Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say has confirmed he will continue to contest East Coast GRC in the coming elections. Mr Lim was speaking to reporters on Saturday (Aug 1) at the sidelines of a PassionArts event, organised by the People’s Association.
The event, held at Bedok Reservoir in the opposition Aljunied GRC, initially raised questions that he might be fielded there. After all, during the 2011 election, Mr Lim had been deployed at the last minute to East Coast GRC, from his Buona Vista ward in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.
But Mr Lim dismissed the speculation, saying he was there simply to lend support to the event, which is part of Singapore’s 50th anniversary celebrations. He added that he has secured Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong’s agreement to remain in his current ward of Bedok in East Coast GRC.
Said Mr Lim: “I appealed to PM to please let me continue serving the residents in East Coast. PM has agreed, so therefore I will be surprised if, in the coming GE, I am not deployed to contest in East Coast.”
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
