Dr Chee, Jamus Lim and Francis Yuen, well done! That's the Voices we need in the parliament! All the Best in coming GE! 👍👍👍🎉

IMO, Dr Chee is one of the sincere and strongest candidates by far. I dont think I can come this far like him after so many years of bullied by the ruling party. During the 90s, We only have the national TV and papers for news, and Dr Chee and all the other opposition candidates were mug sling and kicked like street dogs. Dr Chee was branded as a traitor, a liar all becos he was very vocal. He speaks up but kena verbally hoot and sued jialat jialat. All he wanted is to serve the nation and the people, nothing more. Remember, he is also someone's son, husband and a father. With his personal qualification and capability, he can juz simply walk away if not for the people. So voters, plz give him a chance to prove his worth. I'm sure you would find it rewarding. Ty

Can see the point Dr Chee made at the start and i quite agree with what he’s saying...

Thank you opposition party speaking for Singaporean

Love Mr Jamus Lim's confidence

PAP Ministers making 150,000 dollars a month and elderly old people suffer selling boxes, sleeping in boxes, selling ice cream and to mention some singaporeans eating probably only twice a day.???? Come on it is so clear that the ruling party is horrible and so unfair for much too long...150k salary???? There is a big difference between the poor and the rich and all this rich should be out.The problem is Singapore has been with same old boring PAP for far too long. PAP leaders have ruled so many years and they have become so rich and comfortable that they have neglected their people so much....so many poor are suffering with no proper home, food and underpaid jobs...now even jobless. What about the young childrens future?No point in having big airports, high tech buildings and fancy city life when the people are so stressed and deprived of their simple privileges and freedom. People in Singapore need to make the change now for a better future and vote wisely. Dont make the same mistake again. As for the future there must be a system whereby ministers should only be paid to 20 to 30k the most....give the excess money to the singapore people who need it the most.This is the truth.

Jamus Lim spoke very well. If he is voted into Parliament I am sure he can always suppressing the fire from PAP.

Jamus did well!

Everyone handle the debate very well. Top Tier Debate. The new guy from worker party seem to be quite intelligent and able to handle debates very well~ PAP minsters as always top tier debaters.

Every school is a good school is not true. Anyone with school going children can tell you that is not true. Some schools give free third language lessons after school. Or speech and drama classes. Most other schools don't do that. It is not fair. Definitely untrue that every school is a good school. Yes , give more funding to neighbourhood schools.

If seniors want to work...I have personally interviewed every senior taxi/GRAB driver to ask them if they really want to drive and 99% of them would say, "I have no choice or else how to survive?" After living in Melbourne for just a year and experiencing the social welfare they have in place for seniors like free Tai Chi/QiGong and even Yoga & Meditation classes for people of all ages, it breaks my heart to return and see our pioneers working in low-level menial jobs that do nothing for their wellness or pride. Haven't they done enough already for the country after40-50 years of their lives to be subjected to be cleaners, taxi drivers, etc? They should be enjoying the golden years of their lives for their contributions to the prosperity of our country today. It's terrible that they feel resigned to what seems like a hopeless situation and just because they are ageing later now so we delay their retirement years to enjoy life as they should? I do see the good work that the PAP has done but more can be done for the welfare of Singaporeans when privileges seem to be given to foreigners so easily. And let's not even go there with regards to how much our ministers earn and imagining how much of these can be passed on to our seniors. The growing expanse of the middle class is one that seems to have an unreachable ceiling to get to the next strata. Just have a look at the executives that ply the MRT trains every morning and evening at how tired, stressed and unhappy they look as they jostle day in day out. I have seen the difference where people in Melbourne would take the time to give way and are civic-minded enough to care for other passengers or the people around them in general. I wish we could be the same and it's clear to me that it boils down to a lack of true concern for the welfare of our citizens - the biggest sector of the population i.e. the middle struggling class. Where engineer graduates have to take on extra Grab gig just to be able to support his wife and two sons. What quality of life is there to just work till we are old and beyond.

Singapore is not PAP and PAP is not Singapore and let's make this very clear. From past experiences, when you're unfortunately retrenched (more accurately your role is being replaced) , can PAP told the company to return you to the job or immediately find you another comparable job? Therefore, the life, jobs and future of Singaporean belong only to Singaporean and not PAP. Again this must be clear. Only Singaporean can make Singapore great again especially the life, jobs and future of Singaporean. Pioneer Singaporean have make Singapore great and current generation will strive to continue to do so.

the medishield changes in the 2010s came after Dr. Paul Tambyah made a public speech criticsing the government about the older version of medishield. the changes were implemented after ge2011 when pap lost big. get real, Vivian.

Admire the clarity and tone of Vivian talking. He is a really good communicator

This whole GRC voting system is flawed. Regardless which party they belong to, anyone who wants a seat in the parliament need to come up with a manifesto. Stand up and let these individuals voices be heard. And the people choose which of them deserve their vote. That would be fair as no party could block anyone from claiming a seat. Same goes when choosing a minister. Citizen would vote for any new law to be approve. This representative democracy in Singapore is bogus. We need to take democracy back to it's pure form. The talk of the Swiss standard has been ringing in our ears for decades. Maybe we should look at how the Swiss their governance. And perhaps, one day we can finally achieve it. Would you like to know more?

Now they must be so afraid of the next debate . I will not be surprised if they resort to further KS tactics

Ya man.. how come all top school at bukit timah????

Congrats to workers party for winning a new seat,it warms the cockles of my heart.

Thank god that the PAP still has this kind of standard. After watching the east coast plan and other PAP members, im glad that we still have people like minister Vivian. Thank you for your service to Singapore as always :) Not to forget Jamus, who handled the debate soo well. Singapore is a small country, we need people like them to represent us in the international community :)

Vivian Balakrishnan 👏👏👏

A POTENTIALLY, PROMINENTLY, SINCERITY, VIGILANTLY FAVOR OUR SINGAPORE PRECIOUS , THANKS GREATLY .

this time!!! eliminate pap

Jamus da man!

Thank you Mr Lee and the team.🇸🇬👍

As a social worker, whatever is said by Dr Vivian, I dont see it on the ground. Whatever he says is not reflective on the ground at all. And this is 4 years (post GE2020) and the same problems exists. There is a mismatch between what is promised in terms of policy outcomes versus what happens in reality. The crux of the issue is that the PAP government does'nt solve problems, nor do they divert resources to coming up with solutions to tackle the root cause of the issue. All they are good at is treating the symptoms of their ill informed policies, policies that simply do not work in this day and age. The sentiments that I have had on the ground, through the thousands of hours spent doing home visits, hospital visits etc, is that the majority of the lower income and disadvantaged in society, usually not very well educated, express the same sentiments and greviances that all opposition members talk about. If Singaporeans are sick and tired of the status quo and the mediocrity of life here in Singapore, may I suggest voting for the opposition (WP/SDP/PSP). I say this because the opposition has a grip on reality. They don't do the ground work just for fun, but rather, are interested in coming up with solutions and alternative policies that work for the people. Singapore needs major reform, and reform starts with voting for the people/party to enact a cultural shift in the way we do things, not voting for a government that is only interested in bossting the economy while hurting its citizens. Singapore needs major reform, before citizenship loses its meaning.

I would love to watch JT, Indranee and TCH debating the opposition parties.

Some people don't seem to understand is that Singapore without foreign PMET will be like Batam and all MNC will just relocate to other hubs. This is really, really good news for Shanghai, HK, and other potential hubs. Don't blame your joblessness on the government.

i want see how tiny-space-josephine do in a debate.

Perfect Live Debate CSJ, Dr Jamus n LT vs HSK Can we have that ?

Minister Vivian bala Krishnan spar 3 by 1 . Very confident Man.

Dear Mr Balakrishnan, we are behind you giving you our full support. We can feel your constant dedications for Singapore. As our Minister for Foreign Affairs, you represent us very well. Please ignore those absurd remarks. Many thanks!

Please vote any opposition party except SDP. The 4Y1N policy is not the right path to take. The amount of taxes we would have to pay for the retrenchment benefits and monthly allowance for the elderly will be ridiculous considering that we are facing both an aging population and a declining birth rate. Furthermore, isn't CPF already giving the elderly hundreds of dollars a month? What is the difference between them?

I agreed that the psp ,adp and wp what they have said The ruling party has out of ideas

Many singaporean say, PAP bring in lot of FT to steal our jobs. Yes, they took our jobs and they offers higher pay than us, but some say because save money hired cheaper FT. Been working at 5 small design agency company, all of them has hired FT (with work pass), and PR. All FT colleagues I work with really has Skill and their design skill and knowledge really better than me, that i really envy them! and their salary also 2 to 3 times higher than me. Which I really need to improve myself and learn more to able to fight for more pay! About 2 years ago, I was ask to auto resign, as my skill was the so-so only compare to my 2 colleagues who is both a work pass holder and due to bad economic. The worst is I make my company lost 2 important clients! After that i decided to work as freelance, while I upgrade my skills and see if any course can attend as well as while looking for full-time job. anyway, I'm still "jobless for full-time job", due to too picky on working location (dislike ulu place like Tai Seng, Kallang, macpherson etc...) For the pass 2 years i realise there was job available but due to lack of too many skills, i was unable to apply job plus too picky. That was why, I will still support PAP although some of their politics I do not agree! Because I know where is my problem for being jobless for yrs, it was my fault. As for opposition party, I only like WORKER PARTY... as they are the only standard and capable among the rest of the opposition party! They always choose the right person to join them. For me, ... Only PAP and worker party can rule SG. Only both can WINS! The rest of party... I'm speechless... they only busy create FAKE NEWS.. to bring down PAP! The other opposition party should learn more from WORKER PARTY. I support PAP! I may not be supporting Worker Party but I'm satisfied with their performance!

There we have it, everybody should be feeling very comforted now that Vivien had assured us once again that pap will leave no one behind, they will do like they always had done, focused on uplifting EVERYONE, and they want to create JOBs. Actually, I must say for a moment, I did felt comforted. He sounds so sincere and loves his mellow voice too. But wait a minute, wasn't that what pap had told us the last election, and the one before that, and the one before that too, come to think of it. How come they had to keep saying it if they are already done. So obviously it is not done. maybe they had tried and it cannot be done. But wait, cannot be done after the last 20 years? come on! Maybe they are saying it because this is election time ya, but never really intended to do it. Nahhhh, they all sound so sincere, surely they want to do it right. So maybe they want but don't know how to, but that is unlikely since they are all scholars and being paid millions. Aiyah, I have only primary education, not very smart.....your guys come to your own conclusion lah. But one thing I am quite certain though, by this time next year and pap is till running this country without oppositions, those poor old folks will still be salvaging for paper cartons and wiping tables but may feel happier after being uplifted by Vivien and his team. Those retrenched and unemployed will still be looking for a job but they will feel better knowing that the gov is working very hard to create jobs. Those PMETs will be ever so grateful to drive Grab and deliver food to those working in the Madras of Singapore, the very people whom the gov had invited to take over their jobs. As for me, I am happy to know that my CPF is growing in value under the good hands of the gov who has been extra careful not to let anyone touch it. I am so glad I am so much better off than people in our neighboring countries. I am so relieved to know that my gov promised not to leave me behind, less I fall through the cracks. It's so incredible, they are now promising not to let me walk alone. Wait, I wonder who are they sending to walk with me......next week I want to go to the wet market...... wonder if that person will hold my hands, I feel more secured that way. So Guys, vote hor....vote so that you have job and feel uplifted ok don't worry, you don't need to walk alone, they promised. They are so sincere cant you feel it......can believe them lah. So happy now, someone will come to walk with me to the wet market. I so love our gov, always have good promises!

The time has come for opposition to handle... PAP not interesting n exciting anymore...

4:23 is what you're looking for. You're welcome.

And sometimes I wonder why it takes an election for PAPa to reach the masses in a down to earth way, to create a clear understanding - but then again Vivian is one of the better communicators around. Glad he is foreign minister. Why never debate monthly on TV ? Debate creates critical thought and ultimately better understanding. Janus was good - very very good also - and classmates say squeaky squeaky great guy CSJ - matured alot since 10 years ago and alot of substance as well.

I am a p5 kid and what they say we do not spent enough money on school so not true when I go school I have a time of my life meeting friends and studying but the teacher are very strict but for students after a long time they understand why so hope they do not go with that lie

Alot job being discrimination... When Singaporean go for upgrade future skill.. Still not recognised... When ft use mild degrees able the job... That prove skillfuture useless

Maintaining well-functioning system is essential to avoid any problems or unstability that might occurred in the near future. But I do believe that in democracy, everyone's voice should be heard. Give the opposition parties to present themselves in the Parliament and later you will know to what extent their promises, manifestos or even their promises made during GE will be fulfilled. If they perform well, you might as well give them more chances during next GE and it can serve as effective check and balance in managing the country. As some said, absolute power corrupts. If they failed to adhere to their promises and plans, you replace them with more committed and hardworking, ready to serve candidate. Best of luck to all Singaporeans for your General Election! -Just my 2 cents from as an outsider, Peace!

6:35 The same guy who criticised another MP of being “from a lousy school”. What a hypocrite.

Dr Chee - the best is yet to be

Designated drivers wearing Green Berets to send the drunkards home after the parties. No one gets left behind.

Ya job job jobs. I get 1800 salary and be quota for company.

So will Singaporeans dare to vote for Opposition to bring into Parliament?

Excuse me, after working for 30 years, you still expect me to work. Surgeons hand also shake already, older nurses will be dying on top of patients........

I skipped listening to the man-in-white..... I only paid attention to the other 3.

Dr Chee look like he has the magic wand to change everything.

employment ? when go to work ... it is more FT than locals . how to work only get bullied !!!

Jobs, jobs, jobs.... for whom???

Im Glad That The opposition Spoke for Singaporeans

Mr. Balakrishnan u deserve your salary.i will make an appointment through Vikram Nair to meet you. I am an acsian

"Majority of people are actually 3rd world citizen from the viewpoint of poverty" - PSP Our forefathers actually lived in the 3rd world in real poverty, not us. In terms of assets and money, they were really in the 3rd world. But their 3rd world mentality was work hard (as long as there were jobs for them with any salary as long as they could put bread on the table for the family), spend only what they had and save up for the future rainy days & accumulate wealth by constant effort for the next generation. Today, we, most of us, are in the 1st world in terms of assets and money. But our first world mentality is work less (with minimum salary of $1300 to be regarded as "dignified vocation") & retire early, spend more that you have and live for here and now. We have more but we are less happy. I think the problem is not poverty in SG. Neither is it lack of jobs or minimum wage. We are constantly discontent and growing in greed. Moreover, we feel entitled to live a good life without our forefathers' 3rd world mentality. A deadly combination in SG today would be having a 3rd world assets with this type of first world mentality. They will never get out of poverty.

Vivian just bla bla bla away... What the heck is he talking about?! Alot of BS

The truth is a lot of SMEs are not contribute enough to Singapore's success, but big enterprises especially global enterprises. Why? because Singapore itself is a very small market! You want more jobs opening from those global enterprises to local ？ The correct direction of a good party is to allocate more funding to educations and skill-up schema! PAP's direction is so correct! Those opposition parties only argue for more subsidy which is very poor vision.

Great answers by the Minister

PAP has tangible plans to improve the situation. All 3 opposition parties spent most of their airtime talking about the problem (which everyone knows) or criticising PAP's plans without clearly articulating their own. it is clear who we can trust to deliver

Vivian B didnt mke significant contribns to improving the social welfare of the poor whn he was minstr at social dvelopmt,youth n sports. Maybe now he had a change of heart for the poor, but we had wasted many years until his successors finally started to build more childcare ctres, n better schemes to help poor families.

The with holding of cpf money is a good way to keep people work longer. And of course jobs jobs jobs.... or rather career for foreigners. No minimum wage? Health care system? Housing? And a whole lot of issues that revolve around high $$ that we do know who allows it to be kept at that high cost level. Then a great word choice Subsidy that “absorbs” those cost which are paid using one of the cpf components and tax payers money. All these money ultimately paid to a private company or public entities who collects billions of dollars directly from cpf. These really needs some disinfectant and cleaning.

These are extraordinary times..and such times call for special initiatives. One such step should be to introduce compulsory retirement at 60 Years or less. This will open of 1000s of jobs and new young personnel ( twice or thrice the number of those retired ) can be employed. These retirees have already made their nest eggs and are now conflating their productivity levels.

Welfare state would promote complacency, I prefer the current meritocracy system and a pragmatic govt. Study hard, get scholarship and into a good uni, graduate with honors and a get a decent job. I have many friends and colleague who followed this path and are living comfortably in Singapore. These are my observations from those living in poverty: Neglected their education, drug abuse, no proper family, no financial planning, nitpick on jobs, laziness to upgrade themselves with new skills etc

PAP always.

Where is my comment?

Biggest mistake to send Yuen Kin Peng, should have send people like the Leong Mun Wai, bright eye, energetic. Yuen Kin Peng give the ah peh vibe, complaining and lumbering. And even then he had 41.4%.

As usual, Vivian is all airs & without actually answering any qns. He's still adament in the pap's wrong ways of doing things

mostly for Singaporean married forener cannot get works ....evertyng much have PR ....because some forener stay at Singapore 17 years like Singapore. Bout still hold long term visit pass ..every years we celebration at Singapore immigration. We so tired every years like this .... my children ready big ready ....when we apply PR always rejected very sad:( :(

Why fix ...when u did not have to....room for improvement.....if the opposition really care about Singapore and her people...improve.... Don't need to be in office. Unless all u want is voted in to that seat in parliament.....power !!! R u ?

To Opposition - obviously...have never seen a " dae xiang pi " 🤣🤣🤣

WAO! 150k monthly

Good at talking but little contributions to show. If VB gets elected again, hope he wont get posted to education, health, MOM, defence, home affairs or social welfare. Post him to NEA or transprt ministry.

VB should be made as our DPM.. well-articulated response to the floor

As much as people are impressed with Jamus for some reason, I don't get the appeal??? He talks with a put-on accent (not american nor singaporean) and words like "fora" instead of the more colloquial term forums and "warm the cockles of my heart", body gestures that are jumpy and shaky, comes across as a really shallow person to me. With regards to his arguments, he contradicts himself?? With policies like Minimum Wage (Equality of outcome) and talking about wanting to achieve Equality of Opportunity.... I see him as a confused person... just talking for the sake of talking, with no real values or beliefs he is supposed to be fighting for?

Spoke with some elderies, they actually preferred to work. They said they rather work for a few hours because there's cpf, can talk to friends and colleagues, and more importantly can earn a salary. It is only your views that you think these elderies are sufferring, but there are also many who CHOSE to work despite having the means not to. For a stable and properous country, I'll definitely choose our current goverment.

Help with lots of constituency stagnant n uplift with with dtu

I like how peaceful this debate and i feel like there could be unity to unlike in ny country that the debate is pretty much bias by the media now i know the reason why singapore is continue to rise

There is no poor people in S'pore. Savings began in the 60's, as long as you are working CPF contributions starts.

we no money ....we need works jobs for part time so we can take care our children ....I hope news government also attention for married forener

Why does it seems like dr bala want to lure lim to pap

The whole world is laughing at Singapore. This silly debate is so ridiculous. Why restrict the speaker one and half minute? It's too short and look at the moderator stopping everyone abruptly. Clownish.

Agree... there's alot of cash schemes being introduced by our current government but there's alot of criteria to be fulfilled before we can get those cash scheme and the documents that we must show and even wait for months for it to be approved. Soooooo...??

I still find Dr Vivian's words has more wisdom...

very sad for elderly much works seport them time to relax

Everything said and done...PAP is gona win again...lol...unless you take this to the streets..nothing is going to change in singapore..

Actually no one owes us a living tbh. was brought up to be independent and find ways to have savings, plan and set aside money. Be wise with the planning and make sure you have something to eat even when you are left alone. If a person squanders and yolo off all the money and at the end of the day, comes back and blame that he has low-income (when he didn't strive or work hard to get a job) and say how come no support.. Always gotta sow first before reaping right? Reaping from other people's land also not nice right? Unless all had agreement the hardworking farmers are willing to give to the lazybums. No talking about those very cham profile eg people who met with tragedies type(that's another group to study.) but talking about those leeches.

I wld prefer SDP Prof Paul Tambyah instead of Chee Soon Juan at this debate. He's the one I really want to have as MP in Parliament. 🙏

jamus was amazing. other two opposition were terrible.

While Dr Chee has a point, he did not really answer the question on how SDP can help people who have been left behind...

Hey Juan these top schools have been in Bukit timah before u attended school. Balakrishnan u are a good product of ACS.an,acsian like ,,çhiam see tong but Juan??????

Forward to Chee' 10mil debate. If it's false, the new media should remove and clarify it. Even i whom rely on the new or external news sources, told me that Singapore is gunning/looking for 10mil. Hinting or not.

Singapore shall be matured enough to represent national global economy, kept on maintence the Singapore standards from public secured, safe, clean, healthy, friendly environment, all levels trusted and honest to be respected with long life learning and improved together, more saving for lower class, less gambling, our Singapore dollar currency continue stay strong globally stables for tradings and infrastrueture supply chain actively good with standard services, remain first class Gardens-City, clean & green environment UV (Universal Design) developed. Less expensive more saving toward the lower class workers, boost and recover tourists business, filled up generations gaps of retraining to replace important tasks management and skills.

think the opposition have squandered the opportunity. Rofl. As usual.

vivian being his usual arrogant self🙄

PAP - won this hands down. The opposition has nothing much to say but repeating the cliches and trying to drag themselves to the time.

3v1 - what kind of debate is this?

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"the best form of welfare is a job" doesn't get more Orwellian than that LOL

Malaysian MP never debate like this

Pp

why pap is 5 min but opposition is 1.5 mins