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Influencers, cause champions, businessmen: The new Friends of the PAP - wendychan - 23-06-2024

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/influencers-cause-champions-businessmen-the-new-friends-of-the-pap

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RE: Influencers, cause champions, businessmen: The new Friends of the PAP - wendychan - 23-06-2024

Call it the star power of their guests. The continuing chatter around the ruling People’s Action Party’s (PAP) Refresh PAP event at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre on June 8 was not about the new blood spotted in its ranks, but the identities of some 140 non-members in the 400-strong crowd.

Analysts and observers interpreted the party’s efforts to grow the group, known as the Friends of the PAP, as an extension of its longstanding practice of co-opting like-minded individuals and entities into its cause.

But they detected something different this time round – a sense that the PAP is leaning on those Friends, who are social media influencers, as a strategy to reach a wider, decidedly younger audience.

While business owners and people active in community dialogues were also among the group not wearing the party colours of white on white on June 8, it was these content creators that seized the limelight.

Star-studded cast
TikTokers seen taking photos and interacting with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and various ministers included SGAG senior content strategist Amy Ang of “Chinese teacher” fame; Mr Simon Khung, better known as Simonboy; and Mr Tommy Wong, who is known by his online moniker TommyNBCB.

Ms Ang is a 20-year-old bilingual content creator with more than 150,000 followers on TikTok, while Mr Khung is a full-time content creator with close to 200,000 followers on the video sharing platform. Mr Wong, who also founded the Nothing But Cheeseburgers burger chain, has some 96,000 followers on TikTok.

Mr Wong had recently taken part in a Drug Victims Remembrance Day panel discussion, organised as part of the Central Narcotics Bureau’s drug-free campaign.

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RE: Influencers, cause champions, businessmen: The new Friends of the PAP - wendychan - 23-06-2024

good life and good material life on earth being associated with PAP

all burn in hell after

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RE: Influencers, cause champions, businessmen: The new Friends of the PAP - K88 shu shu - 23-06-2024

all want to plp the PAP like last time the RSAF (Round Short And Fat) ugly xxxsuay.

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RE: Influencers, cause champions, businessmen: The new Friends of the PAP - Alice Alicia - 23-06-2024

Handshakes and video-making.
That's the agenda of our new PM.

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RE: Influencers, cause champions, businessmen: The new Friends of the PAP - Bigiron - 23-06-2024

Alot of fake smile...

Go there for networking not to reconnect with the people

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RE: Influencers, cause champions, businessmen: The new Friends of the PAP - wendychan - 23-06-2024

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RE: Influencers, cause champions, businessmen: The new Friends of the PAP - wendychan - 23-06-2024

same here
confirm boycott

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