Ang Mo Kio GRC and Hougang to hold by-elections at the same time?

[BuiKia]

According to unverified rumors circulating in cyberspace, both Ang Mo Kio GRC and Hougang SMC may hold by-elections at the same time!

A local Chinese tabloid claimed today that Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Seng Han Thong is considering retiring from politics and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong may make use of the opportunity to bring in NTUC Deputy Secretary-General Ong Ye Kung into Parliament.

However, Mr Seng is still active in his grassroots work in Ang Mo Kio GRC and just visited Ang Mo Kio Hub on Monday to ‘recce’ the place after a Singaporean lodged a police report that her son was almost ‘abducted’ by a PRC couple there.

Mr Ong Ye Kung was one of the new PAP candidates slated for a leadership position in the cabinet, but his team lost Aljunied GRC in last year’s General Election.

Another candidate mooted is former SAF Chief Guards Officer Colonel Yau Thian Hock who tendered his resignation suddenly without warning two weeks ago, prompting speculations that he may be fielded as a candidate in Hougang by-election.

The Hougang seat was left vacant after its ex-WP MP Yaw Shin Leong was sacked from the Workers Party for his failure to address swirling rumors about his alleged extra-marital affairs with multiple married women, including a neighbor from China.

 

[Kinana]

Speculation, speculation, speculation. Where did they get their source?

 

[red amoeba]

that time one MP mati also no have by-erection....that time SHT long MC oso neber by-erection, why now by-erection becos someone wanna retire? can suka suka retire like that meh?

I wanna ask PAP...if you noe SHT wanna retire less than 1 yr after erection y he early early neber say and dun participate in GE2011...now suddenly wanna retire? Ask to retire or he wanna retire? He paying for his faux pas during the SMRT breakdown is it?

 

[Perspective]

To hold a BE in AMK will only backlash the PAP in two ways:

1. You as PM have asserted that a BE is a bad cause and now you want the whole AMK to resign to hold a BE.

2. People will see it as distracting from Hougang and petty.

 

[Ramseth]

To hold a BE in AMK will only backlash the PAP in two ways:

1. You as PM have asserted that a BE is a bad cause and now you want the whole AMK to resign to hold a BE.

2. People will see it as distracting from Hougang and petty.

It has been done before by former PM GCT to induct TCH, now DPM. Anyway, I don't think WP will contest a AMK GRC BE or be bothered by a Hougang SMC 3-corner.

 

[deepblue0911]

It has been done before by former PM GCT to induct TCH, now DPM. Anyway, I don't think WP will contest a AMK GRC BE or be bothered by a Hougang SMC 3-corner.

By election in AMK GRC? A bit stretched I must say although not impossible. If this is the plan, then it is to bring in someone (Ye Kung in this case), rather than the need to get rid of another person (SHT). Would be interesting to watch......

 

[cleareyes]

By election in AMK GRC? A bit stretched I must say although not impossible. If this is the plan, then it is to bring in someone (Ye Kung in this case), rather than the need to get rid of another person (SHT). Would be interesting to watch......

Apart from WP of whom I believe would not want to be bothered abt anywhere but hougang, I think if AMK is going to be lined up as part of BE, maybe SDP or even NSP would like to line up their A team.

I m sure it would give LHL 2 weeks of sleepless nights and whether he win or lose, would make him think of firing his advisors of whom give him such harebrain idea.

 

[po2wq]

According to unverified rumors circulating in cyberspace, both Ang Mo Kio GRC and Hougang SMC may hold by-elections at the same time! ...

ah loon where got dare 2 put his dragon seat @ stake ... any fella who shove his ah boy wil kena invited by his o man 2 ze cul-de-sac ...

 

[HTOLAS]

If LHL gets his team to resign from AMK GRC, he'll in fact be copycatting GCT's MP GRC stunt in the early 1990s. He'll show himself to have absolutely no originality or courage.

If he really wants to show originality and courage, he should vacate TP GRC (get rid of LKY), BTPY GRC (get rid of WKS) and TPE GRC (get rid of MBT).