PAP must connect with people: Khaw
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SINGAPORE: The People's Action Party (PAP) was less effective in its campaign coordination and strategy during the general election (GE) in May 2011.
Party Chairman Khaw Boon Wan said that in some branches, campaign strategies on physical developments "did not gain good traction with voters".
He said that at the national level, despite steering the economy out of the country's deepest recession since independence, the party was less effective in getting political mileage out of it.
These were issues identified by a review committee, which he is heading to analyse the results of the election.
Mr Khaw, who shared the findings at the PAP Convention on Sunday said there was also a perceived disconnect with the people.
He highlighted four underlying trends from the results of the GE that'll serve as useful lessons for members.
They are: a stronger mood for more opposition voices, a strengthening of the opposition, a shift in demographics where more young voters are influenced not just by what they read on the Internet but also by a certain mood for political change, and the era of the digital age.
Mr Khaw, who's also Minister for National Development, stressed that the PAP must evolve to meet the intense competition that lies ahead.
He said it must ensure that it remains constructive and continues to put Singaporeans first.
During the May GE, the PAP was returned to power, winning 81 of the 87 seats in parliament and regaining Potong Pasir after 27 years.
It lost a Group Representation Constituency (GRC) for the first time, and saw its vote share slip to 60.1 per cent.
Over the last seven months, the PAP conducted extensive consultations with party activists at the branch, constituency and district levels.
At Sunday's convention, members spent some time reflecting on the results and lessons from the polls.
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tot tat was supposed to be from day 1
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i think he emphasising there is nothing wrong with the policy
there is something wrong in how they communicate
haha
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Govt needs to improve communication with citizens: Dr BalakrishnanDr Balakrishnan said the election has been a good learning journey and at the strategic level, many PAP policies are right but their implementation and communication can be improved.
familiar?
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Originally posted by laurence82:
i think he emphasising there is nothing wrong with the policy
there is something wrong in how they communicate
haha
Yes.
Communication is key.
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GST helps the poor, minister pay highest in world in order to prevent corruption, smaller HDBs doesn't mean lower standard of living etc etc...
When talk to citizens, must threat them like 3 year olds.
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i know connecting many ways. for me and angel we always connector duinrg and after photoshoots
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Originally posted by troublemaker2005:
i know connecting many ways. for me and angel we always connector duinrg and after photoshoots
Huh?
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Originally posted by charlize:
Yes.
Communication is key.
Communication???So arrowed Mr "Once in 50 years" ???
Anyway, their communication is a 1way traffic...
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
Communication???So arrowed Mr "Once in 50 years" ???
Anyway, their communication is a 1way traffic...
They already said they will try to communicate their ideas to you more clearly so that you will agree with them.
What more you want?
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Their communication is one way.
What Ah Kong say, you obey and do.
When they want to demolish rochor center, thou shall move out immediately.
When they want more pay rise, thou shall shut up and work harder to pay tax.
You are not wiser than them or any foreign talents so you have to follow orders.
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today's paper have shown Indergit Singh's criticism of the electoral results which echoes what I have been mentioning several times.....ground up sentiments is the crux towards securing more effective connections than based on statistical figures and results....policy making requires social psychological understanding than through mere scholarly or armchair understanding....
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Originally posted by charlize:
They already said they will try to communicate their ideas to you more clearly so that you will agree with them.
What more you want?
Hmmm, cannot imagine if Khaw is communication ministar...1 way communication
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Too focus on westernisation will not augur well for its country. Taiwan, Hong Kong, Shanghai are enjoying economic well beings for very long period of time without being influenced. From the simple language creation of chinese, one would be able to understand the magnanimous of its ancestors, and their love of mankind in the community of multi-racial, multi-languages, multicultural and religions. This simple and concise poem recorded the loving kindness of mankind since its beginning that beyond race and language. And its historical developments since losing its ground of love :D due to over emphasise in capitalism, authoritarianism and materialism along the way.
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Awesome!
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Originally posted by Whimsy:
Too focus on westernisation will not augur well for its country. Taiwan, Hong Kong, Shanghai are enjoying economic well beings for very long period of time without being influenced. From the simple language creation of chinese, one would be able to understand the magnanimous of its ancestors, and their love of mankind in the community of multi-racial, multi-languages, multicultural and religions. This simple and concise poem recorded the loving kindness of mankind since its beginning that beyond race and language. And its historical developments since losing its ground of love :D due to over emphasise in capitalism, authoritarianism and materialism along the way.
煮豆燃豆è��,豆在釜ä¸æ³£;本是å�Œæ ¹ç”Ÿ,相煎何太急
Awesome!
You seems to enjoy in your dreamland.
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Originally posted by Whimsy:
Too focus on westernisation will not augur well for its country. Taiwan, Hong Kong, Shanghai are enjoying economic well beings for very long period of time without being influenced.
From the simple language creation of chinese, one would be able to understand the magnanimous of its ancestors, and their love of mankind in the community of multi-racial, multi-languages, multicultural and religions.
This simple and concise poem recorded the loving kindness of mankind since its beginning that beyond race and language. And its historical developments since losing its ground of love :D due to over emphasise in capitalism, authoritarianism and materialism along the way.
Our minds meet.
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Originally posted by Dalforce 25:
Our minds meet.
Hahahah for once you share the same as your beloved LKY.
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telling them to connect to people is like trying to plug your ps2 game console to a 1980's tv thats made of wood and a cathode ray tube.
eh??where is port a n b?why is the behind of tv so damn strangh a few holes n antenna only??how am i goin to plug it in?do i need to take out the entire tv set and soder a specia port for ps2 game console?will tv work again after al that?
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Originally posted by Hitman Factory 1:
telling them to connect to people is like trying to plug your ps2 game console to a 1980's tv thats made of wood and a cathode ray tube.
good analogy.