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Vorbis Hardware
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This is a list of hardware of all categories, from PDAs to DVD players, that can play Ogg Vorbis files. Hopefully you can find what you want, if not, come back next week: several companies who can see the value and popularity of Vorbis are working to support it on their hardware. If you know of any other hardware or projects, please add them to the list. More hardware info can be found at vorbis hardware page.
Consumer products that support Vorbis natively
Portable Players
Flash Memory Storage
- iRiver's iFP-3xx (and higher model numbers)
- iRiver flash based players comes in many memory size (128MB to 1GB) and have various features like FM receiver and clock alarm.
- All the iRiver players from iFP-380T up to iFP-1090 should support Ogg/Vorbis playback.
- Some players may need an updated firmware in order to play Ogg/Vorbis files.
- Samsung YP-60V
- is a portable 256MB player, that comes with additional functions for athletes.
- Iops MFP-312, MFP-325, MFP-350
- Iops offers the MFP-300 series player with 128/256/512MB/1GB internal flash memory. They offer voice and FM radio recording whilst maintaining a lightweight portable size.
- Jens Of Sweden's MP-130
- MP-130 is a portable player with flash memory in 128/256/512MB sizes. This appears to be a rebranded Iops player.
- MPeye TS-400
- a flash player which comes in 256MB/512MB/1GB sizes, FM-receiver, colour display and yet to be translated features. An english comment is available
- Cowon's iAudio U2
- A small flash-based player (256MB/512MB/1GB) and supposed to get a firmware upgrade in the future to support Vorbis.
Harddisk Storage
- Neuros' Digital Audio Computer
- The Xiph.org Foundation has brought Vorbis playback to the Neuros Digital Audio Computer. See Digital Innovations' press release about the agreement. See the press release about the beta vorbis firmware. The final version will be more optimized.
- UPDATE: DI now fully supports Vorbis in firmware versions 1.45 and 2.x (available at their Support Updates page).
- The Neuros Synchronization Manager for Windows (available at the above link) now also fully supports the addition of Vorbis files to the Neuros. *nix users can use either Xiph.org's Positron or Sean Starkey's Java Neuros Database Manipulator, both of which provide full Neuros database support and other features.
- The new generation Neuros II is now available, in capacities of up to 80GB.
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- Rio's Karma, Carbon, Nitrus
- The Rio Karma is a portable player with a harddisk of 20 GB. It can decode MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC. USB 2.0 is used to connect to PCs, but a docking station is also included which offers ethernet and RCA line-out support.
- The Rio Nitrus is a portable player with a hardisk of 1.5 GB.
- The Rio Carbon is a portable player with a hardisk of 5 GB.
- IGN have written preview and review articles about the Karma 20. Riovolution has a good Rio Karma forum and a nice gallery of Rio Karma pictures. The official product annoucement was reported in The Register and Slashdot; the Slashdot discussion included several informative comments from a Rio employee.
- Note that firmware versions prior to 1.25 cause stability problems for some people. Version 1.25 of the firmware fixes these problems, and also contains some new features.
- mpio HD300
- mpio HD300 is an harddisk player that plays Ogg Vorbis. It's not listed on the manufacturer's website, but in an online shop.
- TEAC MP-1000 is an ultra-compact harddrive player with 1.5GB capacity and only 70g mass.
- TrekStore's iBeat 500
- The iBeat 500 is a portable harddisk player with 20 GB of storage. It supports MP3, WMA and Ogg Vorbis and uses USB 2.0 to connect to PCs. It has a FM radio and an in-built mic. It seems to be available only in Germany.
- Xclef's HD-800
- This is a harddisk player with 20/40/60 GB storage size, and can decode MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis and WAV. It has a FM radio and a mic for recording voice.
- Nextway's D Cube NHD-150D
- This player uses a small 1,5 GB harddisk and supports MP3, WMA and Ogg Vorbis. It connects trough USB 2.0 and can broadcast music through a FM sender.
- Safa HMP-110R
- A portable player with 1.5GB memory, FM-receiver, recording function, upgradeable firmware, etc.
- Cowon's iAudio M3
- The iAudio M3 is a portable harddisk player with either 20 or 40 GB of storage. It has a built-in FM radio and mic. It supports MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis and WAV and even FLAC with the newest firmware upgrade. See this IGN article for more info.
- iRiver's H1xx, H2xx (and higher model numbers)
- In September 2003, iRiver released a new announcementdetailing their plans for Vorbis playback. Now basically all current models support Ogg Vorbis playback.
- Currently, firmware upgrades are available for the iHP-100 and iHP-115 (only available in Korea?), 10Gb and 15Gb portable players. The iHP-120, a 20GB portable player, and the iHP-140, a 40GB version, supports Vorbis playback out of the box.
- IGN have reviews of the iHP-100 and iHP-120.
- The iGP-100, a 1.5Gb portable player, supports Vorbis, according to the FAQ, though no firmware upgrade appears to be required.
- Portable harddrive players with 10GB, 20GB, 40GB; H120, H140
Portable harddrive players with USB host function and colour display:H320, H340
Portable media players with Linux OS and harddrive: PMP-120 and PMP-140
CD players
- Freemax's FW-960
- This hardware manufacturer's new CD-R portable supports Ogg Vorbis playback out of the box. It will have 48 hours of WMA playback if an external battery pack (2 AA batteries) is used. In Korea, its retail price is 189,000 KRW, or approximately 160 USD.
- More information is available (in Korean) on the product page for the FreeMax FW-960.
- The FreeMax FW-960 is also known as the mpman MP-CD550.
- Samsung's MCD-CM600, YP-60V
- The MCD-CM600 is now available in Korea. It is a CD portable that can play Vorbis, MP3, and WMA. Page with photo of MCD-CM600. Closeup of MCD-CM600.
- Havin's Exonion HVC-400E, Princeton's Pocket Beat airCD
- The Havin HVC-400E, also known as the Princeton airCD is probably on sale in Japan since late November, 2003.
Static Players / Car Audio
- Slimdevice's Squeezebox
- a wireless streaming receiver, that plays Ogg Vorbis and FLAC amongst other formats with the help of it's open source server software: "SlimServer will automatically convert Ogg files to raw PCM on the fly for playback. On Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, the Ogg Vorbis decoder is included in SlimServer." Source
- PhatNoise's PhatBox,
- Kenwood's Music Keg ("Powered by PhatNoise")
- These are in-car players that are installed into the trunk of your car and hooked up to your car stereo. Both players run ARM-Linux and support playback of FLAC files. Beta firmware to support Ogg Vorbis is available at http://phatbox.sixpak.org/phatbox/ogg.phtml.
- KISS Technology's DVD player models (basically all)
- Except for one older model (the DP-330) all DVD/DivX players from Kiss can play Ogg Vorbis files from CD-Rs and CD-RWs (but reportedly have trouble with UTF-8 comments that aren't also ASCII), as well as DivX (but not DivX Vorbis).
- There are reportedly problems with some versions of the firmware (2.6.6 ≤ x < 2.7.1), where playback is awful for a bitrates greater than 128Kb/s.
- Kenwood's VRS-N8100, DVF-N7080
- The new line of networked hi-fi components are supposed to decode Ogg Vorbis over the Ethernet port: the A/V receiver VRS-N8100 and the DVD player DVF-N7080. They are available in Germany in September.
- I-O Data's AVeL LinkPlayer 2nd
- This piece of hardware is a DVD player and a HDTV streaming client. It supports MPEG-2, DivX, XviD and WMV9 (WMV HD), as audio tracks PCM, AC3, MP3, AAC, WMA and Ogg Vorbis. It can use ethernet, WLAN and USB 2.0 to connect to media. It is available in Japan from September.
- MP Sharp Technologies' Digital Jukebox
- The MPST Digital Jukebox is a Linux PC designed for audio playback and sold as a stereo component, which of course can play Vorbis.
- Hermstedt's Hifidelio
- The Hifidelio is a music server in hi-fi format and designed to produce high-quality sound. It uses a CD/DVD combo drive and can thus rip Audio-CDs and read from DVD-Rs, and is also able to burn CDs. It has an in-built 4-port ethernet switch, a WLAN interface, can connect to the iPod and other portable players through USB 2.0. It can connect to other Hifidelios through the UPnP/AV standard and to iTunes shares (iTunes shopping is a future feature). The songs are stored on the 80 GB harddisk. Supported formats for decoding are: MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, WMA, FLAC, WAV. The Hifidelio will be available from October, but for now it seems only in Germany.
- Umax/Yamada DVX-6600
- For the DVD/DivX player DVX-6600 a future firmware is supposed to be able to decode Ogg Vorbis.
- Neuston's Maestro DVX-1201
- This is a standalone DVD player that supports Vorbis.
Consumer products that support Vorbis via third-party software
- Many PalmOS 5 powered PDAs:
- Using NormSoft's Pocket Tunes software ($14.95, free 15-day trial), or AeroPlayer (free), many Palm-based PDAs should play Vorbis.
- According to the homepages of Pocket Tunes and AeroPlayer following devices are supported (can anyone confirm this?):
- PalmOne Treo 600
- PalmOne Tungsten T
- PalmOne Tungsten T2
- PalmOne Tungsten T3
- PalmOne Tungsten C
- PalmOne Tungsten E
- PalmOne Zire 31
- PalmOne Zire 71
- PalmOne Zire 72
- Sony CLIÉ UX50
- Sony CLIÉ TH55
- Sony CLIÉ TJ35
- Sony CLIÉ TJ37
- Tapwave Zodiac 1
- Tapwave Zodiac 2
- Garmin iQue
Many Windows Mobile/CE/NameOfTheMonth-powered PDAs can play Vorbis (e.g. with Conduits Pocket Player, $19.95, free evaluation available or the all free GSPlayer). Devices supported by Pocket Player:
- Asus MyPal
- Casio E-200
- Dell Axim
- HP Jornada 560
- NEC MobilePro P300
- Pocket PC Phone (T-Mobile)
- Toshiba e300
- Toshiba e740/e750
- Toshiba e755
- Toshiba Genio
- Sony Ericsson P800, P900 and P910i
- With Ogg Play from http://www.geocities.com/p800tools, you can play Ogg Vorbis.
- The Zaurus, a very flexible PDA which runs Linux, can play Vorbis files with a variety of software, including a plugin for the default media player, xmms, ogg123, mplayer, or theKompany.com's tkcPlayer.
- The GP32, an arm9tdmi portable console with much hackability (gcc3 toolchain, expandable memory), has a Vorbis player available.
Projects to support Vorbis
- Diasonic DHD-1000
- Looks like Diasonic is planning to introduce a portable 2GB harddrive player with USB host function and colour display. Source
- Their new players due out in July or August will support Ogg Vorbis playback out of the box, according to The Digital Times (Korean).
- Announced at IFA 2003 in Berlin, Nextway will be selling portables with USB host capabilities. It will have no memory of its own, but will use external memory/external readers to access smartmedia cards, memory sticks, compact flash, external HDDs, and more. Retail price is planned to be around 50,000 KRW, or approx. 42 USD. Vorbis firmware is planned to be released in November, according to Yohnap News Agency (Korean) and a Nextway news article (Korean).
- Mpman will be releasing a 1.5Gb 1″ HDD portable that can play Vorbis. There's no mention of it on the website, but an external preview is available. Looks like this Mpman is the same what Nextway distributes as DCube NHD-150D. It's questionable if they proceed in that matter, since Reigncom, the owner of Iriver, obtained Mpman. of the FreeMax FW-960.
- Apple iPod
- Independently of Apple, some people have µClinux (Linux for CPUs without MMUs) running on this. Right now, they are decoding Vorbis at 80% realtime, with hope for improvement.
- Frontier Labs are independently investigating the possibility of Ogg Vorbis support on the Nex IIe. Details are not known at the moment. The Nex iA is advertised as supporting "emerging formats such as Ogg Vorbis through firmware upgrades". At present, the available firmware upgrades do not provide Vorbis support.
- Pontis announced in the middle of 2002 that they would 'soon' release a firmware upgrade to allow their SP600 portable player to play Vorbis files. Unfortunately, after 18 months of silence, Pontis finally decided (in November 2003) that a firmware upgrade for the SP600 was not possible, due to CPU and memory constraints.
Vorbis in Silicon (non-consumer products)
- A hardware/software implementation with a good report showing how to make FPGAs and the like to decode Vorbis streams.
- FineArch, Inc. developed a hardware core and control software for decoding Vorbis. This technology can be integrated into portable players or cell phones, and since it runs at only 12MHz, it uses very little battery power. It supports files up to 64Kb/s, but could be scaled to 16MHz and 128Kb/s, at the expense of battery life. For more information, see FineArch's press release.
- MCS Logic creates single chip decoders that can play Ogg Vorbis. They supply the Vorbis decoding chips for Havin and Freemax.
- Telechips has developed the TCC72x, a single chip decoder that can play Vorbis. The TCC72x series is based on on an ARM940T core, and it is used widely in Korea for players such as Iops or MobiBlu.
- Tamul Multimedia manufactures decoding chips for Samsung. They claim they have Ogg Vorbis decoding firmware, according to The Digital Times (Korean).
- SigmaTel hasn't announced anything that we've heard, but we do like this quote:
"I talked to Deborah Clark, product marketing engineer for audio chipmaker Sigmatel out of Austin, Tex. She is the company's expert in audio decoders. She says there is a growing base of support for Ogg Vorbis. "We can't keep paying these high licensing fees for this. Manufacturers would flock to something that's free."
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What did you do to prepare for labour?
The birth of a baby is a profound and life-changing event. It marks the start of a brand new relationship founded in love. How this baby arrives in the world matters. Indeed, birth matters to women and it is matters to fathers. A positive birth experience increases the likelihood of a positive and long breastfeeding relationship. It also reduces the chance of the woman experiencing post traumatic stress (although, sadly, this can still happen even with a very positive birth experience).
How can women best prepare for labour? What can we do to give ourselves the best possible chance of a positive birth? This need not necessarily be a natural birth or a birth free of painkillers; but it should be a positive, informed and empowering birth.
What did you do to prepare for the birth of your baby? How did this help you on the day?
Here are some ways to prepare for labour which our forum members have previously shared:
- Information is key. Arm yourself with reliable information. Read respected birth preparation books such as Pregnancy for Dummies written by Jane Palmer our resident midwife. Talk to informed, positive people about birth. Interact on our Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond forum. Read the latest studies on topics such as: active labour, the possible risks of induction and the benefits of midwife-led care etc.
- Consider hiring a doula. A Doula is specially trained woman who supports a woman (and her partner) in pregnancy, labour and after the birth in order to help her have the experience that she hopes for. Studies have shown that having a doula reduces the likelihood of medical interventions in labour and even increases the chance of having a quicker labour.
- Consider having midwife-led care. Women who have midwife-led care have a greater likelihood of having a vaginal birth and a reduced likelihood of having medical interventions as well as a higher likelihood of achieving a successful start to breastfeeding.
- Find other women who have had positive birth experiences and ask them to share their birth stories with you as well as explaining what 'tips' helped them in labour. Women-to-women knowledge such as the comfort of a cool flannel (women can feel quite hot in labour) or the benefits of a scarf to shield your eyes under and create a personal space can make every difference.
- Take an antenatal preparation class. Consider carefully what type of class would be best for you and your partner. For example, do you want to have a Hypnobirth and would you like your antenatal class to also cover breastfeeding knowledge?
Please share your experiences here so that we can encourage each other to have the birth we hope for.
'The birth of a child is the ultimate perfection of human love.' (Dr. Grantly Dick-Read)Last edited by ljmarsden; 27th January 2014 at 07:23 AM.
18th April 2014 11:30 AM #2
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Great question......
I read everything I could on home births and midwifery. I also watched tons of positive home birth videos as well.
I surrounded myself with family and friends who believed in my decision to home birth.
I felt so empowered having everyone on board with my choices.
I gathered a music list to play during birth, collected candles and had a dear firend cook a cake while I was in labor as well as a nice meal.
So after birth we all enjoyed a lovely meal and amazing dessert.
Thanks again for bringing up a great thread!
18th April 2014 09:11 PM #3
Sounds like great birth preparation! I feel that it is so important to be surrounded by positive birth stories when you are a pregnant labour. We want to move ourselves as far away as possible from fear.
The meal and dessert sounds splendid too!
Warm wishes,


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For specs, scroll down a little to where it says Engine. It's got info on the 24v swap options for the E30. Please note: S50 US and S50 Euro are VERY different beasts! http://www.e30dohc.com/wiki/index.php?title=DOHC_Swap_Basics#What_Are_the_Required_Parts
How can someone figure out the power to weight ratio on 2 or more cars? Like the new M3 might weight 4500lbs (i have no idea) and 400hp but another car can be 2700lbs and 280hp how could someone tell on paper what is faster? This is something i've always wanted to know. Thanks
Yeah, but those aren't the only factors determining how quickly a vehicle can get to 60 or 100 mph, or whatever. Transmission and differential gear ratios, overall tire diameter, tire compound, available traction and road/track/course surface conditions, engine torque curve, etc.; an engine's hp measurement can also vary due to altitude and nominally, weather conditions. The car mag testers always have the issue of providing meaningful test results due to many varying factors. Results as a vehicle may come out-of-box are kinda interesting, in as much as that's what the mfg. is offering and reflects the makers choices to be in the marketplace and competitive. Unless a particular comparison is really apples-to-apples (say, something like the tires are the same type on all vehicles and tested in the same place at the same time, by the same people using consistent techniques), then small differences in accel. tests (1or 2 tenths of a second) I don't think are extremely significant. Generally of course, hp/weight ratios certainly can be an indicator of a vehicle's performance capabilities. Something that has 900hp and weighs 800lbs vs. something that weighs 5500lbs and has 218hp obviously would imply the first would get there quicker.
When i see cars like the M3 CSL, or Porsche GT2 with all the weight cutting i get shocked that it so extreme, like plastic windows, no ac, no stereo, foam steering wheel, etc. How much does a cd player weight? LOL. But at the end it is faster than the stock ones so i was trying to see how i can figure it out. (forgeting about getting detailed as the tires and altitude) I hope im not using the wrong term for what im trying to ask. Thanks.
It is pretty obvious that you can easily calculate power to weight ratios for any car. All you do is divide horsepower by vehicle weight. This will result in a decimal, though, so many magazines report weight divided by horsepower. The second way gives you the number of pounds that each horse has to lug around. The lower the number, the quicker the car will generally be.
Well, weight isn't much different than cents - a few here, and few there, and pretty soon it all adds up. Sure, various things may not weigh all that much singularly, but throw it all together and you have several hundred pounds accumulating before you know it. Lightening any vehicle will generally improve its performance envelope, as Paul mentions.
Hey guys, I'm ordering the E28 M5 motor mounts (or attempting to) now. The set I wanted to buy is an E28 M5 set, but it looks like the left and right sides are different. If I buy a separate left and right mount, will these be directly compatible with the S50? Or do both sides have to be the same?
Never mind. Bought (1) left and (1) right E28 533/535i mounts. Apparently they're the same (according to my swap guy). New tranny bought: ZF 5-speed from E36 328i.
Currently buying some maintenance items. One of these is supposed to be an air filter, but I currently do not have an air filter housing or a MAF. Am I safe to assume that the airbox from an M50 equipped car would be compatible with the S50? What about the MAF? I checked RealOEM but couldn't find the MAF on there I looked on Google and found nothing but these items for sale, though some of them mentioned E36 M3 and 325i on the same line, which makes me think they're the same. Is there anything else I would need as far as the intake goes, other than the airbox and the MAF?
Part # for the MAF is 13621747155 and appears to be the same as the 325i, 525i, and 530i. If you plan to get a chip, you may be able to upgrade to a larger 540i MAF, but I would check with Turner or The Racer's Market on that. Part# for the airbox is 13711703953, but that may not fit in our engine comartment, and might not fit with a larger MAF.
The pictures everyone forgets to take are "before" pictures. They are always fun to look back at after a project is done.
Shortly after the conversion will be also a Euro bumper conversion, and for that I will definitely take "before" pics. I'll try to make it a point to my installer that I want pics, but most of the time I should be there so hopefully that won't be an issue.


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Singaporean general election, 2011
87 seats (82 contested) to the Parliament of Singapore 3 NCMP seats offered to opposition 44 seats needed for a majority |
Results by constituency:
People's Action Party
Workers' Party of Singapore
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Singapore's general election to form its 12th Parliament was held on 7 May 2011. The Parliament of Singapore's maximum term is five years, within which it must be dissolved by the President of Singapore and elections held within three months, as stated in the Constitution of Singapore.[1] Voting is mandatory in Singapore and is based on the first-past-the-post system. Elections are conducted by the Elections Department, which is under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office. On 19 April 2011, President S.R. Nathan dissolved parliament. Nomination day was held on 27 April 2011, and for the second election in a row, the PAP did not officially return to power on nomination day, but it did return to power on the polling day. This election also marked the first and the only three-cornered fight since 2001 in Punggol East SMC before it increased to four-cornered fight two years later.
The election was described as a "watershed election" in various forms by various parties. The ruling PAP reminded voters that the election will determine "Singapore's next generation of leaders".[2] The Workers' Party called it a "watershed election" both for Singapore and the opposition, as it marked the first time in two decades that the only two incumbent opposition MPs moved out of their respective strongholds and contested in Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs), risking a situation where there would be "no elected opposition MPs".[3] This was despite the elections having the highest proportion of contested seats since independence, with 82 of 87 seats contested (or 94.3%).[4] 2011 was the year that saw the highest number of seats contested since post-independence; with the second being in 1972 when 87.7% of seats were contested (or 57 out of 65 seats),[5] It marked the first electoral contests in Bishan-Toa Payoh (since 1991) and Holland-Bukit Timah, and also marked Tanjong Pagar as the only constituency to remain uncontested since its formation in 1991.
The final results saw a 6.46% swing against the PAP from the 2006 elections to 60.14%, its lowest since independence.[6] While the PAP met most expectations to sweep into power and claim over two-thirds of parliamentary seats, it won 81 out of 87 seats, and lost Aljunied Group Representation Constituency to the Workers' Party of Singapore, the first time a GRC was won by an opposition party. Including the Hougang Single Member Constituency, the Workers' Party ended up with six seats in Parliament, the best opposition parliamentary result since independence.[7][8]
As six Members of Parliament from the opposition were elected, just three Non-Constituency Member of Parliament seats were offered, one to the Singapore People's Party's Lina Chiam; another to the WP's Yee Jenn Jong; and a third to Gerald Giam of the WP's East Coast Group Representation Constituency team. These offers were all accepted, resulting in a total of nine opposition MPs after the election.[9][10]
The 2011 General Election was the 16th General Election in Singapore and the 11th since independence. The governing People's Action Party (PAP) sought to secure their 13th consecutive term in office since 1959. This was the second election since Lee Hsien Loong became its Secretary-General.
Parliamentary reform
On 11 March 2010, the Government tabled three bills in the parliament to amend the Constitution, the Presidential Elections Act and the Parliamentary Elections Act.[11] These amendments reduced the number of Group representation constituencies (GRC), increased the number of Non-Constituency Members of Parliament (NCMPs) to a maximum of nine (inclusive of the number of elected opposition members of Parliament), and the number of Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) permanent also to nine.[11] A one-day "cooling-off" day was implemented, during which campaigning was forbidden, with only party political broadcasts allowed. Internet campaigning was also formally legalised as a legitimate means of political campaigning.[11] On 26 April 2010, the amendments to the Constitution were passed by a vote of 74–1 after a three-hour debate on the bill.[12]
Political parties
The governing People's Action Party (PAP) has been in power since Singapore's independence in 1965, and is currently led by the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Besides the ruling PAP, the other major political parties that may contest the upcoming elections are the Workers' Party of Singapore (WP) led by Low Thia Khiang, the Singapore People's Party led by Chiam See Tong which left the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) in 2011, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) led by Chee Soon Juan,[note 1][13] the National Solidarity Party (NSP) led by Goh Meng Seng which left the SDA in 2007, the Reform Party (Singapore) led by Kenneth Jeyaretnam, and the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) led by Desmond Lim, which is composed of the Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura (Singapore Malay National Organization) (PKMS) and the Singapore Justice Party (SJP). The Reform Party is the newest party and was created on 18 June 2008 and was then led by former Member of Parliament J.B. Jeyaretnam. He could have stood for election after he was discharged from bankruptcy and reinstated to the bar,[14] however, Jeyaretnam died of heart failure on 30 September 2008 at the age of 82.[15] His eldest son, Kenneth Jeyaretnam has since taken up leadership of the party and is now its secretary-general.[16]
Electoral divisions
The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee normally publishes an updated list of electoral divisions just before elections are called. Prior to the latest amendments, there were fourteen GRCs, each with five or six seats, and nine Single Member Constituencies (SMC). There were a total of 84 seats being contested in the general election of 2006.
The new electoral map for 2011 was announced on 24 February 2011.[17] 87 seats, crafted into 27 electoral divisions, were up for contests in the election. 12 are SMCs and 15 are GRCs.[18] The major changes in the electoral divisions are as follows:
- New GRCs
- Moulmein-Kallang GRC - which was renamed from Jalan Besar GRC, minusing off the Whampoa and Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng divisions.
- Chua Chu Kang GRC - It replaced Hong Kah GRC minusing off the Hong Kah North portion.
- Nee Soon GRC - It absorbed Nee Soon East SMC, Nee Soon Central SMC, Chong Pang and Canberra division of Sembawang GRC and Nee Soon South division of Ang Mo Kio GRC, reducing overcrowding of Sembawang GRC.[19]
- New SMCs
- Hong Kah North
- Mountbatten
- Pioneer
- Punggol East
- Radin Mas
- Sengkang West
- Whampoa
- Yuhua
- Changes in electoral seats within GRCs
- Holland-Bukit Timah GRC - five to four
- Marine Parade GRC- six to five
- Sembawang GRC - six to five
- Tanjong Pagar GRC - six to five
- Dissolved GRC
- Jalan Besar GRC - Jalan Besar, Kolam Ayer, Kampong Glam division of the Jalan Besar GRC go into the newly formed Moulmein-Kallang GRC while Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng division from the Jalan Besar GRC will be absorbed by the Tanjong Pagar GRC.
- Hong Kah GRC - renamed to Chua Chu Kang GRC
- Dissolved SMC
- Chua Chu Kang (absorbed into Chua Chu Kang GRC)
- Macpherson (absorbed into Marine Parade GRC)
- Nee Soon Central (absorbed into Nee Soon GRC)
- Nee Soon East (absorbed into Nee Soon GRC)
- Yio Chu Kang (absorbed into Ang Mo Kio GRC)
- Changes to GRCs
- Central
- Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng division inclusive of Clarke Quay part of the Kampong Glam division of former Jalan Besar GRC was moved over to Tanjong Pagar GRC.
- Tiong Bahru division was merged with Tanjong Pagar division of the Tanjong Pagar GRC.
- Moulmein division was moved to Moulmein-Kallang GRC and Whampoa SMC.
- East
- Kaki Bukit division of Marine Parade GRC was moved over to Aljunied GRC whereas some of it moved to Kembangan-Chai Chee (replacing Kampong Ubi-Kembangan).
- The redrawn boundaries of Joo Chiat now includes the private housing estate and it excludes the public housing estates, of which it was transferred over to Marine Parade GRC (Geylang Serai).
- North
- Nee Soon South division of Ang Mo Kio GRC was transferred to Nee Soon GRC, which excludes the Lentor area south of Seletar Expressway and Lentor moved to Yio Chu Kang.
- North East
- Aljunied-Hougang division of the Aljunied GRC was renamed to Ang Mo Kio-Hougang division of the Ang Mo Kio GRC.
- Some of the Bedok Reservoir-Punggol part of Aljunied GRC was transferred to Punggol South of the Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC.
- Hougang SMC was affected by minusing off several blocks to Aljunied GRC.
- Punggol South division was affected by minusing off several blocks to Ang Mo Kio-Hougang.
- West
- Buona Vista division was transferred from Holland-Bukit Timah GRC to Tanjong Pagar GRC.
- Toh Guan part of Holland-Bukit Timah GRC was transferred over to Jurong GRC (Bukit Batok East).
- Part of the West Coast GRC and Hong Kah GRC divisions were transferred over to Jurong GRC (Jurong Spring).
- Some of the blocks of the Nanyang division for Hong Kah GRC were transferred over to Jurong GRC (Jurong Spring).
- One slot of blocks of the Bukit Timah division of the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC was transferred over to Clementi division.
- Central
New candidates
Singapore Democratic Party
- Dr Ang Yong Guan, 56-year-old Consultant Psychiatrist at Paragon Medical, President of the Singapore Psychiatric Association from 1997 to 1998 and Chairman of the Chapter of Psychiatrists, Academy of Medicine from 2001 to 2003.
- Alec Tok, 46-year-old Artistic Director at One Kind Theatre LLC.
- Mohd Isa Abdul Aziz, 53-year-old Business Development Manager for an Australian Oil and Gas company and a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Singapore Democratic Party.
- Sadasivam Veriyah, 58-year-old ex-teacher and a unionist, former member of the People's Action Party.
- Tan Jee Say, 57-year-old investment adviser and former Principal Private Secretary to then-DPM Goh Chok Tong.
- Dr. Vincent Wijeysingha, 41-year-old Executive Director of Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2), a non-government organisation advocating the rights of low-waged migrant workers.
People's Action Party
- Alex Yam, 30-year-old NTUC activist
- Ang Hin Kee, 46-year-old chief executive of NTUC e2i.
- Ang Wei Neng, 44-year-old vice-president of SBS Transit West District.
- Chan Chun Sing, 42-year-old former SAF Chief of Army
- Chia Shi-Lu, 40-year-old orthopaedic surgeon at Singapore General Hospital
- David Ong, 50-year-old businessman
- Desmond Choo, 33-year-old deputy director of NTUC's youth development unit and the executive secretary of the Union of Security Employees.
- Desmond Lee, 35-year-old legal and regulations department of Temasek Holdings.
- Edwin Tong, 42-year-old lawyer
- Foo Mee Har, 45-year-old Standard Chartered Bank banker
- Gan Thiam Poh, 48-year-old DBS banker
- Heng Swee Keat, 50-year-old former managing director of Monetary Authority of Singapore.
- Intan Azura Mokhtar, 35-year-old NIE trainer
- Janil Puthucheary, 39-year-old surgeon from KK Women's and Children's Hospital
- Lawrence Wong, 39-year-old from Energy Market Authority and former civil servant
- Low Yen Ling, 37-year-old former EDB director
- Ong Teng Koon, 34-year-old commodities trader
- Ong Ye Kung, 42-year-old assistant secretary-general from NTUC.
- Patrick Tay, 40-year-old trade unionist.
- Sim Ann, 36-year-old high-flying civil servant
- Tan Chuan-Jin, 42-year-old former SAF.
- Tin Pei Ling, 27-year-old in Ernst & Young.
- Vikram Nair, 33-year-old lawyer
- Zainal Sapari, 46-year-old educator, former Pasir Ris area schools' superintendent
Retiring politicians
All politicians who were retiring or stepping down from their seats were from the PAP.
- Abdullah Tarmugi, Speaker of the Parliament, MP for East Coast GRC.[20]
- Ahmad Magad, MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC.[20]
- Ang Mong Seng, MP for Hong Kah GRC.[20]
- Chan Soo Sen, MP for Joo Chiat SMC.[21]
- Ho Peng Kee, MP for Nee Soon East SMC.[22]
- Koo Tsai Kee, MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC.[23]
- Lee Boon Yang, MP for Jalan Besar GRC.[24]
- Lim Boon Heng, MP for Jurong GRC.[24]
- Madeleine Ho, MP for West Coast GRC.[25]
- Matthias Yao, MP for MacPherson SMC.[25]
- Ong Ah Heng, MP for Nee Soon Central SMC.[26]
- Ong Kian Min, MP for Tampines GRC.[26]
- Ong Seh Hong, MP for Marine Parade GRC.[26]
- S Jayakumar, MP for East Coast GRC.[27]
- Sin Boon Ann, MP for Tampines GRC.[27]
- Wee Siew Kim, MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC.[28]
- Yeo Cheow Tong, MP for Hong Kah GRC.[29]
- Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.[29]
Staking claims
Soon after the announcement of the new electoral boundaries, various opposition parties indicated their intent to contest, subject to negotiations between political parties to avoid three-cornered fights. The parties declaring an interest to contest each constituency and their nomination status is reflected below.
General election campaign
Party manifestos
- National Solidarity Party
- The Reform Party
- Singapore Democratic Party
- Singapore People's Party
- Workers' Party
Televised forum
In the first pre-election forum of this nature in Singapore since the 1988 General Election, Channel NewsAsia invited the main parties to record an hour-long programme. The programme, in English entitled, "A political forum on Singapore's future" brought together the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) and four opposition parties to discuss long and short-term challenges for the country. [30] The forum included
- Dr Vincent Wijeysingha, Assistant Treasurer of the Singapore Democratic Party
- Mrs Lina Chiam, 2nd Vice Chairwoman of the Singapore People's Party
- Mr Gerald Giam, Assistant Webmaster of Workers' Party of Singapore
- Mr Mohamed Nazem Suki, Assistant Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Alliance
- Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Finance Minister, and Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC MP Josephine Teo of the PAP
The new media
The Worker's Party utilised social media to circumvent obstacles placed in front of them by Singapore's government-controlled media.[31]
Political rallies
The Singapore Police Force announced 41 political rally sites on 27 April which could be booked by political parties on a first-come-first-served basis. Rallies were allowed to be conducted from 28 April to 5 May, from 7 am to 10 pm. The 41st site is for lunch time rallies at Boat Quay near to the UOB Plaza.[32]
National Solidarity Party
People's Action Party
Reform Party
Singapore Democratic Alliance
Singapore Democratic Party
Singapore People's Party
Workers' Party
Online video
During the 2011 elections campaigning, Vivian Balakrishnan said the SDP was "suppressing a certain YouTube video, which raises some very awkward questions about the agenda and motivations of the SDP and its candidates".[34] He issued the following statement:
- I am not sure what [the SDP] strategy is...I can't help feeling that part of the reason for their reticence is they have elements of their agenda they are not prepared to disclose and subject to scrutiny. Eventually, they will have to come out of the closet. (The Straits Times, 20 April 2011)
Vincent Wijeysingha rejected his comments stating, "We've been a very open party and we're very clear."[35]
This incident was cited in an article published in The Economist criticising the ruling party's election strategy[36] The New Paper released a story next day, with the headline: Is Singapore ready for a GAY MP?"[37] Kenneth Jeyaretnam of the Reform Party called Balakrishnan's campaign a "low attack." [34]
Balakrishnan received widespread controversy and criticism online for his remark,.[38] On 28 April, he told the press: "there is "no need" to further discuss [the] video". He said that his question was a "legitimate".[35]
Cooling-off day controversies
Nicole Seah from NSP team in Marine Parade GRC filed a complaint to the Elections Department on 6 May stating Tin Pei Ling had violated the state-mandated cooling-off period 24 hours before polls by posting a Facebook comment "in response to a video [in the state press] that showed Seah crying after being told about a Macpherson female resident who could not get a refund of her son's $80 tuition fees".[39]
The NSP team was advised by the Elections Department to file a police report before the Elections Department could investigate.[40]
The day after the election, Seah told reporters that her party had not received any response after making the complaint, and said no decision had been taken on whether or not to pursue the issue. She added that the NSP knew "it is an uphill battle to get any results out of this. I would rather devote my time and resources to the residents".[41]
A similar complaint was lodged against Seah alleging that material had been published on her Facebook page during Cooling-Off Day. On 10 August, the Singapore Police Force announced that it had concluded its investigations into the two incidents, and that aside from a "stern warning" to Tin's friend, no action would be taken against either Tin or Seah.[42]
Separately, the NSP also complained that the PAP had been distributing election material to residents in Tampines GRC in violation of cooling-off regulations.[40]
Election results
After polls closed at 8pm, vote counting began. Results were announced by Yam Ah Mee, chief executive director of the People's Association, who acted as the Returning Officer for the election.[43] The first result was declared at 11.58pm on 7 May 2011, where PAP candidate Lim Biow Chuan won the Mountbatten Single Member Constituency with a majority of 3,529.
At 1.31 am on 8 May 2011, the PAP team for Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency was declared to have won the division, putting the PAP's seat tally at 44 seats, and thus formed the government.
The final result to be declared was for the Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency at 2.51am on 8 May, where the PAP gained the seat from the SPP on a razor-thin margin of 114 votes.
The political status quo was kept as the People's Action Party won a 13th consecutive term in office since 1959. However, the PAP saw its vote majorities reduced island-wide for a second election in a row. The PAP won 81 seats out of 87 despite losing Aljunied Group Representation Constituency to the WP, which also won in Hougang Single Member Constituency. None of the other five opposition parties won contests, including the SPP which lost the Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency that it held prior to the election. The WP's win in Aljunied marked the first opposition GRC victory since GRCs were introduced.[44] The WP win in Aljunied meant an electoral defeat of Foreign Minister George Yeo[45][46] and a second Cabinet minister Lim Hwee Hua. Yeo became the highest-ranking PAP cabinet minister to lose an election since 1963 when minister Kenneth Michael Byrne lost his seat of Crawford.[47] The PAP's national vote share was just little over 60 per cent, a vote swing of almost negative 7 per cent from 2006.[8]
Voter turnout for the election was 93.18%, with 2,060,373 votes cast.[48]
Results summary
Parties and alliances | Leader | Contested seats | Seats won | Popular vote | % of valid votes | +/- | % of valid votes in contested wards | +/- | ||
People's Action Party | Lee Hsien Loong | 87 | 81† | 1,212,154 | 60.14 |
6.46 | 60.14 |
6.46 |
Workers' Party | Low Thia Khiang | 23 | 6 | 258,510 | 12.82 |
3.51 | 46.58 |
8.15 |
National Solidarity Party | Goh Meng Seng | 24 | 0 | 242,682 | 12.04 |
0.95* | 39.25 |
6.37* |
Singapore Democratic Party | Chee Soon Juan | 11 | 0 | 97,369 | 4.83 |
0.76 | 36.76 |
13.53 |
Reform Party | Kenneth Jeyaretnam | 11 | 0 | 86,294 | 4.28 |
New party | 31.78 |
New party |
Singapore People's Party | Chiam See Tong | 7 | 0 | 62,639 | 3.11 |
9.88* | 41.42 |
8.90* |
Singapore Democratic Alliance | Desmond Lim | 7 | 0 | 55,988 | 2.78 |
10.21 | 30.06 |
2.46 |
Valid votes | 87 | 2,015,636 | 97.83% of total votes cast | |||||||
Invalid (e.g. blank or spoilt) votes | 44,737 | 2.17% of total votes cast | ||||||||
Total votes cast | 2,060,373 | Voter turnout: 93.18% of eligible voters | ||||||||
Did not vote | 150,729 | |||||||||
Eligible voters (excluding walkover voters) | 2,211,102 | |||||||||
Walkover voters (all from Tanjong Pagar GRC) | 139,771 | |||||||||
Electorate | 2,350,873 | |||||||||
† Includes uncontested victories. * Formerly a constituent party of Singapore Democratic Alliance. Swings reflected are from the SDA's 2006 vote share. |
Defeated incumbents
- People's Action Party
- Defeated in Aljunied GRC, where Cynthia Phua, George Yeo, Lim Hwee Hua and Zainul Abidin bin Mohamed Rasheed were incumbent candidates.
- Singapore People's Party
- Defeated in Potong Pasir SMC, which was held by Chiam See Tong prior to the election. Chiam did not run in Potong Pasir in these elections, instead letting his wife contest it.
Full results
Top 10 best PAP performers
- Constituencies with no comparison to 2006 were either due to them being new constituencies or the constituencies experiencing walkovers in the last election.
Top 16 best opposition performers
- Constituencies with no comparison to 2006 were either due to them being new constituencies or the constituencies experiencing walkovers in the last election.
- Punggol East SMC is excluded from the table as there were two opposition parties which competed against the incumbent. If the WP's 12,765 votes (41.02%) and the SDA's 1,386 votes (4.45%) were summed up, the opposition won 14,151 votes (45.47%), which would place it fifth in the table below.
Vote Swings
- Only the following constituencies may be compared with 2006 results as they existed in both elections, although most had changes in their electoral boundaries.
Interpretive maps
Post-election events
Ruling party's immediate reactions
The People's Action Party's secretary-general, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, described the results as delivering his party a "clear mandate to form the next government".[51] In his post-election press conference, Lee said the polls had "heightened (voters') political consciousness and awareness", and admitted that "many of them desire to see more opposition voices in Parliament to check the PAP government".[52] He described the PAP's loss of Aljunied GRC, which resulted in George Yeo being voted out of Parliament and losing his position as foreign minister, as a "heavy loss to my Cabinet and my team of MPs", but said that the party would "accept and respect the voters' decision".[53] The country's Senior Minister, Goh Chok Tong, also admitted that "there is a sea change in the political landscape" after his team won Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency with just 56.6 percent of the vote.[54]
Opposition parties' immediate reactions
The Workers Party's secretary-general Low Thia Khiang said his team's win in Aljunied meant that voters had "accepted the WP as a rational, responsible and respected party".[55] In his victory speech, Low declared his win as a "political landmark in modern Singapore".[56][57] He added that it meant the electorate wanted to tell the PAP to be "a more responsive, inclusive, transparent and accountable government".[6]
In a statement on its website, the Singapore Democratic Party thanked its supporters for their support, saying that it was for them that the party "(continues) to labour on in this undemocratic system with all the odds stacked against us."[58] Its assistant treasurer Vincent Wijeysingha, who stood in Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency, said that the party's positive vote swing in its contested wards of almost 13 percent from the last elections was an "indicator that things are beginning to move up for our party."[59] In a second statement on its website, the SDP described its results as "disappointing", but promised to "build on the foundation that we have laid" for the next elections.[60] The party's secretary-general Chee Soon Juan, barred from standing in the election, went on to write an opinion piece for the Guardian, in which he said it "would have been a miracle" had the SDP won any seats, and accused the media in Singapore of suppressing news of the SDP's campaigning.[61]
Other than the PAP and WP, the only other opposition seat pre-election had been held by the Singapore People's Party, which lost it in the polls by just 114 votes. Chiam See Tong, the SPP's secretary-general, said his party would fight to win back Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency, and said that despite being defeated in Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency, he would continue in politics, health permitting.[62] He also questioned the margin of votes in Potong Pasir, contested by his wife, saying there was "funny business" happening. A petition calling for a by-election in the constituency was started by SPP supporters and Potong Pasir residents.[63]
The National Solidarity Party, which contested the most seats of all opposition parties, admitted it may have taken on too much, with its leader Goh Meng Seng telling reporters that he would be "personally responsible" for the party's failure to win a single seat.[59] Its star candidate, Nicole Seah, said Singaporeans now had to unite as a country.[64] Seah, who contested in Marine Parade, also said there was "so much that needs to be done", and that she would continue her work in the area despite her team's defeat.[65]
The leader of the newest opposition party contesting the elections, the Reform Party's Kenneth Jeyaretnam, described his party as having "learnt a lot" and said they had "done very well", as the first new party in over 20 years. He added that the party was "very happy" at its result in West Coast Group Representation Constituency,[59] and that its second team had done "creditably" in Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency. Jeyaretnam also said the team being able to win the votes it did despite being a new party meant that its "core values resonate with the voters".[66]
The worst-performing party at the polls was the Singapore Democratic Alliance, whose secretary-general Desmond Lim polled under 5 percent of votes in Punggol East Single Member Constituency—the only three-way contest of the election—and lost a S$16,000 election deposit. He said voters had voted based on brand name, as the other opposition candidate in the ward was from the WP. The SDA also contested Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency, and Lim said the party was "very happy" at its positive vote swing from 2006 of over 4 percent. However, the SDA's anchorman in the constituency Harminder Pal Singh described the loss as a "time for painful reflection" and said the party would work harder to win more votes.[67]
Foreign reactions
At an ASEAN heads-of-state meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, leaders of ASEAN nations reportedly told S Jayakumar, Singapore's representative at the event, that they were "saddened, disappointed and surprised" at the news that foreign minister Yeo had been defeated, according to the state-run Straits Times,[68] while at the same meeting the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Tun Razak, said the PAP's win would mean a continuity in understanding between the Malaysian and Singaporean governments on bilateral issues.[69]
Non-Constituency Member of Parliament offers
Three Non-Constituency Members of Parliament (NCMP) seats were offered after the election to the top three losing opposition candidates. The Singapore People's Party accepted the seat for Lina Chiam, ensuring that the Chiam family retained representation in Parliament. While Chiam See Tong has said he is opposed to the scheme, the SPP reasoned that it was "critical" to ensure an "alternative voice in Parliament", to allow the party to "remain engaged in national issues", and to be publicly visible until the next election due by 2016. Mrs Chiam also pointed out that she was "influenced by the wishes of Potong Pasir residents" and she accepted the post as her losing margin was too small.[70]
The Workers' Party was offered the final two NCMP seats for having the second and third best performing losing candidates, which it accepted despite Mr Low also disputing the scheme. Yee Jenn Jong was thus appointed for his performance in Joo Chiat SMC, but as it had to choose one member from the East Coast GRC team, the younger Gerald Giam was chosen over team leader and party treasurer Eric Tan as part of its leadership renewal process. Eric Tan resigned from the party, citing his disagreement with the appointment.[71]
On 16 May 2011, the three proposed NCMPs were formally appointed.[72]
Use of social media
The election saw a heavier use of social and online media compared to Singapore general election, 2006, especially to evade censorship in Singapore. It is widely perceived by the populace that the major state-run newspapers and broadcasters "align[ed] itself with the party's ideals and decisions" and that the electoral system was tilted against the Opposition.[36] It had been difficult to create alternative media until the rise of sites such as The Online Citizen and such internet tools such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs, which saw increased significance in the 2006 elections but became especially prominent in the 2011 elections. [73] According to The Economist, the PAP's aggressive modernisation of Singapore created "one of the world's most wired societies," leading to new media that "transformed" the electoral scene in Singapore. Characterising the state-run mainstream press as "docile", the Economist also argued that this also forced significantly more news coverage of the Opposition than in previous elections, since the mainstream media feared their readership deserting them.[36] One blogger from CNN wrote, "Thanks to social media, it doesn't matter that the country's largely state-run media leans towards reporting the actions of the PAP, no one's reading anyway.".[73] The Economist however was more cynical in its analysis of the election: "in Singapore, winning 7% of parliamentary seats is tantamount to an opposition triumph".[36]
The first election in which a GRC was won by the Opposition
Traditionally regarded as a PAP "fortress", a GRC fell to the opposition for the first time in Singapore's political history. In previous elections, the Opposition had never won a GRC, which ostensibly ensure minority representation in parliament but also shut out smaller opposition parties with less resources. GRCs comprise over 86% of the seats, but the Opposition in previous elections would contest "less than half the seats". The election saw the most extensive use of co-ordination to avoid "three-cornered fights" and was also notable for seeing "two veteran MPs" making immense risks by choosing to contest in GRCs rather than their historical SMC strongholds.[36]
Signals to the ruling party
The election results were widely used in national and international discussions that the population was trying to send a message to a ruling party that "can also come across as smug, arrogant and high-handed" despite a win margin of over 20%, which usually counts as a landslide victory for most democratic nations but has been one of the narrowest margins since 1965.[36] The last election with a similarly narrow victory occurred in the Singapore general election, 1963, when the PAP's major opponent was the Barisan Sosialis—which in itself was a splinter group formed from the leftist wing of the PAP, where it had comprised 80% of the PAP grassroots membership, 35 out of the PAP's 51 branch committees and 19 of its 23 organising secretaries. According to the Economist, Singaporeans would prefer not to have an alternative government but a humbler one, as well as a "stronger opposition".
On 14 May, exactly a week after the election, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew announced in a joint statement that they would be quitting the country's Cabinet, saying it was time for a "team of younger ministers" to "engage with this young generation in shaping the future of Singapore."[74] In a similar analysis by Bloomberg, the resignations and the ensuing cabinet reshuffle were the actions of a ruling party "seeking to overhaul its image with voters" whose "narrowest election victory on record signaled a shortfall in support among younger voters".[75] Lee Kuan Yew was also quoted as saying that a younger generation was required to "carry Singapore forward in a more difficult and complex situation" while Lee Hsien Loong declared the party "would change the way it governs" and do some "soul-searching". A Singapore Management University professor said "[The PAP] will have to demonstrate that it remains a mass movement, and not [Lee Kuan Yew]'s alter ego," noting that younger Singaporeans do not see Lee Kuan Yew with the same godlike perception as older Singaporeans born before 1980.
Further retirements
Both losing ministers in Aljunied GRC, George Yeo and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Hwee Hua, announced their retirements from politics in separate news conferences given in the days after the election.[76][77] George Yeo, who remained popular online and continued to have "a flood of support" after the election and had been repeatedly urged to contest the next election, or even contest the Singaporean presidential election, 2011 turned his supporters down, declaring, "I'm a free spirit, and I don't think I'm temperamentally suited for such a job." [78]
See also
- Elections in Singapore
- Constituencies of Singapore
- List of Singaporean electoral divisions
- List of political parties in Singapore
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Originally Posted by Stitch
Lol, I wish I had read this earlier, but yeah. Sounds like a solid plan. The problem is im never able to tell the difference between 2 and 5. They look exactly the same to me.
Just did a test and its either 2 or 5. The last was above 1 but not quite 2. Now.. I have no idea. oooooh the frustration
Edit: Did the 2.5 ml test and got a 0 on the nitrites scale.Last edited by twitch; 08-08-2012 at 03:25 AM.
0I dosed this aquarium to 1.5 ammonia 3 to 4 days ago and just left it alone. Purely out of frustration.
Checked it this morning and my nitrite readings were well over 5. Ammonia is still at 1.5.
Makes no sense. Not at all. Why are nitrites getting off the scale but ammonia is staying the same?
About to just wash the bio-wheel clean and clear out all the water and start over. Has flat out pissed me off.Last edited by twitch; 08-12-2012 at 10:43 PM.
0im still really new at fish-less cycling, so bear that in mind as i try and brainstorm with you. As a matter of fact I have successfully completed 2 different 10g fish-in cycles that both went super fast, while my fish-less cycle of a 30g seems to be doing the same kind of thing to me. But something I did notice with my 2 10g cycles with fish is that every time i was done growing the Nitrosonomas which convert ammonia into nitrIte, they work much faster than the accumulation of ammonia. What i mean by that is the speed at which my ammonia built up, and the levels which it attained, were not equal to the speed at which the ammonia was converted into nitrIte by the nitrosonomas. If it took a full 24 hrs for my fish and feeding and what have you to raise the ammonia to .5ppm, I expected it to take a full 24 hrs for that ammonia to be converted into .5ppm of nitrite, but it didn't happen that way. The nitrite would instead spike to .5ppm in a matter of hrs, and i would still be left with quite a bit of ammonia when it had.
Now i know that the buildup of ammonia doesn't matter so much to you as you are dosing your tank with liquid ammonia and not letting it slowly build with fish, but my point is that it might be normal for you to still have ammonia left when your nitrites have spiked at a really high level really fast, because it seems that the amount of nitrite made by nitrosonomas is much higher than the amount of ammonia they consumed to make it. IE: they produce waste in greater amounts than they consume it.
Sorry I know that was kind of long and rambling, but it seemed relevant.
TLDR: ammonia lvls =/= nitrite lvls"A grain of sand is all I ever wanted to be. Lay me down and let the water wash over me, wash over me." -Mickey Newbury
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0Thanks for your reply. At this point the cycle has been reset. I emptied the tank, filled it again, and then took care of the chlorine.
It seems like it would have been faster to have just start the cycle over than to have just waited it out. Over 12 water changes, most being over 60% and the nitrites being so high the next day that it was unreal. Something was just seriously wrong with the whole thing. so, I started over.
I really don't mind the wait as its all a learning experience anyway. That and im working on getting a planted 55 gallon started anyway so I have had something to keep my mind occupied. A successful fishless cycle would be nice though.
Tank dosed at 2ppm ammonia, and we start from there.
0Let us know how it goes, because my fish-less cycle is pulling some crap with me too. I'm actually considering just moving my community from the 10g into the uncycled 30g, but also moving the 10g filter over at the same time, so i have two different filters on the 30g, one that is cycled and one that is not. It just means that my 10g will be out of commission until the 30g is balanced, and I wanted to avoid that as its my next "fun" project. C'est la vie.
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Talk to your kids about…
Shallow Hal
By the end of the movie, you realize there are many people Hal views in a manner different than their actual appearance. Why did he not see Rosemary's dad in a distorted way? What about his neighbor across the hall?
Could this movie have been just as effective if we would have seen Rosemary from Mauricio's perspective? Why or why not? What type of anticipation do the creators achieve by not revealing her true outward appearance until the end? How did you react to the "real" Rosemary?
Has there ever been a time when you have misjudged someone based on appearance? What efforts can we make to correct our inherent desire to do this?


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People tend to look back at the past through rose-coloured glasses, preferring to remember the good rather than the bad. A good example is the American public's reverence for John F. Kennedy, seen as one of the 20th century's most progressive- and attractive- leaders.
The Kennedys (History; Mondays at 9pm) is a four-part, eight-hour miniseries that shows a different side to JFK's America's one-time first family as they rose to power while dealing with personal and professional problems. We're not sure whether the show seeks to balance our view of the famed family or simply muddle it, but, either way, it makes a tedious and unconvincing job of it.
Events open on election night in 1960, with Senator John F. Kennedy (Greg Kinnear; Little Miss Sunshine) awaiting the results with his long-suffering campaign manager, brother Bobby (Barry Pepper; True Grit), elegant wife, Jackie (Katie Holmes; Batman Begins), and egocentric father, Joseph Snr (Tom Wilkinson; The Green Hornet).
Numerous lengthy flashbacks during the opening two-hour episode explain how and why JFK came to be in the running for leadership of the free world. After failing to reach office himself in the 1930s, Joe Snr manoeuvred his sons into politics- first selecting his eldest son, Joe Jnr, for greatness. But when Joe was killed during the second world war, Jack (JFK) was asked to put his own dreams aside to become the vehicle for his father's political ambitions.
Many will take issue with the way The Kennedys is scripted. The screenplay feels like a checklist of significant events within the clan, and these larger-than-life figures often feel like they're reduced to caricatures. Despite Wilkinson's talent as an actor, Joe Snr comes across as a villain in horn-rimmed glasses who plays his sons like puppets while fondling his secretary's bottom. The lack of chemistry between Kinnear and Holmes gives short shrift to the weight of the relationship between JFK and Jackie. Pepper, meanwhile, provides the lone credible performance.
Without feeling we're getting a genuine insight into this great American family during its short but memorable reign, it's hard to recommend investing eight hours of your time in this clunky drama.
Any parent would recoil in horror at the idea of their child being switched at birth and that they've been raising someone else's offspring. The aptly titled family drama Switched at Birth (Star World, Thursdays and Fridays at 8pm) explores such a scenario through the story of two teenage girls who learn they were raised by each other's parents.
Bay Kennish (Vanessa Marano; right; Gilmore Girls) lives with a wealthy family, attends a private school and expresses her creative and rebellious nature via graffiti art. Daphne Vasquez (Katie Leclerc) is living with a single, recovering-alcoholic mother who is struggling financially. She has been deaf since the age of three and is an A-student and athlete at a special school for hearing-impaired children.
When Bay begins to question her place in her family, they discover there was a mix- up at the hospital. Let the drama begin (and it really does).
The series doesn't dwell on the actual revelation of the mix-up - the two families agree to meet at a counsellor's office within the opening minutes of the pilot episode.
The three parents and the two girls come up with a short-term solution: Daphne and Regina (Bay's biological mother) are invited to live in the Kennish's guest house. The close proximity is supposed to give the fami- lies a chance to get to know one another but this proves challenging for all involved, and entertaining and insightful for us, the viewers. The mothers butt heads almost immediately over parenting issues and, more importantly, over where the lines need to be drawn as co-parents.
Strong, heartfelt performances all round help anchor the series' outlandish premise. After the slightly abrupt treatment of the revelation, the opening episode becomes as compelling as it is playfully confusing. We plan to find out if the dust settles.


text: New Super Mario Brothers U DLC Puts Luigi in the SpotlightEvan Narcisse2/14/13 9:17amFiled to: Wii uNew Super Mario Bros Wii UNew Super Mario Bros80EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink The House of Mario is celebrating Luigi's 30th anniversary by releasing several titles focusing on Mario's twin brother. The New Super Luigi U DLC will rework existing levels in New Super Mario Brothers Wii U to deliver new experiences where players will control only Luigi. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said that work on the DLC is akin to that done for a full game. The DLC will be available later this year via the Wii U eShop.Reply80 repliesLeave a reply