Yahoo! Singapore News, 4 Jan 2012We don’t get involved in party politics.
Such was the People's Association's response to media queries about its decision to appoint veteran grassroots leader Anthony Loh, 73, to take over ex-minister George Yeo as an adviser to grassroots organisations in opposition-held Aljunied.
The appointment, which was announced on Tuesday, is rare because Loh will be advising grassroots organizations in an opposition-held ward after the Workers' Party team led by Low Thia Kiang ousted George Yeo's People’s Action Party (PAP) team in the May elections last year.
In the past, grassroots advisers were either elected MPs or potential candidates from the ruling PAP who will be fielded in upcoming elections. Full story
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Lee Kuan Yew: "They discover that the People's Action Party (PAP) has only a small office in Bedok. But everywhere they go, they see the PAP – in the RCs (residents' committees), CCCs (citizens' consultative committees), and the CCs (community clubs)." - Business China, 30 Dec 2009
