“I approached Teo Chee Hean. He was shaking hands with other supporters, and posing for photographs. I approached him and said, “Mr Teo, I live here...
Mr Yaw Shin Leong of the Workers’ Party beat his opponent from the People’s Action Party convincingly with a better-than-expected vote count of 64.81 per cent....
Tonight and the Next 5 Years My friends, my fellow Singaporeans, We may have lost an election but tonight we have rediscovered something so much more...
Kenneth Lim / After 9 days of intense campaigning, 1,910,176 valid votes were cast on May 7th 2011 for Singapore’s 11th General Election (GE). Having been...
Excerpts from Siew Kum Hong’s blog: What. A. Night. The Workers’ Party has now cemented its position as the second party in a two-party system, albeit...
Pictures by Han Thon Pictures by Jean Loo
————- “If we want our system of Parliamentary Democracy to be able to function properly, to allow Singaporeans real choices, and to promote good government for...
by Andrew Loh UPDATE – 7 May 1100hrs: TOC has been informed that the Elections Department has asked the National Solidarity Party (NSP) to make a...
TOC Editorial / The People’s Action Party (PAP) has been the subject of much criticism over the past week. But the discontentment towards the party that...
This article was first posted on MARUAH. “Is my vote really secret?” That is the question on many Singaporeans’ minds. As part of our public education efforts,...
From the Workers’ Party website [picture TOC’s]. The PAP has circulated a political leaflet to all households containing accusations that “the WP is against LUP, HIP...
Andrew Loh with input from the TOC team / The People’s Action Party’s (PAP) greatest asset has always been its’ iron discipline and portrayal of a...
During a phone call with his six-year-old daughter, Chen Show Mao shared with her about Aljunied, the constituency that he was standing in. She interrupted him...
Jewel Philemon / The 2011 General Elections has surprised many in Singapore with the emergence of well-qualified opposition candidates. Taking the Mountbatten battlefield is Mrs Jeannette...
Eng Cheong / 个人的事再大也是小事。国家的事再小也是大事。 The above words in English means “However big a personal issue is, it is still a small issue. But however small a...