• “…and the reserves were Singapore’s ammunition for a rainy day.” He noted that in difficult times, countries which did not have such firepower have been forced to borrow money and this has often shaken confidence in the country. If this happened to S, the minister warned, the exchange rate would depreciate, inflation would rise and the cost of living would go up. Vivian Balakrishnan. PAP

  • The GRC system has become “like a rubber band, quite elastic…” Low Thia Khiang, WP.

  • · ‘Our system has the brain on turbo power and the heart on a hospital drip’. Hazel Poa. National    Solidarity Party.

  • · ‘It is not Mr Chiam who walks out of Potong Pasir … it is the spirit of Potong Pasir that walks    into Bishan and Toa Payoh.’ Benjamin Pwee, SPP. Today, May 1, 2011.

  • · ‘… Can you go back to the conservative puritanical values of the old days? That’s not Singapore anymore.’ Mr. Goh Chok Tong, Today, April 30th 2011.

  • “If the Parliament consists of nothing but one party, then you can have a first-rate Government, but the Parliament is a bit weaker. We have , over the years, tried to evolve a system which allows the PAP to win elections overwhelmingly and yet you have voices which are against the PAP in Parliament.” Mr. Goh Chok Tong, Today , April 30th 2011

  • …the PAP’s policies are ‘the rising tide. … All boats have risen, but not equally. It depends on your ability, it depends on your diligence, it depends on your educational standards because worldwide it’s widening.’ Mr. Lim Swee Say, PAP. Today, May 1, 2011.

  • Mr. Goh recalling the racial riots in 1964: “I could not take the bus home. The streets were all completely clogged … cars, buses … all locked together. So I walked … home.’ Goh Chok Tong. Today, May 1, 2011.

  • “We all know that in the real world unfortunately, life is complex and difficult. Life is made up of difficult choices.” …  “When you lack substance , it is like a vase – very pretty but no flowers” BG (NS) Tan Chuan Jin, PAP

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  • Mr. Ong, PAP candidate in Aljunied GRC, “told the crowd that he always makes it a point to shake hands of low-wage workers while on the campaign trail.” The Straits Times, May 4 2011.

  • “ We have nurtured you, educated you, given you every help to do well. We cherish you. We cheer for you. We want you to succeed, because Singapore belongs to you. You will be Singapore .” PM Lee Hsien Leong. (ST. May 6, 2011)

  • · … “It will make our ministers’ salaries truly world-class, and not out of this world.” Chen Show        Mao, WP candidate Aljunied GRC. (ST. May 6 2011)
WP. Rally, May 5, 2011 at the Serangoon Stadium.