SINGAPORE – More than 1,400 people turned up at Hong Lim Park on a sweltering Saturday afternoon with their signs, picnic mats and four-legged friends for the second physical edition of a climate rally since 2019.
Four years down the road, the focus was climate justice. This includes ensuring that nobody is left behind as the Republic works towards decarbonising, and minimising the unequal impacts of climate change on vulnerable groups. This is also known as climate justice. Several MPs and members of political parties also showed up at the rally, including five Workers’ Party MPs, Dr Wan Rizal , Progress Singapore Party Non-Constituency MP Leong Mun Wai, Singapore Democratic Party chairman Paul Tambyah and members of Red Dot United.
Speakers at the four-hour event included former NMP and ophthalmologist Dr Geh Min, who stressed the links between climate change and health, and undergraduate Syazwan Abdul Majid, 26, who is a descendent of the Orang Pulau community on Pulau Ubin, as his mother grew up on the island and Pulau Tekong.
Rental flat resident Marlina Yased told the attendees about her family’s struggles at home with heat and limited ventilation. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMARDuring heavy rain, the entrance to her flat can get slightly flooded. Dr Wan and WP MP He Ting Ru said they are looking forward to reading the letters from their residents.