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Under
the light rain, Ms Chee Siok Chin and Dr Chee Soon Juan began
their May Day walk from Speakers' Corner at 6:40 am on 29 Apr 07.
Walking...for
Singapore's workers.
They
met with a group of supporters and had dinner together.
The
walk was resumed and the walkers headed to Woodland.
They
have completed about 20 hours' walk and covered about 70
Kilometers.
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Report on SDP's
Walking for Workers
29,
30 Apr 07 & 1 May 07
[May
Day T-shirt messages]
29
Apr 07 (Sun), 1:00pm
Under the light rain, Ms Chee
Siok Chin and Dr Chee Soon Juan started their May
Day walk
from Speakers' Corner at 6:40 am. So far, they have walked for
6.5 hours and covered about 28 Kilometers.
The rain had
stopped and the sun is out. They took a short meal & toilet
break.
Presently, they are at the Jurong Town Hall Road,
walking towards Bukit Batok and Bukit Gombak and Choa Chu Kang.
Then, they will continue to head north to Woodland.
29
Apr 07 (Sun), 4:30pm
Ms Chee and Dr Chee are at the
Choa Chu Kang Way, on route to Woodland. They will probably be
taking a break there.
They have walked for 10 hours and
covered about 36 Kilometers.
29 Apr 07 (Sun),
8:00pm
The two May Day walkers are currently taking a
dinner break at Choa Chu Kang North. They have completed about 11
hours' walk of almost 40 Kilometers by now.
They met with
a group of supporters and had dinner together.
29
Apr 07 (Sun), 9.30 pm
The walk was resumed and the
walkers headed to Woodland. They ended up in Yishun at 2:00 am.
Their night was spent resting in the car parked somewhere
near Northpoint.
30 Apr 07 (Mon), 7:00 am
Ms
Chee and Dr Chee started their second day of May Day walk with
the sun shinning in the sky. They made their way to Ang Mo
Kio.
As they walked, they gave out leaflets [English]
[Chinese]
about Ministers'
pays vesus Workers' salaries.
30 Apr 07 (Mon),
12:00 pm
A gruelling day for the walkers as the sun is
getting hotter at noon and their feet are inflicted with
blisters. However, they will press on and keep up with the
schedule.
They are presently at Hougang. By now, they have
completed about 20 hours' walk and covered about 70
Kilometers.
30 Apr 07 (Mon), 4:00 pm
The
walkers just came from Punggol and reached Bedok Reservoir Rd.
They will continue to proceed to Tampines and Pasir Ris.
30
Apr 07 (Mon), 6:00 pm
Presently, the walkers are at
Tampines heading towards Loyang and Pasir Ris, before they
proceed to Simei and Bedok.
They have been on the road for
the past 36 hours.
30 Apr 07 (Mon), 8:00 pm
At
the moment, Ms Chee and Dr Chee have reached Pasir Ris. They are
heading to Upper Changi Road. They are looking to a stop at the
Bedok Swimming pool to fresh up, rest and have dinner around that
area.
They are rather tired after covering about 80
Kilometers of the journey.
30 Apr 07 (Mon), 9:30
pm
The walkers stopped and rest for the day at
Bedok.
1 May 07 (Tue), 6:00 am
Ms Chee
and Dr Chee set off in a heavy downpour early this morning. They
have been walking nonstop since.
Presently, they are at
Waterloo Street and will be heading for Hong Lim Park
afterwards.
1 May 07 (Tue), 12:45 pm
Finally,
the 2 May Day walkers made it to Hong Lim Park, holding up the
SDP flag between them as they entered the Speakers' Corner.
“One day, I'll get there —
we'll all get there.”
“Don't
think that democracy is just an idea. The young must fight for
democracy, not only with their minds but their whole body, arms,
legs, everything. Whether you are at home or outside, do not fail
to publicise democracy.”
—
Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian writer detained on
Buru Island by Suharto for 14 years
(Above quote taken
from Dr Chee Soon Juan's book, To Be Free:Stories from Asia's
Struggle against Oppression, published in 1998.)
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