WP's tried and tested approach will be used for Tampines GRC: Pritam

Party will unveil plans for constituency only after it has 'dug deep' into area, he says

- Clement Yong Correspondent

Rather than making "empty promises" in Tampines GRC, the WP, as non-incumbents, will put out detailed constituency plans only after it has "dug deep" and listened to residents.

This is because it is not in charge of the town councils and grassroots organisations, said WP secretary-general Pritam Singh on April 26.

The same approach it took in WP-held Aljunied and Sengkang GRCs has led to both town councils receiving top ratings in the town council management report by the Ministry of National Development in 2024, Aljunied GRC incumbent MP Gerald Giam also pointed out.

Mr Singh was responding to comments that his party was focused only on parliamentary issues, and had not yet released its own five-year plan for Tampines, unlike the PAP, which has unveiled its Tampines manifesto.

He said: "You can't take away the work that has been done by the people who've come before you. (In) the same way we can't take away the work that has been done by the PAP in Aljunied before 2011.