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MPs Ting Ru and Dennis attended a community event at the Handle Bar at Gillman Barracks over the weekend, where residents from neighbouring estates, nature-lovers and friendly doggos partook in a lively public dialogue on the proposed redevelopment of Gillman Barracks and Maju Forest.
We have filed questions on the subject for August’s Parliament sitting, including
- how public consultations are made, including timelines and selection criteria for stakeholders
- projected housing demand for the proposed sites
- how the redevelopments inform the Government’s climate adaptation plans
- relocation support for arts & culture tenants at Gillman Barracks
- the consideration of alternative sites including brownfields and ageing low-rise estates
Tune in to Parliament on 4 August for the Government’s response!
In the meantime, the public is invited to share their feedback with HDB on the Gillman Barracks and Sunset Way redevelopment by 6 August, 6 PM ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/EIAaug26
#wpsg #workingforsingapore #environment
We have filed questions on the subject for August’s Parliament sitting, including
- how public consultations are made, including timelines and selection criteria for stakeholders
- projected housing demand for the proposed sites
- how the redevelopments inform the Government’s climate adaptation plans
- relocation support for arts & culture tenants at Gillman Barracks
- the consideration of alternative sites including brownfields and ageing low-rise estates
Tune in to Parliament on 4 August for the Government’s response!
In the meantime, the public is invited to share their feedback with HDB on the Gillman Barracks and Sunset Way redevelopment by 6 August, 6 PM ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/EIAaug26
#wpsg #workingforsingapore #environment
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Are local brands disappearing faster than they can survive? Tell us how you've been impacted by the closure of our local businesses!
If this spoke to you, stay tuned to parliament sessions next week (4-5 August) where we will raise a motion titled, "An Economy of the Future that Works For All".
Learn more here:
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If this spoke to you, stay tuned to parliament sessions next week (4-5 August) where we will raise a motion titled, "An Economy of the Future that Works For All".
Learn more here:
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Are your tax dollars being spent properly? We will be asking questions on the lapses reported by the Auditor-General's Office in Parliament this week (4-5 August).
Learn more here:
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Learn more here:
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#wpsg #workingforsingapore #parliament
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"WP has no big proposals." Well there you go!
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"If we truly believe that this is a changed world, then our policies must change with it." - MP Kenneth Tiong on the Motion, "An Economy of the Future that Works for All"
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"While not every job can be protected, every worker deserves protection." - MP Pritam Singh on the Motion, "An Economy of the Future that Works for All"
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𝐖𝐏 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
Every nation has a founding story, and ours begins not with conquest or celebration, but with a storm. As the Sejarah Melayu has it, when Sang Nila Utama’s ship was caught in violent seas off Temasek, he did not hesitate to cast his crown into the waves. In that moment, he understood that leadership was not about preserving symbols of power, but protecting the people entrusted to his care. Whether history or legend, the story has endured because it reminds us that Singapore’s journey began with sacrifice for the common good. We are strongest when we place our shared future above individual claims, and our people above all else.
As our nation enters its 61st year of independence, we are mindful that the world is changing and that we are navigating choppy seas. No captain can control the winds, and no family can single-handedly shield itself from economic storms. Geopolitical pressures and economic uncertainty have raised costs and made everyday life more difficult for many Singaporeans. That is why strong safety nets matter—not merely as temporary lifebuoys in moments of crisis, but as structural supports that give every family the confidence to weather difficult times with dignity. We must be judged not by how well we reward those already secure, but by how steadfastly we ensure that no one is left behind when the waters turn rough.
But no ship reaches its destination through the efforts of its captain alone. Every member of the crew contributes their skill and labour. Our economy is no different. All workers deserve wages that reflect the value of their work and workplaces that offer fairness and dignity. Singaporeans who are retrenched should receive meaningful support both before and after retrenchment—not merely to retrain, but to sustain, reskill with proper guidance with the assurance that opportunities will exist for them.
Similarly, no nation navigates through unpredictable waters through the efforts of one generation alone. The Singapore we inherit was built on the sacrifices of pioneers who laboured with little certainty but immense resolve. We honour them not only by celebrating their achievements, but by caring for those who need our help today: supporting caregivers, ensuring lower-income Singaporeans can enjoy dignity in their later years, and enabling persons with disabilities to flourish as integral members of our community. Every Singaporean should know that they are valued and that no one must navigate life’s journey alone.
Ultimately, our character is revealed not only through policies, but through everyday acts of kindness: neighbours caring for one another, essential workers persevering through heat and rain, and volunteers strengthening their communities. Singapore is strongest when all who call it home, whatever their background, recognise our common responsibility to one another.
All of us, including our fellow Singaporeans - regardless of race or religion - who have recently taken up citizenship, but enjoined as fellow Singaporeans with the red passport, are empowered to play a part in strengthening our nation. Collectively, we are RSS Singapore.
As we celebrate another National Day, let us remember that our strength rests on how each of us cares for our shared destination. Diverse voices and different political perspectives do not weaken Singapore when expressed with respect and common purpose.
The Workers’ Party will continue to play its role as a loyal and constructive opposition—offering ideas, asking difficult questions, and advancing policies that improve the lives of all Singaporeans.
To all Singaporeans, wherever you may be, I wish you and your loved ones a very Happy National Day.
- Pritam Singh, Secretary-General
For other languages, please visit www.wp.sg/news/workers-party-national-day-message-2026
Every nation has a founding story, and ours begins not with conquest or celebration, but with a storm. As the Sejarah Melayu has it, when Sang Nila Utama’s ship was caught in violent seas off Temasek, he did not hesitate to cast his crown into the waves. In that moment, he understood that leadership was not about preserving symbols of power, but protecting the people entrusted to his care. Whether history or legend, the story has endured because it reminds us that Singapore’s journey began with sacrifice for the common good. We are strongest when we place our shared future above individual claims, and our people above all else.
As our nation enters its 61st year of independence, we are mindful that the world is changing and that we are navigating choppy seas. No captain can control the winds, and no family can single-handedly shield itself from economic storms. Geopolitical pressures and economic uncertainty have raised costs and made everyday life more difficult for many Singaporeans. That is why strong safety nets matter—not merely as temporary lifebuoys in moments of crisis, but as structural supports that give every family the confidence to weather difficult times with dignity. We must be judged not by how well we reward those already secure, but by how steadfastly we ensure that no one is left behind when the waters turn rough.
But no ship reaches its destination through the efforts of its captain alone. Every member of the crew contributes their skill and labour. Our economy is no different. All workers deserve wages that reflect the value of their work and workplaces that offer fairness and dignity. Singaporeans who are retrenched should receive meaningful support both before and after retrenchment—not merely to retrain, but to sustain, reskill with proper guidance with the assurance that opportunities will exist for them.
Similarly, no nation navigates through unpredictable waters through the efforts of one generation alone. The Singapore we inherit was built on the sacrifices of pioneers who laboured with little certainty but immense resolve. We honour them not only by celebrating their achievements, but by caring for those who need our help today: supporting caregivers, ensuring lower-income Singaporeans can enjoy dignity in their later years, and enabling persons with disabilities to flourish as integral members of our community. Every Singaporean should know that they are valued and that no one must navigate life’s journey alone.
Ultimately, our character is revealed not only through policies, but through everyday acts of kindness: neighbours caring for one another, essential workers persevering through heat and rain, and volunteers strengthening their communities. Singapore is strongest when all who call it home, whatever their background, recognise our common responsibility to one another.
All of us, including our fellow Singaporeans - regardless of race or religion - who have recently taken up citizenship, but enjoined as fellow Singaporeans with the red passport, are empowered to play a part in strengthening our nation. Collectively, we are RSS Singapore.
As we celebrate another National Day, let us remember that our strength rests on how each of us cares for our shared destination. Diverse voices and different political perspectives do not weaken Singapore when expressed with respect and common purpose.
The Workers’ Party will continue to play its role as a loyal and constructive opposition—offering ideas, asking difficult questions, and advancing policies that improve the lives of all Singaporeans.
To all Singaporeans, wherever you may be, I wish you and your loved ones a very Happy National Day.
- Pritam Singh, Secretary-General
For other languages, please visit www.wp.sg/news/workers-party-national-day-message-2026
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Workers’ Party National Day Message 2026
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Thank you to our contributors for all the submissions. Happy National Day to all 🇸🇬
🎶: I Will Walk With You - Linying (our pick for the NDP song, if it were up to us ❤️)
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The National Day Rally family package is a meaningful move.
It puts more public support behind the years of raising a child, gives children the same baseline support regardless of birth order, expands childcare leave, lowers preschool fees and provides more help to first-timer families.
This is a welcome step.
The National Population and Talent Division (NPTD) has said that child-directed benefits in the new package will extend across family circumstances. That principle should guide the wider support that shapes stability for single-parent families.
Parents also need to be able to use the new leave arrangements in real workplaces, without losing ground in their careers.
There is a connection here to the Baby Bonds proposal I raised in Parliament earlier this year: a proposal for a universal invested grant for all Singapore children at birth. Moving towards a common baseline of public support for children is a real step towards a fairer start for all young Singaporeans, regardless of background or income status.
Sources:
National Population and Talent Division, Marriage & Parenthood Measures at National Day Rally 2026:
https://www.population.gov.sg/marriage-parenthood-measures-at-national-day-rally-2026/
CNA, NPTD clarification on child-directed support and family circumstances:
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ndr-2026
My COS speech on Baby Bonds:
https://andrelow.sg/speeches/baby-bonds
The National Day Rally family package is a meaningful move.
It puts more public support behind the years of raising a child, gives children the same baseline support regardless of birth order, expands childcare leave, lowers preschool fees and provides more help to first-timer families.
This is a welcome step.
The National Population and Talent Division (NPTD) has said that child-directed benefits in the new package will extend across family circumstances. That principle should guide the wider support that shapes stability for single-parent families.
Parents also need to be able to use the new leave arrangements in real workplaces, without losing ground in their careers.
There is a connection here to the Baby Bonds proposal I raised in Parliament earlier this year: a proposal for a universal invested grant for all Singapore children at birth. Moving towards a common baseline of public support for children is a real step towards a fairer start for all young Singaporeans, regardless of background or income status.
Sources:
National Population and Talent Division, Marriage & Parenthood Measures at National Day Rally 2026:
https://www.population.gov.sg/marriage-parenthood-measures-at-national-day-rally-2026/
CNA, NPTD clarification on child-directed support and family circumstances:
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ndr-2026
My COS speech on Baby Bonds:
https://andrelow.sg/speeches/baby-bonds
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-KENNETH TIONG-
[Response to Senior Minister Shanmugam]
I have read Senior Minister Shanmugam's comments.
I wholeheartedly agree with him that racism has no place in our society. The comments about the Singaporeans missing in Nepal are shameful, and so are the attacks on anyone's motives because of their ethnicity. I condemn them without reservation. Our hearts go out to the victims of the Nepal disaster and to the families waiting for news.
I have always said this. Once a person has taken the oath of citizenship, they are part of the Singaporean family and the nation. Any attempt to draw a dividing line between the native-born and the naturalised will fail. It will fail because that is not in the culture or history of this country. More importantly, it will fail because it is morally wrong.
Because citizenship is what binds us to this country, we must be able to discuss questions of national interest without fear or favour. These are questions in the interest of all Singaporeans.
It is unfortunate that questions about the Air India deal have become entangled with racist comments that I condemn. My concerns were, and are, purely commercial. Let me put them simply.
First, the money. Air India lost more than S$3.5 billion last year. SIA's share of that loss was over S$800 million. Air India is now asking its shareholders for another US$1.5 billion, and its own chairman says the turnaround could take up to ten years. SIA has S$10.5 billion in cash against S$10.7 billion in debt, and Temasek owns half of SIA. SIA can afford this call. The question is how many more there will be, and who pays when SIA cannot.
Second, we have seen this before. In 2020, when SIA needed money, Temasek backstopped its S$8.8 billion recapitalisation and Parliament approved hundreds of millions in wage and aviation support. Then-DPM Heng Swee Keat called SIA a strategic asset and said the Government would consider more direct support if necessary. That was the right call then. But it means the line between SIA's money and Singaporeans' money holds only until SIA runs out of it.
So it is only prudent for Singaporeans to ask: what happens if this deal goes bad? Will Temasek be the backstop? What will it mean for their taxes and their quality of life? Asking whether the reserves will underwrite a loss is not directing an investment. It is what Parliament exists to do. I will put these questions to the Government on 8 September.
Singaporeans are best served when we can hold two things at once: zero tolerance for racism, and hard questions about money. We should not let the two get mixed up. If we do, both causes suffer.
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[Response to Senior Minister Shanmugam]
I have read Senior Minister Shanmugam's comments.
I wholeheartedly agree with him that racism has no place in our society. The comments about the Singaporeans missing in Nepal are shameful, and so are the attacks on anyone's motives because of their ethnicity. I condemn them without reservation. Our hearts go out to the victims of the Nepal disaster and to the families waiting for news.
I have always said this. Once a person has taken the oath of citizenship, they are part of the Singaporean family and the nation. Any attempt to draw a dividing line between the native-born and the naturalised will fail. It will fail because that is not in the culture or history of this country. More importantly, it will fail because it is morally wrong.
Because citizenship is what binds us to this country, we must be able to discuss questions of national interest without fear or favour. These are questions in the interest of all Singaporeans.
It is unfortunate that questions about the Air India deal have become entangled with racist comments that I condemn. My concerns were, and are, purely commercial. Let me put them simply.
First, the money. Air India lost more than S$3.5 billion last year. SIA's share of that loss was over S$800 million. Air India is now asking its shareholders for another US$1.5 billion, and its own chairman says the turnaround could take up to ten years. SIA has S$10.5 billion in cash against S$10.7 billion in debt, and Temasek owns half of SIA. SIA can afford this call. The question is how many more there will be, and who pays when SIA cannot.
Second, we have seen this before. In 2020, when SIA needed money, Temasek backstopped its S$8.8 billion recapitalisation and Parliament approved hundreds of millions in wage and aviation support. Then-DPM Heng Swee Keat called SIA a strategic asset and said the Government would consider more direct support if necessary. That was the right call then. But it means the line between SIA's money and Singaporeans' money holds only until SIA runs out of it.
So it is only prudent for Singaporeans to ask: what happens if this deal goes bad? Will Temasek be the backstop? What will it mean for their taxes and their quality of life? Asking whether the reserves will underwrite a loss is not directing an investment. It is what Parliament exists to do. I will put these questions to the Government on 8 September.
Singaporeans are best served when we can hold two things at once: zero tolerance for racism, and hard questions about money. We should not let the two get mixed up. If we do, both causes suffer.
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[Response to Senior Minister Shanmugam]
I have read Senior Minister Shanmugam's comments.
I wholeheartedly agree with him that racism has no place in our society. The comments about the...
I have read Senior Minister Shanmugam's comments.
I wholeheartedly agree with him that racism has no place in our society. The comments about the...
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-HE TING RU-
In 2023, I asked if our community spaces could become “heat sanctuaries” during heatwaves.
Three years later, Singapore will have more than 300 cooling centres as part of our national heatwave response.
I’m very glad to see this idea reflected in policy, and more importantly, to see more support for residents who are especially vulnerable to extreme heat.
With the haze and hot weather we’ve been experiencing, let’s continue to look out for one another, especially our elderly neighbours and others who may be more vulnerable. Please seek help if you’re feeling unwell or finding it difficult to cope with the conditions. 🩵
Know more here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc3OsStAUxk
In 2023, I asked if our community spaces could become “heat sanctuaries” during heatwaves.
Three years later, Singapore will have more than 300 cooling centres as part of our national heatwave response.
I’m very glad to see this idea reflected in policy, and more importantly, to see more support for residents who are especially vulnerable to extreme heat.
With the haze and hot weather we’ve been experiencing, let’s continue to look out for one another, especially our elderly neighbours and others who may be more vulnerable. Please seek help if you’re feeling unwell or finding it difficult to cope with the conditions. 🩵
Know more here:
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-PRITAM SINGH-
The Workers' Party, Eunos division, Aljunied GRC - 20 Sep 2026
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The Workers' Party, Eunos division, Aljunied GRC - 20 Sep 2026
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Thanks to everyone whom we met during our Hammer Sales in Bedok Reservoir and Geylang Serai 🥰 We'll be visiting more places and we hope to see you!
💙🔨 #wpsg #wecontinue #workingforsingapore
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-ABDUL MUHAIMIN-
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to residents of Compassvale, Sengkang!
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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to residents of Compassvale, Sengkang!
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-GERALD GIAM-
What a lovely Mid-Autumn weekend with our residents! 🏮
It was wonderful to see families enjoying the food, games and lantern walk together.
A big thank you to our volunteers for making both celebrations possible. Hope everyone had a great time — Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 🌕
上个周末，我们与居民共庆中秋佳节！🏮
很高兴看到大家与家人欢聚一堂，一起享受美食、游戏和提灯游行。
特别感谢义工们的热心协助，让两场活动圆满举行。希望大家度过了一个愉快的夜晚，祝大家中秋节快乐！🌕
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What a lovely Mid-Autumn weekend with our residents! 🏮
It was wonderful to see families enjoying the food, games and lantern walk together.
A big thank you to our volunteers for making both celebrations possible. Hope everyone had a great time — Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 🌕
上个周末，我们与居民共庆中秋佳节！🏮
很高兴看到大家与家人欢聚一堂，一起享受美食、游戏和提灯游行。
特别感谢义工们的热心协助，让两场活动圆满举行。希望大家度过了一个愉快的夜晚，祝大家中秋节快乐！🌕
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