Candidates from all political parties have been following a gruelling schedule, conducting walkabouts and house visits nearly daily.

Workers' Party's (WP) Nicole Seah has since shared on social media one particularly heartwarming moment of the support she received from a taxi driver who ferried her home.

Gave donation in support of WP

Detailing her encounter on her Instagram stories, Seah said she had taken a cab ride after her house visits in Simei.

After paying for her cab fare, the taxi driver apparently reach for his wallet to pass her a wad of cash.

The driver apparently said, "I hope the WP can accept my small donation of S$200," and then started to cry.

Seah said she told the driver to keep the money, especially considering the difficulties cabbies and private-hire drivers have been facing throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

"His moral support is enough to keep us going... But seeing the tears in his eyes really broke my heart," Seah added.

Emotional encounter during house visit

Seah revealed that she was already feeling emotional from an interaction with a resident during her house visits prior to the cab ride.

The WP East Coast team, which also consists of Kenneth Foo, Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim, Dylan Ng and Terence Tan, had split up for the house visits in Simei.

As described in a Facebook post by photographer Edwin Koo, who tailed Seah for the visits, the WP candidate met a resident surnamed Yang, who "started asking questions in perfect Mandarin".

Yang thanked Seah and the WP volunteers for "giving people like her a voice", and mentioned a phrase in Mandarin -- "not opposing for the sake of opposing, but opposing to make things better".

The statement apparently "hit all the right buttons", and both Seah and Yang burst into tears.

After conversing with Yang, Koo revealed that the woman had moved here over 20 years ago and settled down with a Singaporean.

Prior to this chance meeting, Koo confessed in his post that he had believed all along that "new citizens like her would not rock the boat, and are rather apathetic".

He said:

"But Mdm Yang showed me otherwise. She said in fact, there is a group of women like her, who see Singapore as home and want a brighter future for the country."

You can read Koo's full post here.