Parliament yesterday approved a motion tabled by the Workers’ Party (WP) to transfer its Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) seat offered to losing Punggol East candidate Lee Li Lian to Associate Professor Daniel Goh — but not before a heated…
Read more
My comments on PM’s proposed changes to the Elected President, GRC and NCMP schemes, are as follows: 1. Elected President- a) Existing eligibility criteria are sufficiently tight and yet flexible to permit candidates from a broad background to come forth…
Read more
This is the SDP’s response to media queries about Mr Lee Hsien Loong’s proposal to increase the number of NCMPs: The proposals by PM Lee serve only to distract the people from the real problems that plague elections in Singapore….
Read more
I was in Parliament this afternoon to clear my cupboard. This particular book was especially memorable. I delivered my maiden speech on this and although there were butterflies in my stomach, I was glad that I was able to speak…
Read more
Last night, the Workers’ Party’s CEC (Central Executive Council) met to decide on which candidates would accept the Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) positions, following the results of General Election 2015. The press release on our decisions is here. Before…
Read more