Residents at Marine Parade GRC could be in for more surprises in the coming elections, going by the plans revealed by the opposition parties.
Some of the parties told The Straits Times (ST) yesterday they are interested in contesting for the single-member constituencies (SMCs) that may be carved from the Marine Parade GRC.
This comes after Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong revealed that Braddell Heights, Mountbatten and Kaki Bukit wards have a higher chance of being turned into SMCs in the upcoming elections, due by February 2012.
The three areas lie on the outskirts of the Marine Parade GRC.
Singapore People’s Party chairman Sin Kek Tong, who stood at Braddell Heights in 1991 and 1988, told the paper he would make the ward his priority should it become an SMC again.
He plans to visit Braddell Heights next month.
Both the Socialist Front and Reform Party said they were interested in contesting in a single-seat ward carved from the Marine Parade GRC.
The Socialist Front intends to contest in at least two SMCs, while the Reform Party intends to contest in Chua Chu Kang SMC and at least one new SMC.
Mr Goh Meng Seng, the secretary-general of the National Solidarity Party, welcomed the news but decline to reveal more.
The Worker’s Party and Singapore Democratic Party also reserved comment. The latter will hold a meeting soon to discuss these developments.
The parties interviewed called for the boundaries report to be released soon, and some also speculated this move to create SMCs in Marine Parade GRC was to bait Workers’ Party chairman Sylvia Lim, who led the team in Aljunied GRC in 2006.
According to new rules, there will be at least 12 SMCs in the next elections, from the current nine.
Some of the parties told The Straits Times (ST) yesterday they are interested in contesting for the single-member constituencies (SMCs) that may be carved from the Marine Parade GRC.
This comes after Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong revealed that Braddell Heights, Mountbatten and Kaki Bukit wards have a higher chance of being turned into SMCs in the upcoming elections, due by February 2012.
The three areas lie on the outskirts of the Marine Parade GRC.
Singapore People’s Party chairman Sin Kek Tong, who stood at Braddell Heights in 1991 and 1988, told the paper he would make the ward his priority should it become an SMC again.
He plans to visit Braddell Heights next month.
Both the Socialist Front and Reform Party said they were interested in contesting in a single-seat ward carved from the Marine Parade GRC.
The Socialist Front intends to contest in at least two SMCs, while the Reform Party intends to contest in Chua Chu Kang SMC and at least one new SMC.
Mr Goh Meng Seng, the secretary-general of the National Solidarity Party, welcomed the news but decline to reveal more.
The Worker’s Party and Singapore Democratic Party also reserved comment. The latter will hold a meeting soon to discuss these developments.
The parties interviewed called for the boundaries report to be released soon, and some also speculated this move to create SMCs in Marine Parade GRC was to bait Workers’ Party chairman Sylvia Lim, who led the team in Aljunied GRC in 2006.
According to new rules, there will be at least 12 SMCs in the next elections, from the current nine.
