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A man has been appointed to win back Aljunied for the PAP.
Mr Victor Lye, 49, the general manager of a healthcare insurance company, will take over former foreign minster George Yeo to lead the People's Action Party (PAP) team in the fight for Aljunied.
Mr Lye, a father of two, has been a PAP member since 2001, and was recently appointed as the PAP branch chairman in Aljunied.
The PAP branch chairman is usually the ward's election candidate.
He spoke to The Straits Times in an interview recently.
On his new appointment, he says that he will not be bringing back PAP's Meet-the-People Sessions in the constituency as he respects that the Worker's Party is now in charge in Aljunied.
"But we cannot retreat", he added.
My Lye feels that the PAP had "given away" Aljunied in the last election and that the party had realised too late that it had problems in its communication and the execution of its policies.
He felt that Prime Minister Lee's apology in the last election campaign had come too late and that "Aljunied had paid the price".
Mr Lye has a resume characteristic of a PAP politician.
He received a Colombo Plan scholarship in 1982, and graduated with first-class honours in economics from University of Adelaide.
He entered the elite administrative service in 1987 but broke his bond after three years at the Trade and Industry Ministry.
Mr Lye was previously invited by the PAP to stand for election in 1996 but turned down the offer as he was considering whether to relocate to Hong Kong at the time.
Mr Victor Lye, 49, the general manager of a healthcare insurance company, will take over former foreign minster George Yeo to lead the People's Action Party (PAP) team in the fight for Aljunied.
Mr Lye, a father of two, has been a PAP member since 2001, and was recently appointed as the PAP branch chairman in Aljunied.
The PAP branch chairman is usually the ward's election candidate.
He spoke to The Straits Times in an interview recently.
On his new appointment, he says that he will not be bringing back PAP's Meet-the-People Sessions in the constituency as he respects that the Worker's Party is now in charge in Aljunied.
"But we cannot retreat", he added.
My Lye feels that the PAP had "given away" Aljunied in the last election and that the party had realised too late that it had problems in its communication and the execution of its policies.
He felt that Prime Minister Lee's apology in the last election campaign had come too late and that "Aljunied had paid the price".
Mr Lye has a resume characteristic of a PAP politician.
He received a Colombo Plan scholarship in 1982, and graduated with first-class honours in economics from University of Adelaide.
He entered the elite administrative service in 1987 but broke his bond after three years at the Trade and Industry Ministry.
Mr Lye was previously invited by the PAP to stand for election in 1996 but turned down the offer as he was considering whether to relocate to Hong Kong at the time.
PAP no balls ahh..??? :p 
:p Send 1 Heavyweight Minister to Aljunied lah..
