Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is now putting his reputation on the line in Hougang by campaigning all-out for his party's candidate, Desmond Choo, 34, who is fighting the Workers' Party's Png Eng Huat, 50.
Apart from national issues, many Hougang residents are angry at the PAP's policy of putting opposition wards at the back of the queue for upgrades of public-housing estates, where more than 80 percent of Singaporeans live.
"People are asking why don't we get all this upgrading despite all the other constituencies getting it?" said Hougang resident Justin Zhuang, 28. Full story
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