Jayakumar, Tarmugi not contesting in upcoming GE

• afan

  27 Mar 11, 01:53

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  they had announced LSS going East Coast GRC.

  
  LSS is Lao Sai Sai

• tranquilice

  27 Mar 11, 02:14

  Originally posted by Junyang700:

  i read wrongly.. i tot u saying him for president...
  
  now clarified liao... k... my fault... =)

  
  President = cheper, better, faster?

   

• Clivebenss

  27 Mar 11, 02:16

  Originally posted by afan:

  
  LSS is Lao Sai Sai

  Lao Sai Si.

  

• likeyou

  27 Mar 11, 06:07

  The opp party is not strong enough to post any threat towards the pap.

  That is why, with the resignation of 2 pap members, it will not pose any risk to pap at all. Life still carry on...

• charlize

  27 Mar 11, 15:14

  Actually Jaya is one the better ministers.

   

  Too bad he is stepping down.

• tranquilice

  27 Mar 11, 18:50

  Originally posted by likeyou:

  The opp party is not strong enough to post any threat towards the pap.

  That is why, with the resignation of 2 pap members, it will not pose any risk to pap at all. Life still carry on...

  
  You can predict the outcome of this election?

   

• likeyou

  27 Mar 11, 18:52

  Originally posted by charlize:

  Actually Jaya is one the better ministers.

   

  Too bad he is stepping down.

  Nice chap....enough of the politics or enough of sitting on musical chair?

• Clivebenss

  27 Mar 11, 18:52

  Originally posted by tranquilice:

  
  You can predict the outcome of this election?

   

  plenty of clairvoyants in sgf.

  

• likeyou

  27 Mar 11, 18:54

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  plenty of clairvoyants in sgf.

  

  
  hahaha.......

• Clivebenss

  28 Mar 11, 13:16

  Mar 28, 2011 - Straits Times
  

  Big guns' retirement led PAP to name East Coast slate early

  Party does not want to take supporters by surprise, PM explains

  By Zakir Hussain

  
  

  THE PAP took the unusual step of announcing its East Coast GRC line-up early because the retirement of two heavyweight MPs there was 'quite a big move', Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday.

  'On the one hand, we don't want to give any points to the opposition for nothing. On the other hand, we don't want to take our own supporters by surprise,' he told reporters on the sidelines of a community event in his constituency.

  'We owe it to our own supporters and especially to the team in the GRC to know in good time what's going to happen, whom they'll be working with, and to have the new people able to bond and know the conditions in the GRC before they are fielded there.

  'From that point of view, there's an advantage in letting it be known early who's coming into that constituency. Where to set the balance between surprise and preparation, that will vary from GRC to GRC.'

  His comments came as Senior Minister S. Jayakumar, East Coast GRC's outgoing anchor minister, introduced labour chief Lim Swee Say to residents there on Sunday morning.

  Professor Jayakumar and Speaker of Parliament Abdullah Tarmugi, who have been MPs there since 1980 and 1984 respectively, announced last Thursday that they will not contest the next election.