SINGAPORE: The People’s Action Party (PAP) faces a contest from the Singapore People’s Party (SPP) in the four-member Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in this General Election.
PAP will field Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Chee Hong Tat as well as backbenchers Saktiandi Supaat and Chong Kee Hiong.
AdvertisementAdvertisementSPP’s candidates are party chief and former Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Steve Chia, vice-chairman Williiamson Lee, interior design business owner Osman Sulaiman and Mr Melvyn Chiu, who owns a pet business.
Both sides successfully filed their nomination papers at Bendemeer Primary School on Tuesday (Jun 30).
PAP and SPP went head to head in Bishan-Toa Payoh in the 2011 and 2015 General Elections. The PAP won both times, with 56.9 per cent and 73.6 per cent of the vote, respectively.
Bishan-Toa Payoh has been reduced from a five- to a four-member constituency for this year’s election. Some areas were carved out to form Marymount SMC, while part of Potong Pasir SMC has been added to its boundaries.
AdvertisementAdvertisementBishan-Toa Payoh, with 101,366 voters, is the smallest GRC in terms of electors.
[h=3]READ: Key changes to the electoral boundaries: What you need to know[/h]The PAP has fielded the same slate as 2015 bar Manpower Minister Josephine Teo, who has moved to Jalan Besar to helm the constituency.
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