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Think of S'pore's future, choose the right candidates: PM Wong

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May 01, 2025

Challenges in a very changed world will have an impact on issues that matter deeply to Singaporeans, he says

- Goh Yan Han

Think of S'pore's future, choose the right candidates: PM Wong

Think about Singapore's future in a changing world and choose the right candidates this election, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on April 30, the second-last day of the hustings.

He urged voters to consider three things, as the nation heads into the last stretch of campaigning.

"First, this election is about your future — for you, your families, your children — in a very changed world where we are facing serious and growing challenges," said PM Wong, who was at a Tampines walkabout with PAP's slates for Tampines GRC and Tampines Changkat SMC.

These challenges will have an impact on issues that matter deeply to Singaporeans, like cost of living, incomes, jobs and livelihoods; and whether Singapore can even make a good living in this new world, he added.

His second point, reiterating his message from the past week of campaigning, was that the election is about choosing candidates who are honest, trustworthy and of good character who can serve in the constituencies and represent residents in Parliament.

Some of these candidates will form the leadership to govern Singapore and help to steer the country through the many storms it is facing and to take the nation to greater heights, said PM Wong.

"Thirdly, this election is about our ideals, what we want Singapore to be, the society that we envisage for ourselves, especially a harmonious, multiracial and multi-religious society," he said.

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