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This is My Singapore

One more day for submission to the photo competition organised by the Workers’ Party Youth Wing. For entry details, see http://mysingapore.wpyouth.sg

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First Survey Outreach for Vote18 Campaign

Last Friday (28 May 2010), a few of us from The Workers’ Party conducted a public Survey Outreach, to poll the public on their views on the Voting Age.  This was done in line with the launch of the Vote18 … Continue reading

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因为新加坡是我们的国家

深夜,从沿户访问回到家里,六岁儿子乐恒在我转身关门时叫了一声“爸爸!”,微微地吓了我一跳。 我会心地笑一笑,知道接儿子放学回家后,自己匆匆帮他洗完澡后就赶急出门,整个晚上他是非常想念我。 换了舒适的衣服,拉了乐恒坐在沙发上,对他说:“爸爸知道我做Hammer的工,很迟回来,对不起。以后你长大了,你才会明白爸爸为什么要做Hammer的工。” 乐恒两眼眯成一线,笑嘻嘻地说:“你告诉我啦,你告诉我啦。” 自从我加入工人党之后,常常因为各种活动、会议迟归,乐恒也接受我的原因:做Hammer的工。有一次我还带他一块买党报,之后他还一度误解我“做Hammer”就是卖党报,还以为那是我的职业。 我解释过我做Hammer的工没有钱拿,真正的工作是做电脑的工:“打Apple Computer”。但我也从来没有想过要向他解释工人党工作的原因。 想想既然他问了,何不试试看。我就尝试用比较简单的字句来说。 “乐恒,你知道什么是政府吗?” “不知道。” “政府就是什么都管。政府管警察,警察管捉贼。政府管学校,学校管教学生。政府管地铁,地铁管载人。” “那。。。政府有没有管政府组屋?” 学校前一阵子在教不同的住屋种类,他知道自己住在政府组屋。 “有,政府管建组屋,管屋子多少钱。” 他听了似懂非懂,想了想。 “政府管不管玩具?” 哈哈。 “政府也管玩具。有毒的玩具,政府不让进新加坡,不然毒死儿童,怎么办?” “哦。” “现在的政府是PAP。” “以前的政府是WP?” 他知道WP就是Workers’ Party,也就是Hammer。 “不是,一直是PAP。” “那,乐恒,政府也有一群人在讲话,说很多新加坡的东西。但是里面有很多PAP的人,只有两个WP的人。 政府说组屋要多少钱,WP说为什么要那么多钱。” “放多一点人咯。” “要人家选啊!” “你会不会进去讲话?” “我哪里知道,有人选就有咯。” “进去讲话了会不会更迟回来?” 我知道答案会让他伤心,但一向来我都主张不说谎骗孩子:“一定会。” 失望地:“哦。” 但他两眼一转,又问:“那组屋便宜以后,就不用进去讲话啦!” 我笑笑:“还有很多别的东西啊!ERP很贵,水电费很贵,学费很贵。在里面讲话是为了帮新加坡,让新加坡更好。” 这时他说:“我可以帮你吗?” “你乖乖听话,以后用心读书,知道很多东西,就可以帮我咯。” 他很有信心地:“我也要帮新加坡!” “为什么呢?” “因为新加坡是我们的国家嘛!”

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Applied for Police Permit

About 2 weeks ago, I blogged about writing in to the police to ask if we need to apply for a police permit for our planned Vote18 Campaign. Shortly after (I must say, quite efficiently), I received an email in … Continue reading

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大选冷静日-我们真的这么不冷静吗?

刊登在工人党铁锤报1001期的一篇文章: http://issuu.com/wpsg/docs/hammer_1001?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&pageNumber=13

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因为我喜欢华文嘛!

早上和孩子整理书包时发现学校放了几张额外课程的报名表格在他的书包里。 去年我们因为这些额外课程都须另外付费,在和孩子商量了过后,决定不报名。 这次我又问了孩子:“你想上arts class(美术班),music class(音乐班)还是Chinese class(华文戏剧班)?” 孩子想了想:“Chinese class吧.” “为什么呢?“ ”因为我喜欢华文嘛!“ 听了这句话,我心里很欣慰。毕竟我这个做爸爸的成功地做到第一步:让儿子对自己的母语有兴趣。孩子的华文程度,在同龄的孩童们中算是不错,但毕竟年级小,要学的东西还多着。希望我能够让他对母语的兴趣一直保持着,不会象许多人们一样对学习母语持着厌恶的态度。那样,我想,我身为父亲的责任也算完成了一部分。

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Kang Heng

I have two boys: the elder one a 5-yr-old who inspired the setting up of my other blog, and the younger one a 22-month-old toddler that is the cute boy you see in the photo above. His name is Koh … Continue reading

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You have until 23.59 today…

… to vote for the essay you like in the Essay Writing Competition organised by the Workers’ Party Youth Wing as part of this year’s National Day Celebrations – “What is  your ideal Singapore?”. Vote for them before 16 August … Continue reading

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An ideal Singapore and wishes for the Nation

Do you have an ideal Singapore in mind, one place where you truly call home, no ifs no buts, no complains and nothing yuo need to tolerate, just somewhere that closely resembles your version of paradise? Ok, paradise is a … Continue reading

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Is the Hansard verbatim, or near-verbatim?

My blog post on my recent visit to the Committee of Supply debate in Parliament was initially written with the intention of telling people that they should take the time off to watch Parliamentary debates in person, rather than rely … Continue reading

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