In the May 3 General Election, a revised People’s Action Party ( PAP ) slate will face Red Dot United’s ( RDU) top leadership in the Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency ( GRC ) election.
On Wednesday ( Apr 23 ), the candidates ‘ nominations were confirmed.
K Shanmugam, 66, the 66-year-old laws and household affairs minister, leads the PAP’s group, which includes four visitors.
They are Ms. Lee Hui Ying, 36, a communications director, Dr. Syed Harun Alhabsyi, 40, a physician and past Nominated Member of Parliament, Mr. Jackson Lam, 40, a producer of a cleanup and pest control company, and Ms. Goh Hanyan, 39, a former chairman at the Ministry of Digital Development and Information.
Three first-timers are leading the RDU’s secretary-general, Ravi Philemon, 56, and president David Foo, 60, in their campaign for the district.
Dr. Syed Alwi Ahmad, 57, a philosophical mathematician, Mr. Pang Heng Chuan, 56, a chairman of an international organization with a Chinese base, and Ms. Sharon Lin, 40, a older consultant in the IT industry, are among them.
Nee Quickly GRC will elect five MPs out of 151 registered voters in 634. Its limitations are the same as before GE2020. It ranks third behind West Coast-Jurong West GRCs and Ang Mo Kio.
In Nee Quickly GRC, the PAP defeated the Progress Singapore Party in the GE2020 election, winning with 61.9 % of the voting.