WP Tampines team says it has experience handling residents' needs, town council

The opposition WP team in Tampines will work to ensure that ongoing projects in the town will carry on, should it be voted into Parliament, the party's vice-chairman Faisal Manap said on April 30.

- Aqil Hamzah and David Sun

The party's Tampines candidates also sought to assure voters on the penultimate day of the election campaign that they would draw on their experiences to take care of residents' needs and town council matters.

Mr Faisal, who moved out of Aljunied GRC to lead WP's Tampines GRC team, said he will draw on his 14 years of experience as an MP, and his team will work hard with government agencies to ensure that ongoing projects will continue.

He was speaking to the media outside the Tampines 1 shopping centre in Tampines Central, flanked by the party's candidates contesting Tampines GRC and Tampines Changkat SMC.

Community activities will also remain, said Mr Faisal, who oversaw the Kaki Bukit ward of Aljunied GRC, and he hopes to take a more communal approach to planning them.

"We will continue any projects in the town that are already under way, and we will work hard alongside government agencies to ensure they are completed," Mr Faisal told reporters in Malay.

Mr Kenneth Foo, WP's candidate in Tampines Changkat, said the team will also consider the progress of the town's projects, and if some are falling behind, it will work to resolve the problems that arise.

"We will also continue talking to residents, and understand their situation and wishes, and see which areas we can continue to advance," he added in Mandarin.

Mr Faisal said each of his team members has unique strengths.