GE2020 official results: PAP retains Bukit Panjang SMC with 53.74% of votes

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The largest single-member constituency (SMC) of Bukit Panjang will remain in the hands of the People's Action Party (PAP).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - The largest single-member constituency of Bukit Panjang will remain in the hands of the People's Action Party .

Since the SMC was created in 2006, the PAP and SDP have faced off in four elections, with the SDP fielding a different candidate each time. A managing director at DBS Bank, Mr Liang on Wednesday described his campaign as"going to the people, the household, the bus stop, the neighbourhood locations to hear first-hand what people are saying and to deal with their issues".

They tipped Mr Liang to be the chairman of the Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council if elected and declared there would be differences"residents can feel" if the joint town council were to be split, should either constituency fall to the SDP. Prof Tambyah, meanwhile, had focused mainly on the SDP's campaign slogan of"Four Yes, One No". Yes, to suspending the goods and services tax until the end of next year, retrenchment benefits for workers laid off owing to the economic impact of Covid-19, a $500 monthly payment for 80 per cent of retirees and putting the people's interest first.

 

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