GE2025 highlights: Election victory parades kick off across Singapore
- May 4, 2025
- May 3, 2025
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Goodbye, posters
PAP volunteers and workers were seen removing posters featuring Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and the PAP's elected candidates for Ang Mo Kio GRC this afternoon.
ST PHOTO: TARYN NG
Tan See Leng reflects on campaign in Chua Chu Kang GRC
Work is under way at Chua Chu Kang GRC, with Meet-the-People Sessions resuming as soon as May 5 – two days after the PAP team, led by Manpower Minister Tan See Leng, won in the election with 63.59 per cent of the votes.
His team — which comprises second‑term MP Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim and newcomers Jeffrey Siow and Dr Choo Pei Ling — will spend its first 100 days engaging residents and assessing needs before drafting a road map for key projects over three phases in the next five years, he said today.
This includes seeing through existing plans, such as new MRT stations to improve the area’s connectivity and some $212 million worth of neighbourhood enhancements under the town council’s five-year plan.
Reflecting on the campaign, Dr Tan paid tribute to the rival PSP team that contested the group representation constituency and said the party had put up a good team that meant well for residents.
For voters who did not support the PAP, Dr Tan said: “We will do our best to win you over. Let our actions speak for itself and judge us not on just what we promise, but what we will deliver.”
ST PHOTO: OSMOND CHIA
‘I didn’t expect such a tight fight’: Tampines resident on GE2025
Ms Beatrice Chok and Ms Rachel Koh were near Block 484 Tampines Street 43 when they saw the PAP's team in Tampines GRC greeting residents in the area.
The 24-year-old undergraduates wanted to take photos with each of the candidates.
When asked for her thoughts on the election results, Ms Koh, who is a Tampines resident, said it was not too surprising as Tampines is a stronghold for the PAP. “I wasn’t worried they would lose,” she said. “And even if WP won, I think it would’ve been fine because they sent a strong team here and both parties want the best for Singapore.”
Dr Charlene Chen, who is part of the PAP’s five-member slate, even asked Ms Koh if she was interested in volunteering at the grassroots level after learning that she was studying social work.
Two other Tampines residents, who wanted to be known only as Brenda and Ivan, told ST that they are happy to have the PAP team back to serve them.
“I didn’t expect such a tight fight in Tampines. The MPs here have done a great job in the last 10 years, but then the other party came and caused such a swing in just 10 days,” said Brenda, who is in her 40s and works in facilities management.
“We have every confidence that our MPs will deliver on their promises, and are looking forward to the initiatives in the five-year plan.”
ST PHOTOS: DAVID SUN
Integrating Joo Chiat with East Coast a priority: Edwin Tong
Speaking to reporters at a stop along the PAP East Coast GRC team's open-top bus tour, Culture, Community and Youth Minister Edwin Tong said the priority now for the five MPs-elect is to divide the constituency among themselves.
“There will have to be some alignment and some adjustments to make, given that we need to amalgamate different divisions among the five of us,” said Mr Tong, who was an MP for the former Marine Parade GRC in his previous term in Parliament.
The Joo Chiat ward he oversaw was carved out of that constituency to become part of East Coast GRC, where he is now the anchor minister.
Mr Tong said he will look into integrating “the new kid on the block” Joo Chiat with the rest of the constituency, in terms of infrastructure and social programmes.
Since the team's win was confirmed in the early hours of this morning, Mr Tong has repeatedly mentioned the need to reach out to those who did not vote for the PAP. He told residents at a community event in Siglap: “We are looking forward to serving our East Coast residents even more, even better, and especially those who did not support us.
“We will do our best to turn them around. We will do our best to improve their lives, and we'll do our best to make sure that next time, they will be on our side.”
ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
‘Very pleased with this outcome’: Grace Fu on Jurong East-Bukit Batok result
The PAP’s MPs-elect for Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC Grace Fu, Murali Pillai, Rahayu Mahzam, David Hoe and Lee Hong Chuang went on a victory parade on an open-top bus around the five divisions today, waving to and thanking residents for their support through a portable speaker and microphone.
In an interview with ST at Yuhua Village Market at 1pm, Ms Fu, who is Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, said her team’s winning margin came as a surprise.
Her team won 76.66 per cent of the votes against opposition party Red Dot United.
“We went out without actually having any expectations because we are made up of three SMCs and two (of us) from a GRC. And so, there are many sorts of uncertainties and unknown factors going into the election, but I think we are very pleased with this outcome,” she said.
Retired administrative executive Lilian Goh, 74, who lives in Punggol but travels to Yuhua every weekend to meet her friends, was overheard telling Ms Fu: “I’m so happy for you, I knew you were going to win big!”
Madam Goh, who lived in Yuhua for over 40 years before moving to Punggol, said: “My side, Punggol, I was very worried last night. But here, I was not worried at all about this GRC; Grace Fu is a very diligent MP.”
Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC comprises part of the former Jurong GRC as well as the Bukit Batok, Yuhua and Hong Kah North SMCs. Jurong GRC had consistently been among the PAP’s best-performing constituencies in recent elections, securing 74.61 per cent of the vote in the 2020 General Election.
ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
Residents praise Tampines Changkat SMC MP-elect Desmond Choo
IT manager Keith Koh, 38, was among residents who visited Tampines Round Market and Hawker Centre today, hoping to catch Tampines Changkat SMC MP-elect Desmond Choo making his rounds there.
Mr Koh, who was there with his fiancee Kristal Chua and mother Ong Jee Loy, said Mr Choo helped Madam Ong, who is a hawker assistant, get financial assistance under the Workfare Income Supplement scheme.
Ms Chua, a community engagement assistant manager, said she likes the initiatives that Mr Choo introduced in Tampines Changkat, such as the $2 breakfast sets.
“I’ve seen him on the ground, he’s a very hard worker, and I’m very happy he won,” she said.
Mr Derrick Ling, 38, was also at the market with his seven-year-old daughter and six-year-old son for breakfast.
He congratulated Mr Choo on his win and took photos with him.
“Desmond is a nice MP, very down to earth and helpful. We always see him walking around interacting with residents, and he comes to RC (residents' committee) functions without fail,” said Mr Ling, who works in sales.
“My wife also likes him. My parents always wanted to take a photo with him.”
Madam Manjit Kaur, along with her brother and sisters-in-law, also managed to take a photo with Mr Choo at the market.
“I’m happy about the results and looking forward to the next five years,” said the 65-year-old. “Desmond has the calibre and is a very nice person, he makes time to see the people.”
ST PHOTOS: SHERMAINE ANG
‘We had hope’: Hougang SMC resident on WP’s showing in other constituencies
It is May 4, and colourful party streamers still drape the out-of-reach tree branches outside the iconic Block 322 Hougang Avenue 5 coffee shop – traditionally the home of WP supporters on polling night, when they gather in droves to celebrate.
And celebrate they did as Mr Dennis Tan, the WP’s candidate for Hougang SMC, emerged victorious over the PAP’s Marshall Lim last night.
Mr Ng, a 60-year-old voter in Hougang SMC who declined to reveal his full name, told ST today that a WP victory in the party’s stronghold of more than three decades is to be expected — but the WP’s showing in other constituencies left more to be desired.
“I wouldn’t say that we are disappointed — but we had hope,” said the driver in Mandarin. He had hoped for the WP to gain more seats in Parliament in GE2025, explaining that cost-of-living concerns are top of mind.
Meanwhile, Mr Tan’s perambulatory vehicle arrived at resident Eric Goh’s neighbourhood carpark at about 12.20pm. Mr Goh, 50, was there with his two children, waiting to congratulate the MP-elect.
“MP Dennis Tan has been such a constant presence that even my five-year-old daughter recognises him,” said the taxi driver, who added that Mr Tan attended his daughter’s graduation ceremony at a nearby infantcare centre.
Hougang residents, who have collectively voted for the opposition party in the single-member constituency since 1991, poked their heads out of their windows to applaud Mr Tan, while shouting cheers of “Workers’ Party”. One resident even hammered a ladle against a metal pot.
ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI, SHAWN HOO
Marymount SMC MP-elect Gan Siow Huang wants to help the sandwich generation
Marymount SMC MP-elect Gan Siow Huang hopes to do more for the sandwich generation – those who are caring for both children and parents at the same time – following her election victory.
Speaking to reporters at Bishan North Shopping Mall today, she said she feels humbled by voters’ support after she retained her seat with about a 15 percentage point increase in vote share.
She said: “I think the last five years of the work that my team and I have done has been recognised by the residents. We will continue to improve the town and also to build a better Marymount community.”
Ms Gan also noted some areas for improvement, including providing more caregiver support to residents in the area, as Marymount has a large proportion of middle-aged, middle-class residents with elderly family members.
“So we have the sandwich (generation), I think we have to do more to support them,” she said.
“Quite a few of them, I noticed, still have elderly parents or grandparents that they are supporting, and at the same time, children who are growing up, but not financially independent yet."
ST PHOTO: SAMUEL DEVARAJ
