[CONSOLIDATED] Singapore General Election 2025 Discussion Thread

[Eureka75]

when we hit 10m

personal space conservation tax will kick in, same as water conservation tax

as land and public space are scarce we need to tax people's movement to teach them the importance of only leaving the house when necessary to conserve our personal space, land and lessen the strain on infrastructure

same sound logic as water conservation tax

and then you have this abomination while telling people water is precious - https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2022/01/jewel-rain-vortex-cleaning/index.html?shell

Like that many Sinkies will move to JB liao

 

[pushtopen]

Like that many Sinkies will move to JB liao

they changing ERP to 2.0 distance based charging

have you heard of any drivers planning to move to JB because of that?

 

[Eureka75]

Dont think the IMH director going to Yishun to contest

 

[Eureka75]

PAP are playing EC and Marine Parade around. It is hard to tell which is worse than the other until the Nomination day.

Can see Edwin Tong and See Leng playing musocal chairs at Marine Parade and Eadt Coast and introduce a lot of new candidates there

 

[Eureka75]

Think TPL can only carry Mac, the rest of the places not so much. There is no telling how much impact that will bring. But above on most people head, there is the escalating cost of living that get to everyone. So that might exert some influence over many change of decision.

Think EC might be a good try, HSK seems like slowing fading out. Thus weakening influence of sort. So, there is chance for someone to come in fill the gap. However, think incumbent might put in another heavyweight for that. So, its still a fair game out there.

Tin Pei Ling only popular in MacPherson which the voters regard her as her god daughter/ daughter in law. If WP field a strong star team there the voters are willing to vote out the unpopular Cantonese Leng

 

[TwyPlasma]

Because of racial representation. Although I do wonder how does the President decide which GRC is which race.

I also quite curious. I thought Punggol would be Malay GRC as last time Kampong Punggol was a Malay kampong

 

[Shion]

ELD's electoral boundaries maps for 2020 and 2025 imported from data.gov.sg.

Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency

Electorate	151,634

Seats	5

Nee Soon grc electoral boundaries changes

None

General Election 2011: Nee Soon GRC[1]

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	Lim Wee Kiak Lee Bee Wah Patrick Tay K Shanmugam Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim	80,740	58.40
	WP	Poh Lee Guan John Yam Angela Faye Oon Watson Chong Cham Weng Sanjeev Kamalasanan	57,523	41.60
Turnout	140,604	94.80	N/A
	PAP win (new seat)

General Election 2015: Nee Soon GRC[2]

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	K Shanmugam Henry Kwek Lee Bee Wah Louis Ng Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim	82,197	66.83	8.43
	WP	Cheryl Loh Xiu Wen Gurmit Singh S/O Sadhu Singh Luke Koh Tiong Yee Kenneth Foo Ron Tan Jun Yen	40,796	33.17	8.43
Majority	41,401	33.66	11.34
Rejected ballots	1,682	1.25
Turnout	134,250	94.24	0.52
	PAP hold	Swing	11.34

General Election 2020: Nee Soon GRC[3]

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAP	K. Shanmugam Derrick Goh Carrie Tan Louis Ng Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim	86,219	61.90	4.93
	PSP	Kala Manickam Taufik Supan Bradley Bowyer Sri Nallakaruppan Damien Tay	53,070	38.10	N/A
Majority	33,149	23.80
Rejected ballots	2,199	1.55
Turnout	141,488	96.22	1.98
Registered electors	147,047
	PAP hold	Swing	4.93

nee soon results is hard to say because law minister still there. cp residents very happy with him.

wait for him to retire first

but among the 3 north side constituency, nee soon is the weaker one compared to sembawang or marsiling

GE2011, nee soon included a significant portion of sembawang area
GE2015, that area + a small part of nee soon east was split out to sembawang grc and in turn, absorbed kebun baru
GE2020, kebun baru split out, and took back the small nee soon east part

 

[We_Generation]

Because of racial representation. Although I do wonder how does the President decide which GRC is which race.

Exactly, there's a need for women representation in parliament too.

 

[boredom2012]

Wow Lawrence Wong haven't address the nation on the us tariff. Lol let pinky and gan to tank for him?

 

[carlongerdidu93]

 

[chongquan82]

when we hit 10m

personal space conservation tax will kick in, same as water conservation tax

as land and public space are scarce we need to tax people's movement to teach them the importance of only leaving the house when necessary to conserve our personal space, land and lessen the strain on infrastructure

same sound logic as water conservation tax

and then you have this abomination while telling people water is precious - https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2022/01/jewel-rain-vortex-cleaning/index.html?shell

Looking forward to air tax

Proposed quota for breathing space

Cannot polluted the air around pap elites

 

[Shion]

Looking forward to air tax

Proposed quota for breathing space

Cannot polluted the air around pap elites

oxygen tax.
carbon dioxide tax.

 

[yperic]

What’s it like being Singapore’s Minister for Transport, the lightning rod for public frustration, whenever transport disruptions occur? How did Mr Chee Hong Tat navigate the SimplyGo crisis just weeks into his new role? What were Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s last words to him before his passing?

In today’s podcast, we sit down with Mr Chee Hong Tat, Singapore’s Minister for Transport, for a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to shoulder the responsibility of ensuring the smooth operation of Singapore’s public transport system, relied on by millions of commuters every day, and to discuss upcoming upgrades to Singapore’s transport network.

 

[yperic]

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[icebleue]

I also quite curious. I thought Punggol would be Malay GRC as last time Kampong Punggol was a Malay kampong

Bukit Batok and Jurong West no more Malay candidate. I think that one more powerful. I thought all along those places have more Malays.

 

[Coffeelix]

oxygen tax.
carbon dioxide tax.

Will it come a day need COE to buy HDB n properties also…

 

[Braun8]

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...te-look-set-to-be-part-of-wps-slate-in-ge2025

Ex-IMH director, Harvard graduate look set to be part of WP’s slate in GE2025​

Dr Ong Lue Ping served as IMH’s head of psychology for six years between 2015 and 2021, and director of allied health from 2022 to 2024

APR 04, 2025

SINGAPORE – A former senior leader of the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) and the founder of a start-up are among the new faces tipped for the WP slate, as the opposition party prepares to field what could be its largest ever pool of first-time candidates at the upcoming election.

Dr Ong Lue Ping, 47, who was IMH’s director of allied health from 2022 to 2024, and Mr Michael Thng, 37, a master’s graduate from Harvard Kennedy School, have been touted as two of several “star catches” who will don the party blues.

Based on observations at walkabouts and party sources, The Straits Times estimates that the WP is likely to field at least 17 new faces this time around, many of them professionals, including lawyers and management consultants.

This would surpass the record 16 newcomers in 2011 and 2015, and almost double the nine fielded in 2020. It comes on the back of the opposition party’s medium-term goal to win one-third of the seats in Parliament.

The WP is expected to field at least 30 candidates in eight constituencies. They are Aljunied, Sengkang, Punggol, East Coast, Marine Parade-Braddell Heights and Tampines GRCs, and the single seats of Hougang and Tampines Changkat.

For now, ST has spotted 13 new faces, with an average age of 43. This is higher than that of the crop of new faces in the past two elections. WP newcomers averaged 39.3 years in age in 2015 and 37.4 in 2020.

Dr Ong was first spotted on the ground in the new Punggol GRC in February, alongside three-time WP candidate and former Non-Constituency MP Yee Jenn Jong. He was then wearing a light-blue polo tee with no party logo, indicating that he had not yet joined the party.

In the surest sign of his candidacy, he showed up at the WP’s Geylang Road headquarters on March 29 for a photo-taking session for the party’s election candidates.

ST understands that Dr Ong has been volunteering with the opposition party for some months, including as a case writer for Hougang MP Dennis Tan at his Meet-the-People Sessions.

He is currently a senior principal clinical psychologist at IMH. In his former role, he was part of the psychiatric hospital’s circle of 10 senior leaders. Before that, he had served as IMH’s head of psychology for six years.

He was also a member of Compass – a national council to advise the Ministry of Education on how to strengthen partnerships between parents, schools and the community. He left the role in December 2024, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Meanwhile, ST understands that Mr Thng has gone through the vetting process for potential candidates and is likely to stand in five-member Tampines GRC, where the WP looks set to contest for the first time.

He was spotted with three potential teammates – industrial equipment sales manager Jimmy Tan, 53; payment expert Jasper Kuan, 46; and former Boston Consulting Group (BCG) management consultant Andre Low, 33 – along with other Tampines volunteers, outside the WP headquarters on March 28.

After graduating from university in 2016, Mr Thng joined Big Three management consultancy BCG as a principal, and later co-founded a product discovery and sampling start-up called Showdrop.

Mr Michael Thng holds a master’s degree in public policy from the well-known Harvard Kennedy School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Singapore Policy Journal.

He did his undergraduate studies in economics and international business at New York University and holds a master’s degree in public policy from the well-known Harvard Kennedy School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Singapore Policy Journal, which publishes analyses of Singapore policy by students and researchers.

What is known of WP’s slate​

Among the other 11 new faces, some have already set up public-facing social media accounts, had their formal portraits taken, and started walking the ground, including in areas such as MacPherson, Chai Chee and Joo Chiat, where electoral boundaries have changed.

Five of the 13 are men in their 30s: Mr Thng, Mr Low, Mr Jackson Au, 35, Mr Kenneth Tiong, 36, and Mr Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Malik, 35.

(Clockwise from left) Mr Jackson Au, Mr Kenneth Tiong, Mr Tan Kong Soon, Mr Daniel Lee and Mr Ang Boon Yaw.

Mr Tiong, a former head quant developer at Brahman Capital, is expected to be fielded in Aljunied GRC. Since 2024, he has been coordinating Meet-the-People Sessions at the group representation constituency’s Serangoon ward, which has been left vacant since July 2023 when WP MP Leon Perera stepped down.

In a Facebook post on his newly set up public page on March 26, Mr Tiong, who is now director of Sensemake AI, a tech start-up, revealed he has been volunteering with the WP for some time. “As we approach the upcoming general election, I feel compelled to step up and play a more active role in shaping the conversation about where our nation is headed,” he wrote.

Mr Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Malik is slated to fill the vacancy at former WP MP Raeesah Khan’s Compassvale ward.

Mr Muhaimin, a senior property manager at Aljunied-Hougang Town Council, looks set to contest in Sengkang GRC, and has been attending the constituency’s events alongside its MPs He Ting Ru, Louis Chua and Jamus Lim. He is slated to fill the vacancy at former WP MP Raeesah Khan’s Compassvale ward.

Mr Fadli Fawzi, Mr Andre Low, Ms Sylvia Lim and Mr Harpreet Singh are some members of the WP who are legally trained.

Mr Low, who started his career as a disputes lawyer with Drew & Napier, left BCG in February after news of his possible candidacy emerged. He is now a product manager at a global fintech company. He is also an aide to Mr Chua and a core member of the WP media team.

He is one of three legally trained individuals among the new faces. The other two are senior counsel Harpreet Singh, 59, who runs boutique law firm Audent Chambers, and Mr Ang Boon Yaw, 42, of Yeo Marini Law Corporation.

Mr Ang is active in East Coast GRC, walking the ground alongside two-time WP candidate Kenneth Foo, 47, a deputy director at the Singapore Cancer Society, and former researcher Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim, 59, who made his electoral debut in 2020.

Lawyer Ang Boon Yaw (far right) has been active in East Coast GRC, walking alongside two-time WP candidate Kenneth Foo (third from right).PHOTO: KENNETH FOO/FACEBOOK


Mr Singh, another WP star catch, had been spotted as far back as 2023, in what was then Marine Parade GRC. The areas he has covered now fall mostly in the recently renamed Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC.

While he walks the ground with IT professional Nathaniel Koh, 41, and lawyer Fadli Fawzi, 44, who are likely to make their second bid in the constituency, party sources say Mr Singh may be fielded elsewhere come Nomination Day.

Mr Jackson Au at a Ramadan food distribution in March. He is expected to contest in Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC.PHOTO: FADLI FAWZI/FACEBOOK


Rounding out the team in Marine Parade-Braddell Heights is Mr Au, who is a senior manager of corporate affairs and marketing with the London Stock Exchange Group. He has been volunteering for the party since 2022, was Mr Perera’s legislative assistant for six months until the MP resigned, and is currently part of the media team.

The new face seen in Punggol with Dr Ong is Mr Daniel Lee, 47, a self-employed corporate trainer.

The WP is also expected to field Mr Tan Kong Soon, an assistant director of alumni engagement at NTU, for the first time.

The 48-year-old is not new to the party, having been a member since 2007 and a recurring face on the party’s central executive committee – the party’s highest decision-making body.

A legislative assistant to former WP chief and Aljunied GRC MP Low Thia Khiang from 2013 to 2017, he will enter the 2025 polls as the party’s deputy organising secretary.

It is unclear where Mr Tan will stand. He was previously sighted covering areas in what is now known as Punggol GRC.

The sole woman among the 13 is Ms Afifah Khalid. The 42-year-old associate director in the financial services industry is expected to stand in Tampines GRC.

Former Workers’ Party chief Low Thia Khiang (centre) with the four tipped to be candidates in Tampines: Mr Andre Low (second from left), Mr Jasper Kuan (fourth from left), Ms Afifah Khalid (third from right) and Mr Jimmy Tan (second from right).PHOTO: THE WORKERS' PARTY

 

[Braun8]

Really hope WP wins Marine Parade - Braddell Heights GRC. I can't stand Edwin Tong and Tan See Leng and hope they get voted out.


https://theindependent.sg/smiles-and-thumbs-up-greet-wp-team-at-marine-parade-braddell-heights/

Smiles and thumbs up greet WP team at Marine Parade – Braddell Heights​

April 3, 2025

SINGAPORE: New Workers’ Party member Harpreet Singh wrote about the warm reception the WP team receives at what is now Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC, shining a light on the work that Nathaniel Koh and Fadli Fawzi have put in on the ground for the past few years.

Mr Singh, a senior counsel of the Supreme Court of Singapore, wrote on Tuesday (April 1) that the response of residents has been “Warm, generous, *(and) deeply encouraging.”

“As Nat shared, some elderly residents don’t even need an introduction to us—“I see your logo, I know already,” they say with a smile and thumbs up to the WP’s hammer logo on our t-shirts,” he added.

Mr Singh has been part of the WP team going around the various estates at Marine Parade for the past 18 months.

He noted that Messrs Koh and Fadli had been on the WP slate that contested at Marine Parade GRC in the 2020 General Election. Although the ruling People’s Action Party had a heavyweight team, including two ministers and the then-Speaker of the House, the WP team won 42 per cent of the vote.

This showed that WP had gained ground at Marine Parade GRC since the 2015 GE when it received 35.95 per cent of the vote. The WP team that year included current Sengkang MP He Ting Ru and former Non-constituency MP Yee Jenn Jong.

“That result, in what many consider a traditional PAP stronghold, shows the substantial level of support among Singaporeans for a more balanced politics in our country,” Mr Singh added.

He also wrote that in spite of having full-time jobs and young families, Messrs Koh and Fadli have continued their work on the ground since 2020, showing up nearly every week, connecting with residents and hearing out their concerns.

Since the electoral boundaries have been redrawn, the WP team on the ground has expanded its outreach to the new areas of MacPherson, Mountbatten, and parts of Potong Pasir. It has also been giving out Hari Raya goodies to families and attending events in the community.

“Moments like that remind us: the groundwork and door-to-door visits matter. And that trust must be earned, not just during elections but during the time in between. Our team is here to listen, to learn, and to serve. And it’s our pleasure doing so,” said Mr Singh.

Both Mr Koh and Mr Fawzi are members of the WP’s Central Executive Committee.

Mr Koh is the Deputy Treasurer and a former president of the WP Youth Wing. Having been with the WP since at least 2009, he was also a Secretarial Assistant to party chief Pritam Singh from 2016 to 2020. He works as an IT professional and is married with two young children.

Mr Fawzi has been with the WP since 2013, assisting with Meet the People sessions and other grassroots activities.

He currently conducts monthly policy sessions for members and volunteers. By profession, he is a lawyer with Inkwell Law Corporation and specialises in litigation work. Like Mr Koh, Mr Fawzi is also married, and he and his wife have one daughter.

 

[Heriophant]

What’s it like being Singapore’s Minister for Transport, the lightning rod for public frustration, whenever transport disruptions occur? How did Mr Chee Hong Tat navigate the SimplyGo crisis just weeks into his new role? What were Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s last words to him before his passing?

In today’s podcast, we sit down with Mr Chee Hong Tat, Singapore’s Minister for Transport, for a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to shoulder the responsibility of ensuring the smooth operation of Singapore’s public transport system, relied on by millions of commuters every day, and to discuss upcoming upgrades to Singapore’s transport network.

Suddenly got so many podcasts from PAP ministers...

 

[samstom]

WP has a very strong team this GE2025.
Harpeet Singh, Dr Ong Lue Ping, Michael Thng, Jackson Au, Kenneth Tiong, Tan Kong Soon are just some of the many well qualified candidates we have seen so far.