Wednesday, May 03, 2006

SDA Rally in the Park

Last night I attended the SDA rally in the most pleasant rally site I've been to so far - Choa Chu Kang Park. I chose the rally because I would like to hear what Steve Chia has to say in the ward he would be contesting.

Steve Chia charmed his audience by seeking it's preference on the language/dialect(English/Hokkien) for his speech. Though not entirely proficient with Hokkien, he, nevertheless, was able to engage his audience well. He spoke mainly on job issues, high cost of living and high prices HDB charges on its flats.

As in all SDA rallies, Chiam See Tong, made a short speech. Last night he rebutted PAP charges that he is a poor judge of character and on his stand on streaming in primary school.

Steve Chia was quite a good speaker and the turnout was substantial considering this is a SMC ward.

Straits Times Interactive didn't cover this rally at all, while CNA and TODAY gave a fairly good coverage on it.

In the article, "SDA's Chiam rebuts PAP charges that he is a poor judge of character", CNA though published Chiam's rebuttal stopped short of naming the past crooks in PAP. TODAY named 2 (Teh Cheang Wan and Phey Yew Kok) out of the four (Teh, Phey, Wee Tung Boon and someone whose name I couldn't catch) in its article, "Chiam hits back".

TODAY also had another article, "Don't force Singaporeans to retire, says Chia" that covered Chia's speech on jobs and the profits HDB could have made on Duxton Pinnacle flats.

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