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1 week ago | 
straitstimes.com | Clement Yong |Isabelle Liew |Claudia Tan
SINGAPORE – The WP romped to victory in its traditional strongholds of Aljunied GRC and Hougang SMC with little drama, returning its core leaders secretary-general Pritam Singh and chair Sylvia Lim to Parliament. Despite a national swing towards the ruling party, the WP five-member team in Aljunied GRC maintained its dominance over its PAP challengers to take the constituency with 59.68 per cent of the votes, to the PAP’s 40.32 per cent.
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1 week ago | 
sg.news.yahoo.com | Clement Yong |Isabelle Liew |Claudia Tan
GE2025: WP retains strongholds in Aljunied and Hougang despite national swing to PAPThe WP’s Aljunied GRC candidates (from left) Kenneth Tiong, Fadli Fawzi, Pritam Singh, Gerald Giam and Sylvia Lim on May 4. SINGAPORE – The WP triumphed in its traditional strongholds of Aljunied GRC and Hougang SMC with little drama, returning its core leaders – secretary-general Pritam Singh and chair Sylvia Lim – to Parliament.
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1 week ago | 
straitstimes.com | Clement Yong
SINGAPORE – A vote for the WP will not just determine the results of this election, but will also shape the future of Singapore, WP candidates said on May 1, as they made a final impassioned plea for voters to join them in making history.
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2 weeks ago | 
straitstimes.com | Clement Yong
The Pillowman's director Chong Tze Chien (in white) with members of the cast: (clockwise from bottom left) Joshua Lim, Lian Sutton, Irsyad Dawood, Shrey Bhargava, Jamil Schulze and Krish Natarajan. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAHSINGAPORE – Netflix’s four-part limited series Adolescence has got viewers talking about its interrogation scene that veers from the tender to the hurling of a chair.
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2 weeks ago | 
straitstimes.com | Clement Yong
Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE – Rather than making “empty promises” in Tampines GRC, the WP, as non-incumbents, will put out detailed constituency plans only after it has “dug deep” and listened to residents. This is because it is not yet in charge of the town councils and grassroots organisations, said WP secretary-general Pritam Singh on April 26.
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2 weeks ago | 
straitstimes.com | Clement Yong
SINGAPORE – In 1980s Singapore, when nude life drawing was taboo, a little-known pioneer artist insisted on its practice at the then-four-year-old Lasalle College of the Arts. Few locals dared to pose unclothed, so he looked to backpackers staying in hostels willing to disrobe for some petty cash. His deep, booming voice, along with his way of talking to a person like he or she was the only one that mattered, would more often than not successfully persuade models of his pure intentions.
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2 weeks ago | 
straitstimes.com | Ng Keng Gene |Clement Yong
Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE – The Singaporean religious teacher who said he spoke to WP candidates contesting the upcoming election had turned up at a meeting that the party had with Malay/Muslim religious leaders, said WP chief Pritam Singh.
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3 weeks ago | 
straitstimes.com | Clement Yong
Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE – The 14th general election of independent Singapore officially got under way on an intermittently rainy but otherwise nondescript morning on April 23, setting the stage for a flurry of political activity that the 60-year-old island state is unused to.
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3 weeks ago | 
straitstimes.com | Nadine Chua |Clement Yong |Zhaki Abdullah
SINGAPORE - Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Leader of the House Indranee Rajah will anchor the newly-created Pasir Ris-Changi GRC, in a surprise move from her Tanjong Pagar GRC ward. This fuels speculation that Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean, who was expected to helm the GRC, could be moved elsewhere, possibly to the hotly-contested Punggol GRC. The WP has been active there, with both parties keeping their electoral cards close to their chest.
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3 weeks ago | 
straitstimes.com | Kok Yufeng |Nadine Chua |Clement Yong
Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE - The WP has introduced its final batch of new candidates for the May 3 general election. The three new faces were unveiled on April 20 at a press conference at the party headquarters in Geylang - the fourth briefing in as many days. They are:
Mr Jackson Au Chee Meng, 35, a senior manager of corporate affairs and marketing with the London Stock Exchange Group. Ms Paris V. Parameswari, 51, a former US Navy security administrator.
