Workers' Party to contest Marine Parade and MacPherson; NSP to to host Friday meeting

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Workers' Party to contest Marine Parade and MacPherson; NSP to host Friday meeting to discuss where opposition will stand

http://www.straitstimes.com/politics...ing-to-discuss

Chong Zi Liang

Lim Yan Liang

Walter Sim


SINGAPORE - The Workers' Party (WP) will contest Marine Parade GRC and MacPherson SMC, its secretary-general Low Thia Khiang said on Sunday.

Speaking to reporters at a walkabout in Punggol East, Mr Low said the party had been working the ground in Marine Parade group representation constituency (GRC) as well as Joo Chiat single-member constituency (SMC), which will be absorbed into Marine Parade GRC. MacPherson has been carved out of Marine Parade by the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee, whose report was released on Friday.

The WP's Yee Jenn Jong lost Joo Chiat to the PAP's Charles Chong by 388 votes in the 2011 general election.

Mr Low would not say where the WP will also contest, but it is likely to be in East Coast GRC and Fengshan SMC as well, and also Jalan Besar GRC.


Leaders and members of opposition parties were out on walkabouts across the island on Sunday morning, stepping up activity as the general election draws nearer.

WP members were out in both single seats held by the party.

Mr Low joined Punggol East SMC incumbent Lee Li Lian in her constituency to greet residents and sell copies of the party's newsletter, The Hammer.

Hougang SMC incumbent Png Eng Huat was in his constituency where he was joined by Non-Constituency MP Gerald Giam, who is likely to be part of the WP team in East Coast GRC.

The National Solidarity Party's (NSP) leaders were out in Tampines GRC, where a team from the party contested in 2011.

A team from the Singaporeans First Party was also on a walkabout in the constituency, where the new party has said it also hopes to contest.

The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), meanwhile, was on a walkabout in Bukit Batok, where a new SMC has been formed. The SDP says it wants to contest the seat. It is in the area where the party's former chair Ling How Doong once held the former Bukit Gombak seat from 1991 to 1997.

The NSP said it has invited the opposition parties to a meeting on Friday to discuss where they will contest. Such meetings have traditionally been held ahead of the election in a bid to challenge the ruling PAP in all seats and to avoid three-corner fights.


Several opposition members also hope that the nine parties can contest all 89 seats between them.


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