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1 week ago | 
straitstimes.com | Michelle Ng |Syarafana Shafeeq
SINGAPORE – The PAP has won the newly created Jurong-East-Bukit Batok GRC, securing 76.66 per cent of the votes against Red Dot United (RDU) in the May 3 General Election. The ruling party also clinched the Jurong Central SMC, also newly created, with 80.51 per cent of the vote against RDU.
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2 weeks ago | 
straitstimes.com | Ng Wei Kai |Syarafana Shafeeq
SINGAPORE – The PSP’s “anti-foreigner rhetoric” will drive away international companies, as well as jobs and businesses for Singaporeans, said Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean. Singapore’s unity, stable government, and its consistent and rational policies are strong attractions for such companies to operate here, he said at a rally in Pioneer SMC on April 27. The rally, held at Jurong West Stadium, featured speeches by the party’s candidates for Pioneer SMC and West Coast-Jurong West GRC.
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2 weeks ago | 
straitstimes.com | Christine Tan |Syarafana Shafeeq
SINGAPORE - Many opposition parties have suggested that the ruling PAP is taking Singapore in the wrong direction, but the party has always planned to help the country overcome present-day challenges while keeping an eye on the future.
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4 weeks ago | 
straitstimes.com | Michelle Ng |Syarafana Shafeeq
Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE – Red Dot United (RDU) on April 16 unveiled its slate for the newly formed Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC, which includes two candidates with political experience. Mr Osman Sulaiman, 50, is a director of a waste management company, and contested in the 2011, 2015 and 2020 general elections. Entrepreneur and author Liyana Dhamirah, 38, was an RDU candidate for Jurong GRC in the 2020 General Election.
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | Michelle Ng |Syarafana Shafeeq
SINGAPORE – Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu will helm the PAP team to contest the newly-formed Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC in the general election. The five-member team will include political newcomer David Hoe, 37, and Mr Lee Hong Chuang, 54, who contested the Hougang seat in the 2015 and 2020 elections. Mr Hoe is the director of philanthropy at Majurity Trust, while Mr Lee was the former branch chairperson of PAP Hougang division.
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | Syarafana Shafeeq |Theresa Tan
SINGAPORE - A series of lapses in the reporting of abuse and follow-up checks contributed to the death of four-year-old Megan Khung, who was physically and emotionally abused for more than a year. During that period, she was forced to wear soiled diapers over her head, eat food from the dustbin, and eat her mother’s mucus. She died in 2020 after a fatal punch to the stomach, and her mother and her ex-boyfriend burned her body to hide their crime.
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | Zaihan Mohamed Yusof |Wong Pei Ting |Vanessa Paige Chelvan |Syarafana Shafeeq
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | Syarafana Shafeeq
SINGAPORE - Red Dot United (RDU) on March 23 introduced a possible opposition candidate for the new Jurong Central SMC. Piano teacher Emily Woo, 59, introduced herself to residents during a walkabout at Yuhua Market and Hawker Centre as RDU’s team lead for the area. Madam Woo will front the groundwork in the Jurong Central single seat, said RDU secretary-general Ravi Philemon. But he added that it is too early to confirm any candidates for the upcoming general election.
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2 months ago | 
straitstimes.com | Syarafana Shafeeq
SINGAPORE - Heritage businesses that have been operating for at least 30 years can soon be supported by a new scheme to drive awareness and boost patronage to their shops that have cultural significance. The SG Heritage Business Scheme by the National Heritage Board (NHB) will be piloted in areas including major conservation precincts like Chinatown, Kampong Gelam and Little India.
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2 months ago | 
straitstimes.com | Syarafana Shafeeq
SINGAPORE - A high-level advisory panel will be convened to guide the development of Singapore’s first Islamic college, while a programme to help families in rental flats own their own homes will be expanded. These were among the moves relating to Malay/Muslims that were announced during the debate on the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth’s budget on March 10.
