[SINGAPORE] The Singapore Democratic Party has launched its campaign slogan “Thrive, not just Survive”, ahead of the upcoming General Election.
The slogan was announced by the party’s secretary-general Chee Soon Juan on Apr 19 at Blk 257 Bangkit Road, part of Bukit Panjang SMC where the opposition party is set to contest.
Among the proposals in its campaign message is a reduction of the GST to 5 per cent and scrapping it for everyday essentials.
It also wants to introduce a minimum wage act and provide support “to reduce mental health problems due to overpopulation and high cost of living”.
Dr Chee was accompanied by party members Alfred Tan and Damanhuri Abas, who are among the party’s candidates for Sembawang GRC. The other two candidates are SDP’s deputy head of policy James Gomez and party vice-chairman Bryan Lim.
SDP has so far confirmed that it will be fielding candidates in four constituencies.
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Dr Chee is set to contest in the newly carved out Sembawang West SMC while party chairman Paul Tambyah will run again in Bukit Panjang SMC, where he secured 46.27 per cent of the vote in the 2020 General Election.
The opposition party has also unveiled its four-member slate for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, comprising party stalwart Jufri Salim, alternative news site founder Ariffin Sha, theatre director Alec Tok and full-time caregiver Dr Gigene Wong. The team will be up against a PAP slate led by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
The party is unsure if it can assemble a team to field in the four-member Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.
In 2020, the party’s slogan was “Four Yes One No” – referring to its proposals such as the suspension of GST, retrenchment benefits, provision of income for retirees, putting people first, and pushback against what it says is the PAP’s plan to increase Singapore’s population to 10 million.
The PAP refuted claims that the government had mooted having a population of 10 million in Singapore.
In 2015, the SDP campaign slogan was “Your voice in Parliament”. THE STRAITS TIMES
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