Singapore — Members of Parliament as well as potential candidates from the People’s Action Party (PAP) in the looming General Election were out in the constituencies during the first weekend (June 20 and 21) after the Phase 2 relaxation of circuit breaker measures.
As June 21 was also Father’s Day, the PAP members took the opportunity to offer greetings on the occasion to residents.
One PAP member who went on a walkabout on Sunday was Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong. He was joined by possible PAP candidate Tan See Leng. Dr Tan used to head IHH Healthcare.
Mr Goh wrote that he made a beeline for his “second home” after being “locked out” of Marine Parade by the circuit breaker and that Dr Tan distributed CDC voucher decals to the participating stall-holders.
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Also in Marine Parade, another MP from the GRC, Mr Seah Kian Peng, went out with a team of volunteers on a “dengue outreach walkabout”.
In Nee Soon GRC, Mr Louis Ng posted photos of himself greeting stall-holders at the Nee Soon East N2 Market.
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His fellow Nee Soon MP, Ms Lee Bee Wah, who had on Saturday been at the Nee Soon South Community Club, posted early on Sunday morning that she was “looking forward to having my favourite kopi o kosong at Khatib”. She went on a Father’s Day walkabout in her ward, where residents happily posed for photos with her.
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Nee Soon residents also saw MP Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim in his ward, doing a “routine festive walkabout in Nee Soon Central”. After the walkabout, he spent the rest of the day with his family and posted photos of a cook-off with his son.
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Sunday morning also saw Mr Ng Chee Meng, the Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress and MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, in the Compassvale area. It is believed that Mr Ng will head the PAP team in the new Sengkang GRC in the coming GE.
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Also seen on Sunday was Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam, who accompanied possible candidates in two areas. He visited Yishun Link with Mr Derrick Go, managing director and head of group audit at DBS Bank, and the Chong Pang City neighbourhood centre with Ms Carrie Tan, the founding executive director of charity Daughters of Tomorrow.
When Mr Shanmugam was with Ms Tan at Chong Pang, he was asked about the recent comments by the PAP’s Tan Wu Meng concerning Workers’ Party head Pritam Singh and playwright Alfian Sa’at.
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As for the two would-be candidates, The Straits Times quoted Mr Shanmugam as saying: “Derrick has been serving in my branch for many years. He has often accompanied me, for some years now. Carrie has been a community organiser, she’s been doing work and has also come around. So it’s not new.”
Mr Shanmugam, Mr Louis Ng and Ms Lee had gone around their wards on Saturday, as did Ms Cheryl Chan, who expressed happiness at seeing residents in Fengshan SMC again.
Senior Minister of State Chee Hong Tat gave out care packs to residents in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, while Education Minister Ong Ye Kung visited and brought along groceries for elderly and low-income residents in Canberra.
Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean was seen in his Pasir Ris ward on Saturday, writing in a Facebook post: “So nice to see the smiles in our residents’ eyes at Elias Mall and N4 … to see a familiar face, meeting friends again for (breakfast) or a drink at the coffee shops.”
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