Lawyer Lim Biow Chuan will stand again as the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) candidate in Mountbatten in the coming General Election (GE), the party announced on Friday (Aug 21).
Mr Lim was introduced as the candidate for Mountbatten by Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin at a press conference outside the PAP branch at Old Airport Road.
Said Minister Tan on the incumbent MP: “We worked together in the town council. How you administer the sinking funds are very important. This is when you begin to realise how important financial prudence is. It’s about managing future needs.
“By understanding our people’s needs, we can think about how to meet those people’s needs at the local level, and champion them at a national level, which is what Biow Chuan has been doing. Not just the concerns of Mountbatten residents, but the concerns of all Singaporeans.”
Mr Lim, 52, was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) from 2006 to 2011, before his Mountbatten ward was carved out as a Single Member Constituency (SMC) for the last GE in 2011.
Mr Lim went on to secure 58.62 per cent of the vote against fellow lawyer Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss of the National Solidarity Party (NSP).
Ms Chong-Aruldoss has already confirmed she will contest the Mountbatten seat again this year, albeit under the Singapore People’s Party (SPP) banner.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
