September 02, 12:19 PM 
514 Chai Chee Lane 03-16, Singapore 469029 All photos by Edwin Koo.
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The overwhelmingly hot sun at Kong Hwa School’s parade square was filled with boos and cheers as tireless activists filled the nomination center for what turned out to be a historic Nomination Day yesterday (Sep 1).
Kong Hwa School is the nomination centre for MacPherson, Mountbatten and Potong Pasir SMCs, and Marine Parade GRC.
Here are 5 observations of what happened at Kong Hwa School:
1. The National Solidarity Party (NSP) team for MacPherson was way under-prepared
National Solidarity Party's Cheo Chai Chen, ex Nee Soon Central MP, says that he's running in MacPherson SMC. #ge2015 pic.twitter.com/7pDOwrm6fY
— Mothership (@MothershipSG) September 1, 2015
The NSP's decision to take on both the Workers’ Party (WP) and the People’s Action Party (PAP) at MacPherson was made quite some time before the general election (GE) - but the candidate who will contest there has been a mystery since Steve Chia dropped out of the race.
Cheo’s arrival at Kong Hwa thus drew a lot of attention - the NSP-WP-PAP three-corner fight at MacPherson had been the centre of controversy in the lead up to the GE, with the WP not even showing up at the second round of the opposition party talks.
Cheo, who was accompanied by NSP Central Executive Committee member Yap Yew Weng, eventually managed to hand in his nomination papers. When asked about his supporters, he said in Mandarin that the nomination was at his top priority. “Supporters - if they want to come here and support they will come here to support,” he added.
Cheo Chai Chen with Yap Yew Weng, @nsp_sg CEC member. NSP is contesting in 12 seats in 4 constituencies pic.twitter.com/JgIjbv5o7H — Ng Yi Shu (@theyishusblog) September 1, 2015
But when the former one-term Nee Soon Central MP made his speech at Kong Hwa at 1230pm, there were no visible party cadres or supporters on the ground. WP supporters were - unsurprisingly - quiet, and so were the PAP supporters.
Cheo spoke about his plans for MacPherson should he be elected, but he didn’t give a summary that was brief enough for the time limit given to election officials. And as he got cut off mid-sentence, there were no jeers nor chants or cheers - nor did Cheo carry on.
Compare that to Singapore People's Party (SPP)'s Lina Chiam’s performance when she got cut off:
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Posted by Channel NewsAsia Singapore on Monday, August 31, 2015
The person standing beside Chiam is Chiam See Tong's biographer Loke Hoe Yeong, who recently wrote a best-selling book on Chiam ("Let The People Have Him").
Besides saving Chiam's speech from disappearing with the wind, the SPP Assistant Sec-Gen appears to be reciting Chiam's speech together with her. If that's really the case, it is a shame that "Chiam's brains" is not running in this GE.
2. Tin Pei Ling continues her comeback
Nomination Day. GE2015. Kong Hwa School. 2015/09/01. #singaporeson #edwinkoo
Marine Parade GRC MP and MacPherson SMC candidate Tin Pei Ling - who started out with a very negative public image in the last GE - has gone on to show that she is able to stand on her own, without coattails to ride.
Tin, whose team have “won over many hearts and minds” according to PM Lee, had the honour of making a speech at her party’s manifesto unveiling.
You could say that she is on a roll - she rallied her supporters with gusto at the Nomination centre, despite jeers from the opposition.
Posted by Yahoo Singapore on Monday, August 31, 2015