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SINGAPORE: The People’s Power Party (PPP) plans to contest in Tampines and Ang Mo Kio GRCs at Singapore's upcoming General Election on May 3, party secretary-general Goh Meng Seng announced on Tuesday (Apr 22).
The opposition party will be dropping out of the Jalan Kayu and Tampines Changkat SMCs which it earlier said it intended to field candidates in.
With its current plans, PPP will look to field 10 candidates.
The party previously said party treasurer William Lim will lead its team in Ang Mo Kio GRC.
The other nine candidates are: party chief Goh Meng Seng, 55; party chairman Derrick Sim, 44; landscaping executive Vere Nathan, 26; construction professional Thaddeus Thomas, 43; horticulturist Heng Zheng Dao, 24; green tech firm founder Peter Soh, 65; entrepreneur Arbaah Haroun, 50; as well as central executive committee members Martinn Ho, 64, and Samuel Lee, 33.
The PPP faces the prospect of multi-cornered fights in both its targeted constituencies.
In Ang Mo Kio GRC, there is the incumbent People’s Action Party (PAP) team led by Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, as well as the debutant Singapore United Party.
A possible four-cornered fight awaits in Tampines GRC, where a PAP team led by Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli; the National Solidarity Party; and potentially the Workers’ Party (WP) could contest.
The PPP's decision to bow out of the Jalan Kayu single-seat ward follows in the footsteps of the People's Alliance for Reform and Red Dot United (RDU) party, setting up a likely showdown between labour chief Ng Chee Meng from the PAP and an as-yet-unknown WP candidate.
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SINGAPORE: The People’s Power Party (PPP) plans to contest in Tampines and Ang Mo Kio GRCs at Singapore's upcoming General Election on May 3, party secretary-general Goh Meng Seng announced on Tuesday (Apr 22).
The opposition party will be dropping out of the Jalan Kayu and Tampines Changkat SMCs which it earlier said it intended to field candidates in.
With its current plans, PPP will look to field 10 candidates.
The party previously said party treasurer William Lim will lead its team in Ang Mo Kio GRC.
The other nine candidates are: party chief Goh Meng Seng, 55; party chairman Derrick Sim, 44; landscaping executive Vere Nathan, 26; construction professional Thaddeus Thomas, 43; horticulturist Heng Zheng Dao, 24; green tech firm founder Peter Soh, 65; entrepreneur Arbaah Haroun, 50; as well as central executive committee members Martinn Ho, 64, and Samuel Lee, 33.
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The PPP faces the prospect of multi-cornered fights in both its targeted constituencies.
In Ang Mo Kio GRC, there is the incumbent People’s Action Party (PAP) team led by Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, as well as the debutant Singapore United Party.
A possible four-cornered fight awaits in Tampines GRC, where a PAP team led by Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli; the National Solidarity Party; and potentially the Workers’ Party (WP) could contest.
The PPP's decision to bow out of the Jalan Kayu single-seat ward follows in the footsteps of the People's Alliance for Reform and Red Dot United (RDU) party, setting up a likely showdown between labour chief Ng Chee Meng from the PAP and an as-yet-unknown WP candidate.
Source: CNA/sk(jo)
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