TAN CHENG BOCK

I think you can fool people once but you can't fool the people all the time.

I would love to be a mentor to many people who want to go into the political arena, teach them the art of winning elections.

I cannot say that the PAP has done me wrong or something. I think I'm quite grateful to the PAP.

If I become president, I want to make sure that we shouldn't live in fear. We should all be one people. We should all enjoy differences of opinion without getting upset.

If the PAP has a two-third majority, they will have the power to change important laws like the Constitution at will, whenever they wish.

Ask yourself, have you ever heard any of your PAP MPs ask the hard questions? As a Singaporean, you have a right to information that the Government is refusing to answer.

The President must not be such a distant person.

Very important, the President must be seen not as a figurehead but as somebody the people can look to for support for some of the issues, national problems and so on.

I don't toe the party line all the time.

We should not live in fear, we should all enjoy being able to express our views freely and openly, challenge each other on issues.

Freedom of choice and free speech without fear must be defended.

Never expect the votes to come.

We want to build a compassionate and truly democratic Singapore where good values and people matter.

You ask yourself what is it you want? You want results or to show you are such a great fighter? For me I would rather make sure I get good results.

I want to relax for a while, maybe go back to my medical practice. I got a lot of old patients waiting for me.

My mind is always focused on the country.

I feel that it is a social responsibility for us who are better educated to give back some to the society in whatever service we can help.

In all my 26 years in Parliament, we had referred to Mr. Ong Teng Cheong as the first Elected President.

We got to put in place policies to ensure that those who are unemployed, what do we do for them?

If you've got no base, it's very difficult to function as an MP. You cannot be a 'virtual' MP, you must be a proper one.

For the past 20 years, the PAP has had a strong monopoly. However, prosperity has not flowed to all Singaporeans.

This is politics. In politics, you only show the cake but not the ingredients. The time will come when I show you the cake and the ingredients.

If I convince myself that I'm going contest in West Coast, I will go. It doesn't matter who else comes because that's your belief.

But at the end of the day, any president must try to unify Singapore... that must be in the heart of the man who wants to be the president.

In politics things change, in politics timing is important, and in politics, how I move, I don't tell you.