When is hougang by election

Topic: Regional News. Found a mistake in this article? Report it to us. What is the issue about? Spelling and grammatical error. Factually incorrect. Story is irrelevant. This field is mandatory. Email optional Please enter valid email. PAP's Mr Lee, a former national gymnast, who previously acknowledged in the enormity of his task, has been walking the ground in the last six years.

Hougang, which spans a landed private estate, condominiums and some Housing Board blocks, has 26, registered voters. Throughout the hustings, Mr Tan has focused less on municipal issues and instead stressed more on the call for alternative voices in Parliament, something he said Hougang residents have understood since they voted the WP into Parliament 29 years ago. As a former Non-Constituency Member of Parliament NCMP , Mr Tan also spoke multiple times on the scheme, which allows the top-performing losers from the opposition to enter Parliament, calling it a "poisoned chalice".

He said it is not a solution to providing varied perspectives in Parliament and does not allow for opposition politicians to sink roots in the community. Meanwhile, the PAP's Mr Lee, who is the adviser to Hougang grassroots organisations, focused more on bread-and-butter matters, such as care for the elderly, improving existing facilities, and also streamlining government resources to provide help for the needy.

A controversy, however, erupted when his campaign flyers drew WP's ire for purportedly claiming credit for the Neighbourhood Renewal Programme NRP , among other upgrading efforts. Mr Lee has not responded to this. This CNA photo captures it. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building community and defending human rights can positively influence how people experience events happening beyond their own communities and national borders.

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For more information please read our Fundraising Ethics Policy. Special thanks to our many sponsors and funders. This site is licensed as Creative Commons Attribution 3. And I shall announce when I have decided to call a by-election as soon as I have decided to do so. Mr Speaker: Ms Sylvia Lim.

Does the Prime Minister not agree that with the Hougang SMC being vacant, there is actually an under-representation of the Hougang voters in this House? And second clarification is, he mentioned that there would be factors that he would consider in deciding when to call the by-election. In this particular instance, can he specify what are the matters which would delay calling the Hougang by-election?

Mr Lee Hsien Loong: Mr Speaker, on the first question of whether there is an under-representation of the interest of the voters of Hougang as a result of this, I do not know that. Because the Constitution is clear.

The rules are clear. How by-elections are called or not called is also completely clear. We debated this in the House. As for the second question, I have already answered Mr Low three times, and I think my answer stands.