The Workers’ Party unveiled its first batch of potential candidates for the upcoming general election at its Syed Alwi Road headquarters on Wednesday (Aug 26) afternoon.
Among them were new faces Daniel Goh, 42, an associate professor of sociology at the National University of Singapore, engineer Redzwan Hafidz, 30, and RHBBANK
wealth manager Dylan Ng, 40.
On July 26, party chairman Sylvia Lim had revealed that it would befielding a record 28 candidates – up from 23 in 2011 – in fiveGROUPrepresentation constituencies (GRCs) and five single-member constituencies (SMCs).
APARTfrom Aljunied GRC, Hougang SMC and Punggol East SMC which WP currently holds, it is contesting in East Coast, Jalan Besar, Marine Parade and Nee Soon GRCs, as well as Fengshan, MacPherson and Sengkang West SMCs.
Non-constituency MP Gerald Giam and Aljunied MP Muhamad Faisal Abdul Manap had visited the Elections Department headquarters on Wednesday morning toCOLLECT nomination papers on behalf of the party.
Mr Giam, 37, confirmed that he was one of the 28 candidates contesting at the coming polls.
The pair also submitted the candidates’ Political Donation Certificates and certificates from the Malay Community Committee and the Indian and Other Minority Communities Committee, ahead of the deadline on Aug 28.
The Straits Times had previously identified as many as 16 new faces who could be on the party’s slate, half of whom hail from the private sector. Their ages range between 27 and 48.
Mr Low said on Aug 12 that WP was looking to field younger candidates who “will be able to connect more and represent the views and aspirations of the younger generation”.
Source: www.straitstimes.com
