Chen Show Mao’s Rally Speech, Serangoon Stadium Rally, 8 Sep

Voters of Aljunied and fellow Singaporeans,

Selamat datang.  Terima kasih atas kehadiran anda.

Please allow me to begin in Chinese.

阿裕尼集选区的选民和新加坡的同胞们，大家好。

吴作栋前总理忙。常在阿裕尼出现。发表对邮轮和赌船的高论。他把未来比喻为乘搭游轮，行动党的游轮通往明确的目的地，而反对党的游轮则漫无目的。他给阿裕尼选民一些劝告。第一。候选人。这个劝告我完全同意。他说，应把票投给谦逊、真诚、勤奋和有诚信的候选人。。。。我赞成！第二。他说投票时要优先考虑自己的利益。这我也同意。但我要提醒大家。我们每一个人同时有多项利益。你考慮你的利益最好考慮你長期的利益。考慮你最重要最切身的利益。你必須記住，你的利益其實與很多新加坡人的利益，是捆綁在一起的。我們不都坐在同一艘船上嗎？吳作棟前總理說他不知道在野黨的船开向哪。我現在告訴你。你行动党的船向一个方向走•••未來十五年，新加坡人口六百九十万，经济成长从每年3至5巴仙变成每年2至3巴仙。我們工人党說船最好朝这边走•••人口少一百万，经济成长相应每年减少零点五巴仙。虽然比政府人口政策计划下的经济成长低一点，但我们认为它符合一般成熟经济体的增长率。再加上配套的政策，把新加坡公民占总人口的比例从政府预测的百分之五十五至少拉高到六十。我们觉得这方向更好。

可是我们也知道你受让任当船长，你在任期内有掌舵权。你开船。我们有义务提醒你方向应该调整，我们也有责任配合你让船能够平稳的行驶，安全的到岸。

阿裕尼的选民我们好。上次大选后，我和妻子
与小孩们一家人搬進阿裕尼我负责的巴耶里峇区。我也是阿裕尼的选民。阿裕尼的选民我们好。

四年前你把神圣的一票投给工人党, 帮助新加坡在民主建设的道路上向前迈出一步。谢谢你。这四年来，我们一起经历又克服了一项又一项的困难。让我们继续向前迈进－－ 掌握民权，把握未来。

Dear friends, welcome.
Dear voters of Aljunied:

I was saying in Chinese: four years ago, my wife, my children and I moved into Aljunied to live in the Paya Lebar ward that was under my charge. So I too am a voter of Aljunied.

Recently we have had lots of visitors, including ESM Goh Chok Tong who gave us some advice about how to cast our vote. First, the kind of candidates to vote for, and I agree with him on this. He said,
“When you vote for somebody, you must vote for a candidate whose values you appreciate – values like humility, sincerity, hard work, integrity, honesty,” he said. “They are very important”, and I agree.
Second, he said, “when you vote, you must look to your own interests.” I agree. Voters of Aljunied, you must look to your own interests. But each of us has multiple different interests and I’d like to remind you, remind us, that we should look to our long term interests. When we vote, let us look to our most fundamental and important interests. I’d also like to remind you that our most fundamental and important interests are intertwined with those of many other Singaporeans. So please, vote responsibly.

ESM Goh said that the good ship Singapore steered by the PAP has
a clear direction, and the ship steered by the opposition would be a gambling cruise ship adrift at sea.
Yes Captain, your ship is headed in one direction: in 15 years’ time, 6.9 million people in Singapore, 55% of them citizens, with  projected economic growth rates of 3 to 5% tapering to 2 to 3%. We’re saying, the ship should go in this direction: lower economic growth rates of just 0.5% less than your projections, but with one million fewer people in Singapore, and with at least 60% of them Singaporean citizens.
That’s the direction we’d like to go, but we understand that you are the captain during your term of government. It is your right to govern, to steer the ship. We have an obligation to tell you that we feel you are going in the wrong direction, but we also have a responsibility to work with you to ensure safe passage for all the passengers.

Dear voters of Aljunied,

Four years ago you entrusted the Workers’ Party with your vote, and helped Singapore take a step forward in strengthening its democratic institutions. Thank you.

In these four years, together we overcame obstacle after obstacle.  Let us continue on our journey. Empower your future.