Hoe Yeong Loke

The book looks at the Workers' Party of Singapore rise to its current position as the leading opposition party, the struggles it has gone through, and insights from the recent 2025 general election where it fielded its 'best-ever slate of candidates'. It captures author Yee Jenn Jong's first-hand experiences in the frontline of opposition politics, capturing behind-the-scenes challenges, constraints, and considerations that the party needs to navigate, and how volunteers power the party's operations. It also contains analytical insights from co-author and political historian Loke Hoe Yeong, as well as opinions from established political observers and politicians. This book is the successor to Yee's earlier bestseller, Journey in Blue: A Peek into the Workers' Party of Singapore.

The book looks at the Workers' Party of Singapore rise to its current position as the leading opposition party, the struggles it has gone through, and insights from the recent 2025 general election where it fielded its 'best-ever slate of candidates'. It captures author Yee Jenn Jong's first-hand experiences in the frontline of opposition politics, capturing behind-the-scenes challenges, constraints, and considerations that the party needs to navigate, and how volunteers power the party's operations. It also contains analytical insights from co-author and political historian Loke Hoe Yeong, as well as opinions from established political observers and politicians. This book is the successor to Yee's earlier bestseller, Journey in Blue: A Peek into the Workers' Party of Singapore.

Four decades have elapsed since the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) scheme was introduced in 1984. It has been raised and debated at every general election since — even as Singapore's political landscape has seen major changes since the scheme was introduced, when the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) had nearly complete domination of Parliament. To its proponents, the NCMP scheme has been an extraordinary instance of the PAP government's magnanimity in allowing 'best losers' from opposition parties to enter Parliament. To cynics, the scheme was designed to stave off the challenge to the PAP by guaranteeing voters a minimum level of opposition representation, to encourage them to vote for the PAP. Regardless of the perspective taken, the innovation of the NCMP scheme has been central to the question of political representation in Singapore. This book looks at the evolution of the scheme, with contributions by the NCMPs themselves, providing a platform to discuss whether the scheme is still relevant today, and how it could be changed. It captures views from both the PAP and the opposition, as well as from political observers.

Four decades have elapsed since the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) scheme was introduced in 1984. It has been raised and debated at every general election since — even as Singapore's political landscape has seen major changes since the scheme was introduced, when the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) had nearly complete domination of Parliament. To its proponents, the NCMP scheme has been an extraordinary instance of the PAP government's magnanimity in allowing 'best losers' from opposition parties to enter Parliament. To cynics, the scheme was designed to stave off the challenge to the PAP by guaranteeing voters a minimum level of opposition representation, to encourage them to vote for the PAP. Regardless of the perspective taken, the innovation of the NCMP scheme has been central to the question of political representation in Singapore. This book looks at the evolution of the scheme, with contributions by the NCMPs themselves, providing a platform to discuss whether the scheme is still relevant today, and how it could be changed. It captures views from both the PAP and the opposition, as well as from political observers.