Stage set for three-cornered fights in Tampines and Sembawang

NSP to contest both GRCs, says it will unveil its teams on Nomination Day

- Shabana Begum

The opposition National Solidarity Party (NSP) on April 20 announced that it will contest Sembawang GRC and Tampines GRC at the upcoming polls.

It will go up against the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and the incumbent PAP in Sembawang GRC. In Tampines GRC, it will face off against the PAP as well as the WP, which is expected to contest there.

Leading NSP in Sembawang GRC is party secretary-general Spencer Ng, 45, who also helmed a team to contest there in the 2015 and 2020 elections.

While Mr Ng did not reveal the full slate for both Sembawang and Tampines, he introduced two new faces — Republic Polytechnic lecturer Verina Ong, 46, and financial planner Zee Phay, 32 — on April 20 following a party walkabout at Kampung Admiralty.

Mr Ng also announced that the party will not be contesting the newly formed Sembawang West SMC, backing down from a three-cornered fight with SDP secretary-general Chee Soon Juan and the ruling PAP. The incumbent MP for the Sembawang West ward is Ms Poh Li San.