03/07/2026
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The lighting was not great, but the warmth of the people’s welcome more than made up for it. Last night, a team from RDU North visited the Kebun Baru Market and Food Centre.
You would expect that a place called Kebun Baru Market and Food Centre would be in Kebun Baru SMC. But strangely, it is in . I suppose this is one of the quirks of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee. In Singapore politics, even geography sometimes needs an explanation.
From the start, people were curious about us. Several asked if the election was coming already. Some were surprised to see us because they said they had just voted six months ago. Actually, the last GE was more than a year ago, but I can understand how time can become relative in our minds, especially when politics is treated as something that comes and goes only during elections.
Others told us that Ang Mo Kio was Lee Hsien Loong’s stronghold. Some said they did not even remember who the other MPs in the constituency were. I believe this proves the point that the PAP uses the power of incumbency and the familiarity of its Ministers to get lesser-known people elected into Parliament under their coattails.
This is not democracy at its best. This is machinery. This is what happens when political power, state familiarity, and electoral boundaries all begin to work in favour of one dominant party.
One older man told us that since the Workers' Party contested there in 2006, there had not been an acceptable opposition party in Ang Mo Kio that many could vote for. He welcomed us and told us that he follows RDU on social media. He said RDU was a party people could rally behind.
He also suggested that Ang Mo Kio is not unwinnable. He pointed out that about 10,000 registered voters did not vote in the last election, and that around 3% of voters spoiled their votes. Such informed voters are an exception, and I am not sure if he is representative of the ground. But I was glad to receive his nod of approval.
And to those who ask, why Ang Mo Kio, the answer is simple. Since the last GE, we have changed our approach to ground work. We are not building a party that appears only when elections are near, shakes a few hands, takes a few photos, and disappears again.
Right now, Red Dot United has two divisions where a few constituencies are clustered together. RDU West covers Jurong Central, Jurong East-Bukit Batok, Bukit Gombak and Holland-Bukit Timah. RDU North covers Nee Soon, Kebun Baru, Yio Chu Kang, Ang Mo Kio and Marymount.
We have decentralised the party’s operations. The two divisions have enough autonomy to decide on their own activities, build their own rhythm, and respond to the ground as they see fit. I believe this is the best way to grow the party, stay relevant, and ultimately serve the people.
RDU is a growing movement. We are building our own machinery, not from incumbency, state familiarity, or inherited advantage, but from people who believe that politics must belong to citizens too. This work takes time. It takes discipline. It takes people who are prepared to walk the ground, listen properly, organise seriously, and stay the course even when there is no election around the corner.
If you believe Singapore needs an opposition party that is serious about the ground, then join us. Volunteer with us. Walk with us. Help us build the machinery that ordinary citizens deserve.
Do not just ask for a better opposition.
Help build one. Just drop us a DM at 88064365 and we'd be happy to talk more.
