SINGAPORE: Progress Singapore Party’s (PSP) Jeffrey Khoo will be its candidate standing in Marymount SMC at the upcoming General Election.
Party founder and chairman Tan Cheng Bock made the announcement on Thursday (Apr 17), speaking to journalists at Bishan North Shopping Centre.
Singaporeans will go to the polls on May 3 for the country’s 14th General Election.
Mr Khoo was spotted with PSP’s secretary-general Leong Mun Wai on a walkabout in Marymount on Apr 12, the same day the party announced it would contest Kebun Baru, Marymount and Pioneer SMCs.
Formerly a member of the party’s central executive committee, Mr Khoo contested as part of PSP’s West Coast GRC team in 2020. The five-seater constituency saw the closest fight of that election.
The PAP team, led by former Transport Minister S Iswaran, won with 51.69 per cent of the vote against the PSP. The tight contest secured the opposition party’s two Non-Constituency Member of Parliament seats for Mr Leong and party vice-chairperson Hazel Poa.
Mr Khoo currently serves as CEO of a regional risk consulting firm, said the party.
The party has also confirmed its plans to contest West Coast-Jurong West and Chua Chu Kang GRCs, bringing the total number of candidates it could field to 12.
PSP previously fielded candidates in all three SMCs during the 2020 election.
Then, the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) Gan Siow Huang edged out PSP’s former assistant secretary-general Ang Yong Guan in Marymount SMC, garnering 55.04 per cent of the votes.
The People’s Alliance for Reform has also indicated its intentions to contest Marymount SMC.
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Party founder and chairman Tan Cheng Bock made the announcement on Thursday (Apr 17), speaking to journalists at Bishan North Shopping Centre.
Singaporeans will go to the polls on May 3 for the country’s 14th General Election.
Mr Khoo was spotted with PSP’s secretary-general Leong Mun Wai on a walkabout in Marymount on Apr 12, the same day the party announced it would contest Kebun Baru, Marymount and Pioneer SMCs.
Formerly a member of the party’s central executive committee, Mr Khoo contested as part of PSP’s West Coast GRC team in 2020. The five-seater constituency saw the closest fight of that election.
The PAP team, led by former Transport Minister S Iswaran, won with 51.69 per cent of the vote against the PSP. The tight contest secured the opposition party’s two Non-Constituency Member of Parliament seats for Mr Leong and party vice-chairperson Hazel Poa.
Mr Khoo currently serves as CEO of a regional risk consulting firm, said the party.
The party has also confirmed its plans to contest West Coast-Jurong West and Chua Chu Kang GRCs, bringing the total number of candidates it could field to 12.
PSP previously fielded candidates in all three SMCs during the 2020 election.
Then, the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) Gan Siow Huang edged out PSP’s former assistant secretary-general Ang Yong Guan in Marymount SMC, garnering 55.04 per cent of the votes.
The People’s Alliance for Reform has also indicated its intentions to contest Marymount SMC.
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