Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean has questioned why the Workers'
Party did not send Mr Png Eng Huat to Parliament earlier when it
had a chance to do so.
At the rally at Hougang stadium, Mr Teo said Mr Png was not deemed
the best man from the WP's losing East Coast GRC team to go to
Parliament to represent the party.
'I think the voters have a right to ask why the WP did not
send Mr Png to Parliament, but now want the voters of Hougang to
send him to Parliament. Is Hougang so special that the WP is
sending you a candidate that the WP themselves decided not to sent
to Parliament when they had a chance?'
In a hard-hitting speech, Mr Teo also attacked the WP for
changing their positions on issues such as foreign workers and
ministerial salaries, and threw his support behind People's Action
Party candidate Desmond Choo.
'It is easy to talk, but even the WP, when it honestly
confronts the issues we face, has changed its previous positions
and come out with solutions not so different from what the PAP is
proposing,' said Mr Teo.
He highlighted that Mr Choo did not leave Hougang, but stayed on
even after losing in the GE last year, even though former Hougang
MP Yaw Shin Leong has left, and WP chief Low Thia Khiang has also
left the ward.
'Give this new man, Mr Desmond Choo a chance to show what he can do
for you, to improve Hougang and to improve your lives,' he
said.
'If he does not live up to your expectations, in four
years' time, ask Mr Low to come back, or ask him to send someone
even better.'
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