By Dylan Loh | Posted: 13
March 2011 1638 hrs
SINGAPORE: The People's Action Party (PAP) will
fight seriously any opposition team fielded in Moulmein-Kallang
GRC, said Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob
Ibrahim.
Moulmein-Kallang has been carved out of the existing Jalan Besar
GRC, which Dr Yaacob helms, for the coming General Election.
He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a walkabout in the
area Sunday.
"We are confident that we will be able to win the trust of the
voters because we've been working for the last five years, you
know. We're not just parachuted all-of-a-sudden overnight and I
think our track record is open for scrutiny", said Dr Yaacob.
With him were incumbents Dr Lee Boon Yang and Ms Denise Phua, and
new face Mr Edwin Tong.
Mr Tong, who's a lawyer, said he had been understudying Dr Lee in
Jalan Besar.
Information, Communications and the Arts Minister Lui Tuck Yew was
also on the walkabout.
Both Mr Lui and Dr Yaacob stopped short of saying if they will be
fielded in Moulmein-Kallang GRC, adding that the final decision
lies with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Mr Lui is currently part of the neighbouring Tanjong Pagar
GRC.
During the walkabout, the PAP team crossed paths with the
opposition National Solidarity Party (NSP).
Among those in the NSP team were prospective election candidates Mr
Tony Tan and Ms Hazel Poa, both former government scholars and Ms
Nor Lella Mardiiiah, who heads the party's Malay Bureau.
They were accompanied by other party members, including the party's
Treasurer, Steve Chia.
"We are here today in this area to introduce our candidates, the
Tony and Hazel and Lella who will be coming here in this
Moulmein-Kallang to contest election. We hope to bring competition
to politics", said Mr Chia.
- CNA/cc