CEC APPOINTMENTS: WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR The PAP also voted for its 38th central executive committee (CEC) on Sunday, with Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat joining the ranks for the first time after being co-opted. National University of Singapore political scientist Bilveer Singh said the omission of senior ministers from the ballot altogether – … Read more
Mr Lee served at PAP’s Teck Ghee branch for 40 years. He was Member of Parliament (MP) at the Teck Ghee single-member constituency in 1984, and since its dissolution in 1991 has represented the Teck Ghee ward as part of the Ang Mo Kio group representation constituency. Mr Heng also called on the party and … Read more
BETTER COMMUNICATION, KEEPING DOORS OPEN Other than engaging the public on a wider suite of issues, Mr Wong said that the PAP will also aim to communicate better with Singaporeans. He said that as a political party, the PAP needs to have effective communication channels, and “we must do better”. “Obviously, people think we can … Read more
SINGAPORE: Mr Ch’ng Jit Koon, who served in politics for 28 years as a Member of Parliament and Senior Minister of State, died on Friday (Mar 1) at the age of 90. Mr Ch’ng began his political career in 1968 when he was elected to Singapore’s second parliament as MP for Tiong Bahru. He served there … Read more
SINGAPORE: The charging of former Transport Minister S Iswaran will likely have little impact on the plans for the People’s Action Party (PAP) leadership handover and the next General Election (GE), political analysts said. This is because Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong would likely have factored in the possibility of the case going to trial. Even if the trial … Read more
