A new book co-authored by political historian Loke Hoe Yeong and a member of Singapore's Workers' Party details the party's seven-decade history, from its 1957 founding by David Marshall through the Jeyaretnam and Low Thia Khiang eras to its current leadership under Pritam Singh. The book also includes personal accounts of GE2025, where the party fielded its 'best-ever slate,' and highlights the role of volunteers. The author, who ran in East Coast GRC, announced his retirement from politics after the election but will remain in the party.
, a book about the journey that Singapore ’s most significant opposition party took that led to last year’s General Election . Mr Yee’s new book was co-written with the political historian Loke Hoe Yeong, who also collaborated with him on The launch at Book Bar was hosted by Assoc Prof Walid J. Abdullah from Nanyang Technological University and was streamed live on his“The book looks at the rise of the WP to its current position as Singapore ’s leading opposition party, the struggles it has gone through over the past nearly seven decades, and insights into GE2025 where the Party fielded its ‘best-ever slate of candidates,’” Mr Yee wrote in a social media post.
According to the new book’s chapters, it delves into the history of the WP going back to 1957, the year it was founded by David Marshall, and goes into the Jeyaretnam years, the leadership of Low Thia Khiang, and its present situation under current secretary-general Pritam Singh. Mr Yee also shares a personal account of GE2025, the fourth time he was fielded as a candidate.
The WP slate at East Coast GRC, which he helmed, lost to the PAP team headed by Edwin Tong, which won almost 60% of the votes. After the election, he announced that he would be retiring from politics, but added that he would stay in the WP. One interesting feature in the book is a section on the party’s volunteers, with chapters titled “Powered by Volunteers,” “From Volunteer to Candidate,” and “Inside the GE War Room.
” In a recent social media post, Mr Yee posted a photo of himself with two-time WP candidate and CEC member Nathaniel Koh. He shared that Mr Koh had met his wife, with whom she shares two sons, while she was volunteering with the party.
In a review of the book, the veteran journalist and editor PN Balji wrote that it is “a good read for those who want to know a bit more of the heartbeat of a political party that has impressed with its staying power in elections and its impressive record of recruiting younger and promising fighters to do battle in elections. I am glad the authors have made the book topical with last-minute additions on the government’s effort to pull Pritam Singh through the mud with accusations of lying and taking away his Leader of Opposition post.
This book will definitely add to the growing public desire to know more of a party that holds its cards close to its chest. ” /TISG"Singapore has everything you need in a country: good food, efficient, clean, 0 crime, great for business, nice location, etc... but it's missing something. Maybe some danger, maybe some soul," wro... Mdm Ho posted about Jan Koum, the coder and co-founder of WhatsApp.
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