Happy Mothers' Day Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love. ~Mildred B. Vermont A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb I would like to say this More on Youthquake 1 Pictures from Youthquake 1 : YW President’s statement on Vote@18 The Workers’ Party Youth Wing (WPYW) wishes to thank, once again, all participants who attended the inaugural YouthQuake forum on votng @ 18 on Saturday, 3rd May 2008. A full house with many new and youthful faces is testament to the timeliness and impact of this matter but more so an editorial by Andy Ho of the Straits Times (8 May 2008) perhaps alluding to the WPYW forum (as a public forum - Non-sensical approach from a Non-AWOL Team Read this: http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_234077.html How to tahan something like that!!!!!!!!!!!! So this is what a Non- AWOL team can produce or come up with? Genius! First in the world! No doubt! How is one going to determine or justify which precinct is the dirtiest? So besides getting contractors to clean up the estate, more people are going to be employed to weigh Youthquake - 'Should Singaporean Youths be allowed to vote at age 18' WPYW first Youthquake forum is here and gone...time flies :) For more details, read these links: http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/05/04/youths-calls-for-right-to-vote-at-youthquake-forum/ http://www.wp.sg/youth/index.php (An event report with pictures will be uploaded soon) Also look out for the article on this event to be published in the next issue of 'Hammer'. Response to Seng Han Thong Shortly after WP's May Day Press Release, Seng Han Thong rebutted: Union leader challenges Workers' Party to hire only S'poreans An anecdote about a Singaporean coffeeshop woman worried that "a sweet, young beer girl from China" was undercutting her wages has triggered a feisty exchange of barbs between the Workers' Party (WP) and the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) assistant May Day's Press Release Putting Singaporeans First The top down tripartite collaboration amongst the Government, employers and a pro-government labour union is a sure recipe for potential compromises for the Singaporean worker. Overall employment creation in Singapore for the whole of 2007 is 236,600, surpassing 176,000 in 2006. However foreign employment rose to a new high of 144,500 in 2007. This means only 38.9% in Youthquake is coming....3rd May Should 18-year-olds get to vote? WP youth forum to debate issue By Jeremy Au Yong LET 18-year-olds vote - that notion will be the focus of a public forum organised by the Worker's Party (WP) youth wing this Saturday. The question may not traditionally have been a major political point, but WP youth wing organising secretary Bernard Chen, 22, said that the topic was chosen because it is one SIA's image? I'm sure most of us are aware of the 'slapping' incident of the SQ Stewardess onboard an SIA flight to Tokyo last September. So after being accused and slapped by tycoon's wife, Tan Siew Hoon, the SQ Stewardess was said to have suffered from 'emotional and mental distress'. Hence she filed charges against Mdm Tan. On 24th April, Mdm Tan was acquitted and let off with just a warning. Read report Was your last increment at least a 6.7% to counter this? From channelnewsasia.com SINGAPORE: Singapore's consumer price index (CPI) in March went up by 6.7 percent from a year ago. The Department of Statistics said the rise was due largely to higher costs of food, transport and communication, and housing. The CPI for the first quarter of this year was 6.6 percent higher compared with the same quarter of previous year. On a seasonally adjusted basis Thank you Singaporeans! Following the recent saga of whether DPM Wong should resign and the question that was left unanswered by LowTK...I salute and thank matured Singaporeans. Back in 2006 when I joined the WP, I chose them because I was confident then that the party's leadership would do its utmost to not act immaturely and rashly. In other words, I felt safe joining them. Some people say WP is too conservative, too YOUTHQUAKE Be ready to rock and shake with the WORKERS' PARTY YOUTH WING!!!! Remember this 'Look out' Notice? “Should Singaporean Youths be Allowed to Vote at 18?” The Workers’ Party Youth Wing is pleased to invite you to participate in the first of our YouthQuake Forums and partake in a discussion on how youths in Singapore can be encouraged to adopt and carry forward a refreshing new agenda on voting 3 critical factors...what a joke! SINGAPORE: A confluence of three critical factors led to security lapses that resulted in Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) detainee Mas Selamat Kastari's escape from detention in February. This was the conclusion of the Committee of Inquiry (COI) on Mas Selamat's escape from the Whitley Road Detention Centre on 27 February this year. The findings of the three-member panel were presented by Deputy Prime The richest will survive Singapore, because of her size, the small little red dot on the map, it’s indeed a very niche market area for many businessmen. No doubt, this small little red dot had progressed and advanced superbly. Many businesses had been set up and of course folded up too. Our government is always encouraging people to go into entrepreneurship. Many incentives had been promised to help these entrepreneurs Tree-Top Walk, An Women's Affair The sun was shining brightly and the day was set beautifully for a walk. This was no ordinary walk that the WPYW Women attempted on. It is the ‘HSBC Tree TopWalk’ at MacRitchie Reservoir. Our ladies reached Upper Thomson Road for some mouth-watering prata before we made our way to the Tree-Top walk which is accessible from MacRitchie Reservoir Park or from Venus Drive, off Upper Thomson Road. Look out!!!! I'm so excited and so is the whole Youth Wing Exco :) Something exciting is coming and it will kick-off in May. Look out for the 'Youth ...........' !!!!!!!!!! Wahhhh!!! Cannot reveal too much :) More details will be released at a later date. Step forward to make it happen :) This post is in response to quite a collective number of feedback both on my blog as well as from my acquaintances. The question is, how many candidates can WP fill in the next election? The feedback some gave was, fill more candidates, this will increase the probability of having more seats in the parliament. Thank you for the feedback :) and am glad to know that people are more open to the MM Lee has given us the green light MM Lee was interviewed via email and of course he gave his reply through email....what exactly was he thinking when he gave his reply... ST April 5, 2008 JI MAN MAS SELAMAT'S ESCAPE Guards were negligent, says MM His message: Those who think nothing can go wrong are being complacent By Sue-Ann Chia & Goh Chin LianFUGITIVE Mas Selamat Kastari was 'an escape artist' who had evaded arrest many times Who's in, up and out? Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has made changes to his Cabinet, which sees new Ministers appointed for Law, Education, Manpower and six promotions. I'm going to break it down to point form for all to understand. Who's in? - Mr Shanmugam, a Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC New position: Law Minister, Second Home Affairs Minister - Dr Ng Eng Hen New Position: Education Minister - Mr Gan Good to see this :) It was great to see that Singapore's businesses and youngsters are taking part in this Earth Hour event. With these small little steps, people can eventually be made more aware of global warming.... of course, my lights were off between 8-9pm too :) We are saving our planet for our next generation. Report from channelnewsasia.com S'poreans join global Earth Hour effort to spread climate change How long more are we going to wait? Heard the news last night and saw this report today. Mixed feelings was what I had. What I heard from the news was that, this man whom had made a false report on spotting Mas Selamat is going to be jailed for 21 months. He is the sole-bread winner in the family which comprises of a diabetic wife, eldest child is in a 'Home' and the other 2 younger ones are schooling. Ng, pleaded guilty and Earth Hour Participant in the upcoming 'Earth Hour' event. The objective of this event is to 'Save the Planet'. Date: 29th March 2008 Time: 8-9pm Action: Turn off all your lights at home I'm urging everyone to take part in it!!! And check out this blog: http://www.earthhoursingapore.blogspot.com/ Why did I procrastinate? This incident happened on a Monday evening after my Open House duty at HQ, Syed Alwi Road. It affected me for days and it also left me with regrets. In life, people come and go so do certain incidents, but there is just no way to forget them. The time was about 15mins to 10pm as we made our way to a nearby coffee shop for some beverage after the Open House. There were 4 of us including myself. I Women, hmm... you got to attend this Hi there, to all women that is reading my blog... make an effort if you can ( I would really very much love to but has got a company sales seminar on that day to organise, how suay!) to attend the public forum below: In partnership with AWARE, Unifem Singapore and Society of Financial Service Professionals; to commomerate International Women's Day. Discussion topic: What is the current status A woman PM is unlikely, why? Came across this article from channelnewsasia.com A woman PM? Not likely, says panel SINGAPORE: Despite the modern and dynamic image of Singapore, the idea of a woman authority figure leading the country may still be unacceptable to Singaporeans. - Why is it unacceptable? There is a difference between unacceptable and impossible. Is the writer saying that its impossible due to the political WP's founder 100TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF DAVID MARSHALL He made us 'dream of independence' AFTER the late David Marshall was elected Singapore's chief minister in 1955, he wore a safari jacket to his first meeting with British governor John Nicoll - unacceptable wear for the occasion. 'Marshall insults the Queen,' trumpeted The Straits Times the next day. Following in his footsteps, another minister wore MHA responds to WP's queries MHA responds to queries on Committee of Inquiry's probe into Mas Selamat's escape SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Home Affairs has responded to queries from the Workers' Party regarding the Committee of Inquiry's probe into Mas Selamat Kastari's escape from detention. According to the ministry, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng has said that after the inquiry is completed My last day at work 11th March, was my last day as a Recruiter with my previous company. I will be moving onto a new job, a Trainer, with another Financial Institution on 13th March. I always had this problem whenever I tender my resignation; sad to leave but have to leave. This job was even tougher. My working colleagues as well as my lady boss were all good working partners. However, this is life and its only WP's Press Release The Workers' Party made a press release on 11th March on the escape of Mas Selamat. Workers' Party calls for full disclosure in Mas Selamat probe The opposition Workers' Party on Tuesday urged the Government to keep the public fully informed of the committee of inquiry's (COI) probe into the escape of terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari, who has been on the run since Feb 27. It said that as the A new Malaysia, when will it be our turn? Malaysia's Barisan Nasional suffers the worst electoral defeat since 1969. The people of Malaysia had boldly made their voices heard through their votes. 5 major states in Malaysia had been won by opposition; Kedah, Kelantan, Selangor, Perak and Penang. The latest one to add to the list is KL. This is definitely a defining moment for Malaysia. Read more about the Malaysia's election here. But