaslyn and Bentley on stage. Jaslyn addressed the crowd in Mandarin. “SDP is here, you have a choice!”
SDP rally – Jaslyn Go: “We don’t have an A team or B team, we have a victorious team! Our team knows mee siam no hum!”
SDP rally – Jaslyn Go: “Remember that your vote is secret!”
7:10pm
SDP rally – First up is Mohd Sharmin, Young Democrat. Talking about youth and politics.
SDP rally – Sharmin: Youth are relied upon to bring society forward. Need to provide them with vision. Low fertility rate is reflection of low confidence level of youth in government.
RP rally: Crowd grows. But they’re staying 5 – 10 metres away from the stage.
7:15pm
SDP rally – Sharmin: Population problem started with government’s ruthless two is enough policy.
SDP rally – Sharmin: Throughout history, the youth have been at the forefront of change.
SDP rally – Sharmin: HDB should be a zero-profit public service.
SDP rally – SDP needs polling agents for 7 May. Asking volunteers to register.
7:20pm
SDP rally – Jarrod Luo speaks. He introduces himself to the crowd in Tamil. They cheer.
RP rally – MC: We have 5 more days to make the biggest choice of our lives.
SDP rally – Jarrod Luo (now in English): There are mainstream media organisations ready to slant stories to their agenda. Did anyone at the rally see Dr Chee try to lead protest march?
Crowd: NO!
7:30pm
RP rally – MC: Hope is the bedrock of the nation.
SDP rally – Jarrod Luo: My colleague Vincent W and his capable team, they stand ready serve you, as one united team. We, the SDP winning 11 candidates are united, not only in mind or spirit, but in our love for Singapore.
SDP rally – Jarrod Luo addresses Holland-Bukit Timah: Vote with your heart! Vote for Vincent and his team, they will not turn their backs on you!
RP rally – West Coast team arrives. Crowd cheers.
SDP rally – Holland-Bukit Timah resident, Dr Wong: For the next few days you are the boss of Singapore! But we don’t want to be the boss for 9 days, we want to be the boss forever!
RP rally – MC: REFORM!
Crowd: WE WANT CHANGE!
7:40pm
RP rally – Arthero Lim: By the next elections, I may have to address you as… Chindiapore. (referring to influx of foreigners)
SDP rally – Dr Wong: PAP promised Swiss standard of living to you.
Crowd member: Swiss chocolate ah!
RP rally – Arthero Lim: There is no reason to fear. Have the residents of Potong Pasir and Hougang regretted (voting for opposition)?
SDP rally – Dr Wong: We are being crowded out and one day we will be a minority. Now when you take MRT you have to stand all the way. We now have 5 million and if we don’t send a signal to the government soon we will have 6.5 million!
SDP rally – Dr Wong: With too many people we have to worry for our children, who have to fight. Fight for place in school, for housing. This is not the Singapore you, I and our children deserve.
RP rally – Arthero Lim: Ministers should be called “millionsters”.
7:45pm
SPP rally – Sin Kek Tong: PAP’s Parliament is Third World.
SDP rally – Dr Wong: Our country can lose millions in investments and overspend on YOG, but no minimum wage for an honest day’s work? That’s why we need minimum wage for workers and limited wage for ministers!
SDP rally – Dr Wong on Lim Swee Say, who feels so rich when he sees his CPF: Of course with your salary you will feel so rich!
SDP rally – Singapore is a rich country but we see old people doing menial jobs. Is this what we want? This is a national shame?
SDP rally – Dr Wong: Lily Neo’s question to Vivian Balakrishnan, and he said looking after the poor is the job of the social worker, not the politician. In that case we should replace him with Vincent Wijeysingha, who is a social worker!
Crowd cheers.
SDP rally – Dr Wong: SDP candidates not in this for money. Have pledged percentage of MP allowance for endowment fund.
SDP rally – Dr Wong: I am a resident of Holland-Bukit Timah. I will not vote for someone who uses smear tactics.
RP rally – Mansor Rahman speaks in Malay.
SDP rally – Sembawang candidate, Mohd Aziz, speaks. He was hospitalised recently and the bill was S$27,000.
7:55pm
SPP Rally – Bishan stadium: stands are packed and many more sitting and standing on the field. Great turnout.
SDP rally – Aziz: But even if I have to walk, to crawl, I will be with you, Singaporeans! My heart is with you.
RP rally – Mansor: Malays are suffering. They are behind time.
WP rally – ‘Whose money are they using?’
Crowd: ‘Our money!’
RP rally – Mansor: All PAP members and ministers should resign from NTUC.
SDP rally – Aziz: Let me touch on the comment of the PAP that if you vote for opposition, your property price won’t be safe. Your future won’t be sure. But I ask you, after 15 years of PAP, who is assured? They talk about CPF, but I’m about to retire, where is my CPF?
RP rally – Mansor: There is no difference between the PAP and the NTUC. NTUC is No Trust Union Chief.
8:00pm
SDP rally – Aziz: What should we do? Sack that bugger!
Crowd shouts: SACK THAT BUGGER!
SDP rally – Aziz: We pay $150,000 a month to Ministers but what do they do for us?
RP rally – Mansor: Have Malays become second class citizens? With influx of foreigners, have we become third class citizens?
RP rally – Mansor: How can limping man escape Singapore?
SPP rally – Ben Pwee: We are here not to overturn the government, but to get more than just 2 opposition MPs in Parliament.
SDP rally – Aziz: Morning time, you go through gantry. Evening time you also go through gantry. Raymon Lim only know how to charge and charge. Sack that bugger!
Crowd: SACK THAT BUGGER!
PAP rally: why would be want an unknown party to come takeover? Do they know you? Do you want the uncertainty? #SGelections
8:05pm
WP’s Koh Choong Yong: We should abolish the GRC system and revert to SMC system #sgelections
SDP rally – Aziz: The issue close to my heart is the home. Singapore is our home. And for our home, who are we gonna sack?
Audience member: MAH BOW TAN!
WP’s Gerald Giam: Our manifesto demonstrate that we are not an Opposition party that opposes for the sake of it #sgelections
RP rally – Mansor: If you love JBJ, Kenneth Jeyaretnam is representing him.
SPP rally – Ben Pwee leads the crowd with the pledge.
