May 05, 2016, 10:25 PM 
Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Jurong GRC team leader Tharman Shanmugaratnam was the final keynote speaker in the People Action Party (PAP)'s last Bukit Batok by-election rally at Bukit Gombak Stadium tonight.
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Below are 8 Tharman smackdowns on Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Secretary General Chee Soon Juan at the BE rally:
1. Central Provident Fund
"Absolute rubbish" - on SDP's claim that the CPF is missing #PAPRally #SGByElection
— Mothership.sg (@MothershipSG) May 5, 2016
2. Actual costs of unemployment insurance:
He didn't want to talk about cost: Tharman on Chee's retrenchment insurance https://t.co/vfuxU5ZJkB #SGByElection pic.twitter.com/59K5cfIbFE — Channel NewsAsia (@ChannelNewsAsia) May 5, 2016
3. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs.
"Have a sense of reality": Tharman refutes Chee's claim that Govt just created 100 jobs last year https://t.co/vfuxU5ZJkB #SGByElection
— Channel NewsAsia (@ChannelNewsAsia) May 5, 2016
4. Tharman criticising SDP Sec-Gen Chee Soon Juan:
"Don't bluff people"... "Go do your homework"... "Be honest".. Tharman making Chee sound like a child behaving badly #PAPRally #BukitBatok — The Middle Ground SG (@SGmiddleground) May 5, 2016
5. Former Education Minister Tharman criticising Chee like a school kid:
"If you don't understand, go do some homework." Damn, Tharman isn't pulling any punches #PAPRally #SGByElection #TheRealBulldog — The Middle Ground SG (@SGmiddleground) May 5, 2016
6. Wonder who is DPM Tharman referring to:
Tharman says that demagogues now have great sway - and that Singapore must not get there #PAPRally #SGByElection pic.twitter.com/wNpJ2grEu6 — Mothership.sg (@MothershipSG) May 5, 2016
7. If Chee doesn't win in this by-election, Tharman urged him:
Don't keep blaming the system, Tharman says. #PAPRally #SGByElection — Mothership.sg (@MothershipSG) May 5, 2016
8. And in the actual event that SDP's Chee Soon Juan really win:
If @CheeSoonJuan wins - I would wish him well. If he loses, I would advise him to reflect and how he would improve, says Tharman #PAPRally
— Mothership.sg (@MothershipSG) May 5, 2016
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