Mar 27, 2011 - Sunday Times
SDP, NSP believed to be keen on fielding young rookies in ex-PMs' strongholds
By
Kor Kian Beng
and
Tessa Wong
SOME opposition parties are keen for their young rookies to take on
two former prime ministers in their People's Action Party (PAP)
strongholds at the coming polls.
If they do so, their gambit would be reminiscent of a
Workers' Party (WP) 'suicide squad' that challenged Prime Minister Lee
Hsien Loong in his Ang Mo Kio GRC in the 2006 General Election.
The term 'suicide squad' was coined by PM Lee that election,
as a comment on how the WP team - five of whom were aged between 24 and
31 - had no real hope of winning the six-member GRC.
Sources say the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) is eyeing
the Tanjong Pagar GRC led by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew as a potential
battleground.
The National Solidarity Party (NSP) is said to be
considering fielding a young team in Marine Parade GRC, helmed by Senior
Minister Goh Chok Tong, 69.
The SDP, led by Dr Chee Soon Juan, has held walkabouts since
late last year in the five-MP Tanjong Pagar GRC, which was last
contested in 1988.
