TODAY: Gomez rejected

Elections 2001

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WORKERS' Party candidate James Gomez (picture) and his team turned up to file nomination papers for the Aljunied GRC but ended up conceding a walkover to the PAP.

WP chief Low Thia Khiang said his party had to pull out because of a technicality - the candidates had not entered the name of the electoral division on their nomination forms.

According to an elections department official, the nomination papers submitted by the WP were not delivered in compliance with the law.

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Elections 2001

Workers' Party
Power to the People and New Poor
Power to the People: giving people the power to vote

New Poor

1. People who have to contend with increasing high costs of living and are relatively poor.

2. These people include the unemployed, people in low-paid or part-time employment, struggling local entrepreneurs, the sick and disabled, older people and a sizeable portion of the middle-class

3. They face rising costs in areas like school and tuition fees, public transport, food prices, health care, utility charges, office rentals and telecommunication costs.

4. Young and elderly Singaporeans will have to contend with foreign workers in the job market. WP chief Low Thia Khiang calls for a more stringent foreign talent policy

5. Companies suffering from poor business have to down size and relocate to lower cost places like China and Third World countries.

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Elections 2001

Hougang

In 1991, Mr Low Thia Khiang, then 35, wrested Hougang from Mr Tang Guan Seng with a 52.8 per cent win. The Teochew speaker won again in 1997, with an increase in support to 58 per cent.

TODAY: The debate on foreign talent

Elections 2001

Hot Issue

We are not against foreign talent but the question is what kind of foreign talent ... It is the responsibility of the government to review its policy, at least to help Singaporeans

- WP chief Low Thia Khiang