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4 weeks ago | 
sg.news.yahoo.com | Lee Ying |Wong Pei Ting |David Sun |Kok Yufeng |Ng Wei Kai
SDP candidate Chee Soon Juan having a team talk with the SDP team soon after arriving at MOE (Evans) Stadium on May 4. SINGAPORE – Fiery speeches and calls for change galvanised crowds at election rallies during the hustings, with opposition parties and their supporters eager for a breakthrough in the 2025 General Election. But as rain fell in the pre-dawn hours after Polling Day on May 3, those flames were dampened by a swing in votes to the PAP.
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | Aqil Hamzah |Shermaine Ang |David Sun |Eddino Abdul Hadi
SINGAPORE – The ruling PAP has defeated three other parties to retain Tampines GRC, receiving 52.02 per cent of the vote in the constituency touted as among the most hotly contested in this election. Coming in second was WP, with 47.37 per cent of the vote. The People’s Power Party (PPP) garnered 0.43 per cent of the vote and the National Solidarity Party’s (NSP) got 0.18 per cent.
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | Aqil Hamzah |David Sun
SINGAPORE - The opposition WP team in Tampines will work to ensure that ongoing projects in the town will carry on, should it be voted into Parliament, the party’s vice-chair Faisal Manap said on April 30. The party’s Tampines candidates also sought to assure voters on the penultimate day of the election campaign that they will draw on their experiences to take care of residents’ needs and town council matters.
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | Wong Pei Ting |Joyce Lim |David Sun
Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE – WP chief Pritam Singh has rejected Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s statement that the opposition party engages in “negative politics”, saying it was the PAP that had done so for years. Speaking at a rally on April 29, he listed as examples the PAP’s initial treatment of residents in the opposition wards, and the lack of access for opposition MPs to People’s Association resources.
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1 month ago | 
sg.news.yahoo.com | Wong Pei Ting |Joyce Lim |David Sun
WP chief Pritam Singh speaking during the party's rally at the Bedok Stadium, on April 29. SINGAPORE – WP chief Pritam Singh has rejected Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s statement that the opposition party engages in “negative politics”, saying it was the PAP that had done so for years. Speaking at a rally on April 29, he listed as examples the PAP’s initial treatment of residents in opposition wards, and the lack of access for opposition MPs to People’s Association resources.
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | Aqil Hamzah |David Sun
Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE - Although Singaporeans may have differing views on issues, especially global ones, “disagreement must never become division”, said Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Masagos Zulkifli. “If we are not careful, those cracks can deepen,” said Mr Masagos, who is also the Social and Family Development Minister. “In some countries, where trust was never built, minorities struggle to worship freely, even Muslims.
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | David Sun |Aqil Hamzah
and SINGAPORE - Former Chief of Army David Neo will contest Tampines GRC in the upcoming general election for the ruling PAP. The 47-year-old will run alongside Dr Charlene Chen, 43, an assistant professor of marketing at the Nanyang Technological University, the constituency’s anchor minister Masagos Zulkifli said on April 16.
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2 months ago | 
straitstimes.com | Aqil Hamzah |David Sun
SINGAPORE – Since its formation in 1988, Tampines GRC has borne witness to a two-way electoral race at every general election except in 1997, when there was a walkover. But at the upcoming election, up to three opposition parties could end up contesting both the group representation constituency of about 147,900 voters and the newly carved out single seat of Tampines Changkat with around 23,800 voters.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | David Sun
SINGAPORE - Some 10,000 households in Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC will be able to buy cooking oil, eggs or rice for $1, under a new initiative to help residents cope with the rising cost of living. The GRC’s initiative, called MY $1 Deals, will allow households with at least one Singapore to buy up to three coupons for $1 each. These coupons can then be used to redeem a 2.5kg pack of rice, a litre of cooking oil or a tray of 30 eggs.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | David Sun
SINGAPORE - One was a 41-year-old director of a digital marketing company. Another was a 21-year-old lift mechanic. And the third was a 44-year-old security guard. All three Singaporean men were arrested by the Internal Security Department (ISD) in October 2024,a year after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct 7, 2023. The men were affected by the war and had been self-radicalised online. They were determined to fight for Israel’s enemies.
