RDU to focus on cost of living, fair representation at GE2025

The opposition Red Dot United (RDU) will focus on "important questions" such as cost of living and fair representation by MPs at the coming general election, its secretary-general Ravi Philemon said on April 3.

- Deepanraj Ganesan

Speaking to reporters ahead of a walkabout at Yishun Park Hawker Centre, he said these are the things "which are important to the people in Nee Soon and in Singapore".

RDU has stated it will contest Nee Soon GRC at the upcoming election. Asked if he would be leading the party's slate in the constituency, Mr Philemon did not reply directly, but said he was very familiar with the area.

He also did not confirm RDU's line-up for Nee Soon, but introduced a new face, Dr Syed Alwi Ahmad. The 57-year-old private school teacher is RDU's head of policy and its Malay bureau.

At the briefing, Mr Philemon said he had heard about families grappling with food prices and their children's tuition fees, and that RDU will talk about this "most important issue" during its campaign.

The party will also call for the goods and services tax to be reverted to 7 per cent, which he said will put more money in people's pockets, and for Singapore's carbon tax to be abolished.