SINGAPORE: The Singapore People’s Party ( SPP ) on Tuesday ( Apr 22 ) confirmed its slate for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC in the upcoming General Election.
They will be: SPP secretary-general Steve Chia, party chairman Melvyn Chiu , as well as fresh faces Mr Muhammad Norhakim, an businesses administrative, and Mr Lim Rui Xian, who is self-employed.
Mr Chia likewise confirmed SPP manager Williiamson Lee as the group’s candidate for Potong Pasir SMC.
The group, during its manifesto start next Saturday, unveiled the five candidates for both constituencies- the exact ones it had contested in the last election- but did not state where they would be fielded.
In the 2020 election, the SPP staff consisting Mr Chia, 55, Mr Chiu, 46, Mr Lee, 46 and past member Osman Sulaiman attained 32. 77 per cent of the vote, losing to the People’s Action Party ( PAP ) lineup led by Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen.
For the coming election, the SPP stone may be up against a PAP team that will no longer get helmed by Dr Ng, who is retiring from politicians.
The PAP crew will instead be led by Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat. Mr Saktiandi Supaat and two new faces, donation director Elysa Chen, and social investor Cai Yinzhou, round out the four-member stone.
Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC has 98,505 registered delegates. It is one of five GRCs to keep its electoral boundaries in the recent Electoral Boundaries Review Committee ( EBRC ) report.
This will be Mr Chia’s fifth day standing in a General Election. He was a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament from 2001 to 2006 – landing the couch after he contested Chua Chu Kang SMC under the Singapore Democratic Alliance’s symbol.