what happen to Hougang after GE 2016

[alantan27]

There is a possibility that this will happen
There may be no BE
Hougang SMC at 2016 will break into 3 pcs
1 pcs go to adjunied GRC. Aljunied GRC remain 5man GRC
1 pc go to AMK GRC. Yio Chu Kang SMC will curve out
1 pc go to Paris Ris-pungool. Another smc will curve out at Paris ris

 

[Zatoichi]

Yes, last week, I thought of a similar possibility too...

PM Lee might just keep waiting until 2016, when he can just convert Hougang SMC into a Ward of his invincible Ang Mo Kio GRC! haha

Otherwise, how else can PAP ever win back Hougang as an SMC?
Hougang, and now its next-door neighbour – Aljunied GRC, are already so pro-WP and anti-PAP that I doubt it will let PAP win…

In my opinion, holding a by-election for Hougang this year would just be a waste of time for PAP, especially if it ends up losing again, in which case it would not only have lost time and energy, it would also have lost face once again!

I think it would be better for the PAP government to just appoint one of the WP's NCMPs as the new MP for Hougang, so that everyone can move on…

Besides, since NCMPs theoretically have less responsibilities and therefore easier jobs than those of normal MPs, maybe one of those WP NCMPs should just be tasked to do the job of a Hougang MP…

 

[GoldenDragon]

If WP did not succeed in Aljunied, I bet my last dollar Hougang will remain as SMC. The MIW doesn't want S'pore to be without any opposition in parliament. Looks bad on the world stage and will be accused of many things like crippling the opposition.

With the capture of Aljunied GRC, I am not sure if Hougang will be fed to other GRCs.

 

[Varuna]

If WP did not succeed in Aljunied, I bet my last dollar Hougang will remain as SMC. The MIW doesn't want S'pore to be without any opposition in parliament. Looks bad on the world stage and will be accused of many things like crippling the opposition.

With the capture of Aljunied GRC, I am not sure if Hougang will be fed to other GRCs.

Agree that they must somehow let one or two opposition stay in parliament to help them look good. I think they would rather let Hougang remain as SMC and stay under oppositon ward but work to recapture the bigger piece of meat - Aljunied GRC.

 

[GoldenDragon]

Agree that they must somehow let one or two opposition stay in parliament to help them look good. I think they would rather let Hougang remain as SMC and stay under oppositon ward but work to recapture the bigger piece of meat - Aljunied GRC.

That's also possible. We will know how serious they are in recapturing Aljunied when they name their line-up.

I note many opposition parties are registered with ROS. But no sound no picture type. If and when confronted by foreign media on alleged lack of freedom etc etc, they can always highlight the many political parties registered. Defense mechanism in-place.

 

[Ramseth]

There is a possibility that this will happen
There may be no BE
Hougang SMC at 2016 will break into 3 pcs
1 pcs go to adjunied GRC. Aljunied GRC remain 5man GRC
1 pc go to AMK GRC. Yio Chu Kang SMC will curve out
1 pc go to Paris Ris-pungool. Another smc will curve out at Paris ris

There's no way to split Hougang SMC unless they cut through and split Aljunied GRC too. Hougang is surrounded north-south-east-west by Aljunied, i.e. Hougang is an island in Aljunied. That was how PAP gerrymandered it to keep Hougang isolated without any border with any other GRC or SMC. This gerrymandering has backfired and come back to haunt them now. By current sentiments, if they split Aljunied into two GRCs, they'll lose two GRCs instead of one.