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1 week ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Fabian Koh |Ang Hwee Min
SINGAPORE: Amid deeply worrying global developments and despite the country's limitations as a small state, Singapore is "not without agency", said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Wednesday (Apr 16). Singapore’s prosperity has depended on a “stable rules-based global order”. As the old order frays, a new one will eventually emerge, he said, during this year’s edition of the S Rajaratnam Lecture, addressing political officeholders, diplomats and senior government officials.
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1 week ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Fabian Koh |Abigail Ng
Singapore The GRC will see two new faces on the PAP slate, orthopaedic surgeon Hamid Razak and lawyer Cassandra Lee. New: You can now listen to articles. SINGAPORE: Minister for National Development Desmond Lee will lead the People’s Action Party (PAP) team in West Coast-Jurong West GRC in the upcoming General Election.
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1 month ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Fabian Koh |Koh Wan Ting |Deborah Lau
SINGAPORE: With the release of revised electoral boundaries on Mar 11, political parties in Singapore are ramping up their outreach efforts for polls that have to be held by Nov 23. While the ruling People's Action Party and main opposition parties have yet to publicly confirm their plans, smaller blocs have been quick to lay claim to constituencies they intend to contest.
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1 month ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Fabian Koh |Ang Hwee Min
SINGAPORE: Political parties keen to contest in the west of Singapore will likely have to relook their strategies, with the redrawing of electoral boundaries in the region, said political analysts on Tuesday (Mar 11). “The west of Singapore has been redrawn to quite a big extent” compared to the 2020 General Election, said Dr Teo Kay Key, a research fellow with the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Institute of Policy Studies (IPS).
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1 month ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Justin Ong Guang-xi |Fabian Koh |Charmaine Jacob |Tang See Kit
SINGAPORE: As the next General Election approaches, political parties are ramping up their outreach efforts. The vote has to be held by Nov 23, and the formation of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee in January by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong was the first step in the route to the ballot box. In the third instalment of a running series, CNA spotlights some potential new candidates who have been seen engaging with constituents across the island.
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2 months ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Fabian Koh |Abigail Ng |Charmaine Jacob
SINGAPORE: Fringe political parties in Singapore have identified constituencies they wish to contest in a coming general election, despite the electoral map still being redrawn and the date of the polls not yet announced. Overlapping claims have set these smaller opposition parties on a potential collision course, even with the crowded field consolidating into a few blocs in an attempt to avoid multi-cornered fights.
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2 months ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Matthew Mohan |Fabian Koh
SINGAPORE: As the next General Election approaches, political parties are ramping up their outreach efforts. The vote has to be held by Nov 23, and the formation of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee last month by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong was the first step in the route to the ballot box. In the second instalment of a running series, CNA spotlights some potential new candidates who have been seen engaging with constituents across the island.
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2 months ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Fabian Koh |Justin Ong Guang-xi |Koh Wan Ting
SINGAPORE: New faces from various political parties here have started walking the ground as the drums of this year’s General Election start beating louder. The next contest has to be held by Nov 23, and the formation of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) last month by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong was the first step in the country’s route to the ballot box.
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2 months ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Matthew Mohan |Fabian Koh
SINGAPORE: Watching a Manchester United match used to bring excitement and often joy for Red Devils fan Nigel Chin. These days, his feelings have been replaced by "a bit of dread" every time the weekend games come around. "It's like which Man United side will we see this week? Is it going to be the (bad) one or are we going to see a decent performance? All these things can affect your mood as a fan," he told CNA. Mr Chin is not alone.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Fabian Koh
SINGAPORE: The cost of living has emerged as the top concern of Singaporeans heading into this year’s general election, for which over a quarter have not yet made up their minds on who they will be voting for, a new survey has found. Concerns over jobs and unemployment came in second, while the state of the economy followed in third place, according to the study by Blackbox Research’s SensingSG, Singapore’s only public and independent sentiment tracker.
