OPINION: Singapore’s Punggol East SMC ‘disowns its son’ in by-election - Kirsten Han

Asian Correspondent, 27 Jan 2013
Lee Li Lian, the candidate from the Workers’ Party, clinched a decisive victory in the by-election polls over the People Action’s Party Koh Poh Koon, the candidate whose campaign had labelled him a “son of Punggol”.
t’s a sign that Singaporeans are now looking to have more opposition voices in Parliament, and the WP is in the best position to pick up support from voters looking for an alternative. The other parties have yet to garner the same amount of support – and votes – as the WP. Full story