GE: Lim Boon Heng warns about consequences of freak election result
SINGAPORE: Minister in Prime Minister's Office, Lim Boon Heng, acknowledged that having three new candidates in the PAP team for Jurong GRC will mean that the residents there need more time to get to know them.
But he added that the new candidates, David Ong, Desmond Lee and Ang Wei Neng, have been working the ground and connecting with the people.
Mr Lim Boon Heng who was speaking to reporters at the official launch of the Loving Heart Cheng Hong Satellite Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic.
The clinic in Jurong East has been operating for the past year serving residents for free or for a nominal fee.
Joining Mr Lim at the launch was Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who is leading the PAP team in Jurong GRC and members of his team. PAP's fifth candidate for the GRC, Halimah Yacob, was not at the event.
The five of them later distributed vouchers to some 100 elderly residents and also served them a vegetarian lunch.
The minister, who was the anchor minister for the PAP team in Jurong GRC, said he is confident in the team led by Mr Tharman.
He said the National Solidarity Party team which is contesting the ward, has not been making weekly visits to the ward.
The five NSP candidates are Mr Christopher Neo, 48; Mr Abdul Rasheed, 69; Mr Elvin Ong, 33, all three businessmen; Mr Ong Hock Siong, 64, company director; and Ms Noraini Yunus, 43, a telemarketer. The five candidates have also pledged to move to various parts of the Jurong GRC and quit their current jobs to become full-time MPs if they get elected.
Mr Lim, who is Chairman of the PAP, warned about the consequences of a freak election result and if that happens, Singaporeans may have to live with a painful outcome. But he is glad almost all seats are being contested in the coming polls.
He said: "I am actually happy that most if not all the seats will be contested, because for too long we have had elections where half of Singapore don't actually need to think about who to vote for. At this time around I think it is good that Singapore citizens sit back, think about who they want to vote for and why they want to vote for that person. It is an important thing to do every now and then because the future of Singapore depends on it.
"I think that as a voter myself, my biggest priority would be who among the candidates being offered for me to choose will be able to give me and my family a better future. I hope this is the question that all Singaporeans will ask themselves."
-CNA/ac
SINGAPORE: Minister in Prime Minister's Office, Lim Boon Heng, acknowledged that having three new candidates in the PAP team for Jurong GRC will mean that the residents there need more time to get to know them.
But he added that the new candidates, David Ong, Desmond Lee and Ang Wei Neng, have been working the ground and connecting with the people.
Mr Lim Boon Heng who was speaking to reporters at the official launch of the Loving Heart Cheng Hong Satellite Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic.
The clinic in Jurong East has been operating for the past year serving residents for free or for a nominal fee.
Joining Mr Lim at the launch was Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who is leading the PAP team in Jurong GRC and members of his team. PAP's fifth candidate for the GRC, Halimah Yacob, was not at the event.
The five of them later distributed vouchers to some 100 elderly residents and also served them a vegetarian lunch.
The minister, who was the anchor minister for the PAP team in Jurong GRC, said he is confident in the team led by Mr Tharman.
He said the National Solidarity Party team which is contesting the ward, has not been making weekly visits to the ward.
The five NSP candidates are Mr Christopher Neo, 48; Mr Abdul Rasheed, 69; Mr Elvin Ong, 33, all three businessmen; Mr Ong Hock Siong, 64, company director; and Ms Noraini Yunus, 43, a telemarketer. The five candidates have also pledged to move to various parts of the Jurong GRC and quit their current jobs to become full-time MPs if they get elected.
Mr Lim, who is Chairman of the PAP, warned about the consequences of a freak election result and if that happens, Singaporeans may have to live with a painful outcome. But he is glad almost all seats are being contested in the coming polls.
He said: "I am actually happy that most if not all the seats will be contested, because for too long we have had elections where half of Singapore don't actually need to think about who to vote for. At this time around I think it is good that Singapore citizens sit back, think about who they want to vote for and why they want to vote for that person. It is an important thing to do every now and then because the future of Singapore depends on it.
"I think that as a voter myself, my biggest priority would be who among the candidates being offered for me to choose will be able to give me and my family a better future. I hope this is the question that all Singaporeans will ask themselves."
-CNA/ac
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