Shaping of policies does not have to be adversarial, says PAP's Henry Kwek

Shaping of policies for Singapore does not need to be adversarial as this can be done by communities working together to help one another, Mr Henry Kwek, the PAP candidate for Kebun Baru SMC, said on April 25.

- Elisha Tushara

Mr Kwek was responding to a question about comments made by his opponent, PSP candidate Tony Tan, at a rally on April 24 that more opposition voices are needed in Parliament.

Speaking to the media at the launch of PAP's Kebun Baru manifesto, "Always On Your Side", at the party's branch office in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4, he said: "I don't think that shaping policies should be adversarial. I feel that there is tremendous value in getting our community to come together to help one another.

"We will use many means of advocating for our people, be it parliamentary questions, speeches in Parliament, participating actively in debates, having motions, doing focus groups, putting up papers, using our direct line to persuade the front bench to see and respond to the change that we see needed on the ground."