PAP candidates ask voters for a chance to get constituency 'back on track'

On the final night of campaigning before Singapore goes to the polls on May 3, the four PAP candidates contesting Sengkang GRC urged voters to give them a chance to do a better job at improving the town, and to get the constituency "back on track".

- Kok Yufeng and Ang Qing

Taking shots at what they said was a lack of development and poor estate management by the incumbent WP MPs over the past five years, the PAP slate of candidates promised during a two-hour rally on May 1 to revitalise Sengkang, while also championing the issues that matter to the residents.

Eye surgeon Lam Pin Min, 55, said in his speech that many Sengkang residents had shared with him their frustrations about estate wear and tear in the opposition-held group representation constituency, such as unreliable lifts, multi-storey carparks in poor condition and playground equipment left damaged for months.

He also cited pigeons nesting in Housing Board blocks, pest infestations in the neighbourhoods, and corridors left unswept.