Support from elderly resident while 'staring at defeat in the face': Heartwarming stories from candidates on the campaign trail

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Workers’ Party (WP) candidate Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim shared a heartwarming post early this morning (July 3), about his experience interacting with residents while on the campaign trail.

The 54-year old former researcher who is Nicole Seah’s East Coast GRC teammate shared how he’d knocked on a door and was greeted by an elderly resident.

“He looked at me, raised his hand, and went back to his living room,” wrote Abdul Shariff.

“It took a while so I began to wonder if the raised hand was a gesture for me to wait or to go away.”

To his surprise, the elderly man came back with what appeared to be a handwritten Chinese poem in support of WP.

As I spoke to residents during my walkabouts and home visits, there were many moments that will forever remain etched on…

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