Yahoo! News Singapore, 10 May 2012Workers’ Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang said Wednesday evening that he was caught “somewhat” by surprise, by the timing at which Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong called for the by-election in Hougang.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the weekly Meet-the-People Session (MPS) in the ward, Low said he thought PM Lee may need more time before calling for one.
“We thought that the PM is so busy, he probably would want to take some time… but it seems that he has been quite efficient, (coming t0 a decision) quite fast,” the member of parliament (MP) for Aljunied GRC said. Full story
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