SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT STATEMENT
GENERAL ELECTION
1 NOMINATION DAY
Nomination Day will be on Thursday, 27 April 2006.
2 NOMINATION CENTRES
The Nomination Centres are as follows:
Place of nomination
(Nomination Centres)
Electoral Divisions
1. Admiralty Secondary School
Woodlands Crescent
Singapore 737916
Nee Soon Central
Nee Soon East
Sembawang
2. Bedok View Secondary School
Bedok South Avenue 3
Singapore 469293
East Coast
Pasir Ris-Punggol
3. Bendemeer Primary School
Bendemeer Road
Singapore 339948
Jalan Besar
Potong Pasir
Tanjong Pagar
4. Bukit Panjang Government High
School
Choa Chu Kang Avenue 4
Singapore 689809
Chua Chu Kang
Hong Kah
5. Fajar Secondary School
Gangsa Road
Singapore 678972
Bukit Panjang
Holland-Bukit Timah
6. Jurong Junior College
Corporation Road
Singapore 649809
Jurong
West Coast
7. Ngee Ann Secondary School
Tampines Street 32
Singapore 529283
Hougang
Tampines
8. Pei Chun Public School
Lorong 7 Toa Payoh
Singapore 319320
Aljunied
Ang Mo Kio
Bishan-Toa Payoh
Yio Chu Kang
9. Tao Nan School
Marine Crescent
Singapore 449761
Joo Chiat
MacPherson
Marine Parade
3 RETURNING OFFICER
For the General Election, the Prime Minister has appointed Mr
Tan
Boon Huat, Chief Executive Director of the Peoples Association as
the
Returning Officer.
The Returning Officer has declared that Saturday, 6 May 2006
is
Polling Day. Polling Day is a public holiday.
4 DEPOSIT BY CANDIDATE
According to the Parliamentary Elections Act, the deposit per
candidate is 8% of the total allowances payable to an MP in the
preceding
year and rounded to the nearest $500.00. The deposit for a
candidate
shall, therefore, be $13,500.00.
5 MALAY COMMUNITY AND INDIAN AND OTHER MINORITY
COMMUNITIES COMMITTEES
The Parliamentary Elections (Malay Community Committee)
Regulations, 1988 and the Parliamentary Elections (Indian and
Other
Minority Communities Committee) Regulations, 1988 stipulate that
every
applicant shall ensure his application for the Certificate of the
Malay
Community Committee or Certificate of the Indian and Other
Minority
Communities Committee under regulation 9 is received by the
Committee
not later than 2 clear days before the day of Nomination.
Nomination Day is 27 April 2006. Therefore, all applications must
be
submitted to the Elections Department, 11 Prinsep Link, Singapore
187949
not later than 6.00 pm on Monday, 24 April 2006.
Members of the Malay Community Committee are:
(1) Tuan Abu Bakar Maidin - (Chairman)
(2) Tuan Maarof Salleh
(3) Tuan Shafawi Ahmad
(4) Tuan Iskander Abdul Jalil
(5) Tuan Wan Hussin Zoohri
Members of the Indian and Other Minority Communities Committee
are:
(1) Mr Gopinath Pillai - (Chairman)
(2) Mr Kaisavapany s/o Krishnasamy
(3) Mr Rudolph William Robert Mosbergen
(4) Mr Francis Joachim DCosta
(5) Mr Kirpal Ram Vij s/o Devi Dial
6 POLITICAL DONATION CERTIFICATE
Every candidate shall submit, together with his nomination paper
and
other necessary documents, a Political Donation Certificate issued
by the
Registrar of Political Donations under section 18(4) of the
Political
Donations Act. Application for the Certificate shall be made by
submitting,
in person or through an authorised representative, a pre-election
donation
report (Form 3) and a pre-election declaration (Form 4) to the
Registrar of
Political Donations at his office at the Elections Department, 11
Prinsep
Link, Singapore 187949 not later than 6.00 pm on 24 April
2006.
For further information, please visit the website of the Registry
of
Political Donations at www.elections.gov.sg.
PRIME MINISTERS OFFICE
