The People’s Alliance for Reform ( PAR ) made the official announcement on Saturday ( Apr 12 ) that it would challenge Dr. Michael Fang to run for president in the upcoming General Election.
Dr. Fang told CNA that his main problems were rising wages and the cost of living, adding that” we see the persons suffering around us” and that life had become “more hard” after he later distributed food to people there.
” Basically, the residents here are mixed of the elderly folk and a small percentage of the younger generation, i .e., 30s to 40s, and we have been listening to their concerns because the cost of living has been very high,” he said.
We hear about their worries about living expenses, job loss, and how their retirement savings may grow. We just want to do our part for the individuals because it has been having a lot of impact.
While Dr. Fang, who is from the Peoples Voice ( PV), noted what the government has done to reduce rising costs, he claimed this has been “largely advised to be insufficient to help the residents.”
Every Singaporean household will receive S$ 800 ( US$ 600 ) in Community Development Council ( CDC ) vouchers, according to Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong’s speech in February during his national budget speech.
One of the three events in the Line is PV, the Reform Party and the Democratic Progressive Party, the other two are the other two.  ,
In the future vote, Yio Chu Kang SMC  may include 25, 368 citizens.  ,
With 60.82 percent of the vote, Mr. Yip Hon Weng of the People’s Action Party ( PAP ) won the 2020 election over Kayla Low of Progress Singapore Party.
” Barometer for change”
Dr. Fang responded by stating that he is a “barometer for shift” when asked how he felt about his chances against the ruling party.  ,
” They have truly changed,” if I support the PAP MP, which is not difficult. However, the PAP hasn’t really improved if you see me on the other side. he continued. We are attempting to direct them in the right direction.
Dr. Fang stated that if elected, he would support serving residents of the single-seat  clinic and introduce new legislative changes, calling for “lower GST ( Goods and Services Tax ) for everyone, including companies and as well as the common folk.”
Other parties, including the Progress Singapore Party ( PSP) and the Singapore Democratic Party ( SDP ), have recently called for a rollback of the GST to 7 % in order to lower costs.
Dr. Fang also briefly touched on the PAR’s objections to the Central Provident Fund ( CPF ) scheme’s withdrawal age.  ,
He continued, noting that he had received “very good” and “very responsive” responses from walkabouts.  ,
I hope the electorate votes for us so that we can really start implementing positive changes and ending bad guidelines as well.
In 2020, Dr. Fang and PV founder , Lim Tean, Mr. Leong Sze Hian, and Mr. Nor Azlan Sulaiman, along with Dr. Fang, filed for a PV nomination in Jalan Besar GRC. The PAP received 65.36 % of the vote count.  ,