[CONSOLIDATED] Singapore General Election 2025 Discussion Thread

[yperic]

can use skillsfuture to upskill, any suitable course to recommend him?

5 year later try again lor.

 

[エステ好きな野郎]

lose liao can retire in JB lah with all his money

 

[vegaspace]

last time round he internet campaign......

I remember during the election broadcast, he didn't let any of his GRC teammates talk. The whole broadcast was just Lim Tean talking non-stop.

He is such a good team player; he lets his teammates participate but only he gets to talk.

 

[Insatiable_creat]

Dig ear hole also lost in aljunied grc. Now health minister leh. Just let him hide under another grc loh..

 

[messidona]

his party members all look like kopitiam pao kopi unker

got some jump ship to goh meng seng's party

 

[nasfieldjohn]

he and tcj ministars for so mani years
still got millions no worries

 

[Cokacola]

is this is how PAP keeps civil servants close, with promises of potential candidacy at GE for the top tier servants?

 

[jericho75]

 

[alvincy]

If NCM wins Jalan Kayu, I think he will say you see you see me can one, is that Lam Pin Min 带衰 me, so many people in Sengkang like me but no like him.

 

[PCguy]

He's a crazy fellow. I'll rather WP and PSP come here

 

[mansae]

High ranking meh? Director only haha. In civil service considered normal rank.

 

[Mancunian2]

If NCM wins Jalan Kayu, I think he will say you see you see me can one, is that Lam Pin Min 带衰 me, so many people in Sengkang like me but no like him.

oh btw, Lam pa min going to contest where this time?

 

[gonewiththesmart]

why just against India ?

LT fb today 25.3.2025

Packed Like Sardines !
This was the Downtown Line at 9.51 am this morning, heading towards Jalan Besar. How anyone can propose an increase in population from the current 6 million is beyond my comprehension !
I promise you if elected into Parliament, I will be the strongest opponent against CECA and will demand its abolition ! I will also fight with every sinew in my body to stop the PAP’s reckless policy of mass immigration !
Singaporeans deserve a salubrious enviroment to live and raise their families, not an overcrowded concrete jungle teeming with bodies as far as the eye can see.
TAKE BACK WHAT BELONGS TO YOU !

 

[Atrina_Boy]

means he will the first minister honour to lost twice in election if that were to happen

 

[TUV2008]

I remember during the election broadcast, he didn't let any of his GRC teammates talk. The whole broadcast was just Lim Tean talking non-stop.

He is such a good team player; he lets his teammates participate but only he gets to talk.

this is a clear demonstration of his character, Attention Seeker. He wants all the attention on him only.

 

[Airplane88]

It is not hating him just disliked him in ‘ chopping’ GRC and SMC without discussing with other opposition parties which to go for and which to avoid and let other opposition parties to go in. In other words to avoid 3 corners fight that benefit the incumbent.

 

[enimen]

I think pap recruitment talent pool is too small.

Why they never expand to find real talents

Hahha. Sorry, I made myself laugh

 

[Vincentlow82]

Come back to Jalan Besar GRC and lose to Josephine Teo and Denise Phua again lah.

 

[yperic]

Second perm sec Jeffrey Siow resigns; most senior civil servant to step down ahead of GE2025

Mr Jeffrey Siow is the fourth and most senior civil servant to resign ahead of the upcoming general election.PHOTO: PUBLIC SERVICE DIVISION

SINGAPORE - Mr Jeffrey Siow, the second permanent secretary of two ministries, has resigned from the civil service and is set to enter politics.

Mr Siow, who is at the Ministry of Manpower and the Ministry of Trade and Industry, is the highest-ranking civil servant to resign so far, and the latest in a string of departures ahead of the general election.

He has held various senior roles in the public service over his career, including managing director of statutory board Enterprise Singapore and principal private secretary to former Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

His last day is on April 1, The Straits Times has learnt.

Mr Siow, 46, currently leads efforts to grow Singapore’s economy, and to develop a productive workforce and progressive workplaces.

Before becoming second permanent secretary, he was the first managing director and chief operating officer of Enterprise Singapore, where he took charge of growing and transforming local businesses.

He was principal private secretary to Mr Lee from 2017 to 2021 – a role which has among its alumni Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who worked with Mr Lee, as well as Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat and Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat who worked with the late Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew.

Mr Siow has also had stints at the Transport, Education and Manpower ministries.

The Straits Times has contacted Mr Siow for comment.

Former permanent secretaries – the highest rank in the civil service – who entered politics have later made it into the Cabinet.

Mr Chee was second permanent secretary at MTI before joining politics in 2015. He was appointed minister of state after the election, and subsequently became Transport Minister and Second Minister for Finance in 2024.

DPM Heng was also permanent secretary at MTI before becoming Singapore’s central bank chief and later running in the 2011 election. He was made Education Minister in his first term in government.

Mr Siow is the most senior among a raft of civil servants who will leave the service ahead of the election, which is widely expected by mid-year.

Earlier on March 25, The Straits Times reported that Ms Goh Han Yan, a director overseeing Singapore’s Smart Nation and AI policies, had resigned and is set to join politics.

Ms Goh, a director in the Smart Nation Strategy Office and the national AI group for policy and strategy in the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI), will leave the service on April 3.

ST had earlier reported on the resignations of deputy secretary Jasmin Lau from the Ministry of Health and Mr Foo Cexiang, a director from the Ministry of Transport.

The PAP has traditionally tapped public service leaders when sourcing for candidates. Those who are chosen to stand often resign in the lead-up to the election, as they are not allowed to participate in political activities while in service.

In the past, public servants have quit their roles close to the start of the hustings.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...or-civil-servant-to-step-down-ahead-of-ge2025

 

[Medicated Oil]

Dun think he will lose.
He got strong backing leh.