GE: PAP to field at least 20 new candidates
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By Evelyn Choo | Posted: 25 February 2011 2239 hrs
SINGAPORE : PAP Chairman Lim Boon Heng has said his party plans to field at least 20 new candidates in the upcoming General Election so that they can gain experience working on the ground while the older ministers carry on.
He hopes the new candidates will be ready in five to ten years to take the country forward.
Mr Lim, who is also the MP for Jurong GRC, spoke on the sidelines of a community event at his constituency on Friday.
"We have a list of possible candidates, including reserves. And as to the actual positioning of who stands where, there is some idea about what we want to do. But we do not take this as the final list. The final list is confirmed only on Nomination Day," the chairman of the People's Action Party (PAP) said.
"If you recall in 2001 in Jurong GRC, the slate was decided hours before Nomination Day. So it can happen to any of the seats we are contesting," Mr Lim added.
On possible candidates, two new faces were spotted on Friday evening - 29-year-old Alex Yam and 35-year-old Desmond Lee.
Both have been serving as grassroots leaders in Jurong GRC for about a month.
Mr Yam is currently coordinating the new media activities of the various resident committees of Jurong, while Mr Lee oversees active ageing events.
On current MPs in his Jurong team, Mr Lim commended Ms Grace Fu - who is the Senior Minister of State for National Development and Education - on her work in Yuhua over the past five years, saying she has done well.
He said her ward saw the most significant change in terms of being carved out as a Single Member Constituency.
Responding to the re-drawing of electoral boundaries, Mr Lim called the report "logical" and "sensible", as there are changes in population.
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better field 87 new candidates.
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20 more faceless...................heartless..................self-serving...................
PAP lackeys........................
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Blood renewal in the process !!!
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
better field 87 new candidates.
It is a new strategy.
Hire 20 elderly for NTUC. Field 20 new candidates for PAP.
Next plan increase GST to 20%
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Originally posted by Nelstar:
It is a new strategy.
Hire 20 elderly for NTUC. Field 20 new candidates for PAP.
Next plan increase GST to 20%
so sick and tired of those old bus and uncles.
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Means those MPs who dared to vaguely criticized the government over the years may not make it this time round.
They need more "yes" men.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Means those MPs who dared to vaguely criticized the government over the years may not make it this time round.
They need more "yes" men.
so much so that they even created 3 more seats for this election....
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Originally posted by deathmaster:
so much so that they even created 3 more seats for this election....
Add more seats, more SMC taken by opposition = they still have the GRC and maintain a high percentage of seats with good amount of walkovers.
More GRC contested = they still have more SMC uncontested. Next election can re-merge to form more GRCs.
Then by adding more seats. Opposition is having trouble figuring out where to hit next.
Strategy.
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Ong Ye Kung from NTUC, Chan Chun Sing who is outgoing Chief of Army... all potential ministerial material.
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I hope to see blood renewal in opposition parties.
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All 20 will be put in GRCs.
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Originally posted by charlize:
All 20 will be put in GRCs.
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can i vote for ultraman?
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Originally posted by Taiyaki:
I hope to see blood renewal in opposition parties.
go for brain transplant 1st lah.................
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Originally posted by Asromanista2001:
go for brain transplant 1st lah.................
may be also $8 nia...
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Originally posted by SevenEleven:
Why do you laugh?
You think they want to put a fresh face in the SMCs and let the voters there go "Who are you?"