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    Polling Day set for 7 May

    Polling Day is declared on Saturday, 7 May. (AFP file photo)Polling Day is declared on Saturday, 7 May. (AFP file photo)

    Polling Day is declared on Saturday, 7 May by the Returning Officer, Yam Ah Mee. It is also a public holiday.

    The announcement comes after the Writ of Election for Singapore's next General Election (GE) was issued, with Nomination Day set for Wednesday, 27 April.

    This comes six weeks after the release of the Electoral Boundaries report. Close to 2.35 million Singaporeans are eligible to vote in the coming polls.

    Independent scholar Dr Derek de Cunha told Yahoo! Singapore that the announced dates would not be a surprise to most people. "The government has tended to want to have elections over the weekend so that falls neatly into what we've come to be accustomed to in terms of how the PAP has conducted elections."

    He added, "It seems that the PAP wants to give the impression that it is in total control of events. It is not panicking about anything, it is not hasty.

    "If it was to suggest that it wanted a very quick election then it would have had it on 3 May. But to hold it on a weekend is perfectly fine and I think it would be an interesting election to look forward to."

    On Tuesday afternoon, President SR Nathan dissolved Parliament on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The Proclamation was issued through the government gazette.

    The minimum period between Nomination Day and Polling Day has been extended from nine to 10 days to compensate for the extra Cooling-Off Day, which was introduced last April to allow voters time to reflect on issues during the election before going to the polls.

    There will be 87 seats in Parliament to be contested, carved out from 12 single-member constituencies, two four-member GRCs, 11 five-member GRCs and two six-member GRCs.

    On Nomination Day, each candidate standing for election is required to pay a S$16,000 deposit, a large hike from the S$2,500 required in the previous GE. Nomination papers can be submitted from 11 a.m. and noon at the nine nomination centres.

    List of nomination centres:

    Admiralty Secondary School - Nee Soon GRC and Sembawang GRC

    Bedok View Secondary School - East Coast GRC, Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC and Punggol East SMC

    Deyi Secondary School - Ang Mo Kio GRC, Aljunied GRC, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC and Sengkang West SMC

    Dunman Secondary School - Hougang SMC and Tampines GRC

    Greenridge Secondary School - Bukit Panjang SMC and Holland-Bukit Timah GRC

    Jurong Junior College - Jurong GRC, West Coast GRC, Yuhua SMC and Pioneer SMC

    Singapore Chinese Girl's School - Moulmein-Kallang GRC, Tanjong Pagar GRC, Radin Mas SMC and Whampoa SMC

    South View Primary School - Chua Chu Kang GRC and Hong Kah SMC

    Tao Nan School - Marine Parade GRC, Mountbatten SMC, Joo Chiat SMC and Potong Pasir SMC

    Check for your name in the register of electors here.

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    918 comments

    • Dolphin Tan  •  1 year 1 month ago
      I hope to see MBT voted out!!!!
      • HellOoOoO 1 year 1 month ago
        MBT only knows hows to take care for tampines area..so many amenities and facilities...Look at the Jurong West area is slow in development..!!Where is the rest of the MPs doing..??!!@#$%
      • Dolphin Tan 1 year 1 month ago
        He should be voted out.....he made us stay at expensive HDB. pay so much for interest. dunno what the !@#$ he do for us.
      • Wee 1 year 1 month ago
        Then vote your present MP out la....simple.
    • Jackson Harjanto  •  1 year 1 month ago
      To make sure that my vote for the opposition is not wasted, I am actually rescheduling my business trip for this election. (Can't believe i'm doing that)

      This goes to show how pissed off I am with the current situation.
      • Watari 1 year 1 month ago
        You are the man!
      • David 1 year 1 month ago
        same here
      • BuayTaHan 1 year 1 month ago
        same for me also as I posptoned my UK trip as I wanted to vote.
    • Hello  •  1 year 1 month ago
      btw, who is Yam Ah Mee??Haven heard before...
      • entebbe 1 year 1 month ago
        go to hawker centre and ask the mee pok man!
      • Peter Khoo 1 year 1 month ago
        Haha! Entebbe, you are politically very correct. Do you know there are also many stale dishes sold at a certain food-court? They will keep these dishes and sell them once every 5 years, so irresponsible and unethical? Are you aware? Maybe you can get the answers from PAP. Have a nice day! Vote for a Voice.
      • TEOW 1 year 1 month ago
        he sells mee goreng and improve to wan tan mee, now tye mee pok without black (ow chor) for less cholestoral, very comical ...
    • hss  •  1 year 1 month ago
      MBT has sqeezed Singaporeans hard earned money (money that are meant for our retirement etc)thru' his irresponsible high public housing pricing that are pegged against resaled HDB prices. As parents, we are already feeling the heat on our retirement with our current spiralling costs of living. We do not want our next generation to suffer the same fate as many. His policies are basically transferring our retirement money to government's reserves. WE SINGAPOREANS ALSO NEED RESERVES TO SURVIVE IN OUR RETIREMENT MBT!!!!.

      Another irresponsible minister is our GKY. Letting in excessive foreigners without having strong checks & balances, causing many jobs lost to foreigners and depressing our wages/salaries. The "pendulum" effects are our high costs of living and the many social problems we face as well as our current high inflation etc.

      Dear Singaporeans at Tampines ... please help to vote out the irresponsible MBT. Many thanks on behalf of my kids (planning to get marry in 2-6 years time) and on behalf of many affected Singaporeans islandwide. On top of this, you're also doing for yourself, your kids and the your next generation as well. Thks.

      Dear residents of Chua Chu Kang. Vote GKY out as well. We want our Singaporeans, our kids to have job with reasonable wages/salaries (not depressed due to foreigners and unfair competition etc). His irresponsible policies is the main causes to our current high spiralling costs of living plus unwanted social problems we all are facing. Thks.

      Vote MBT & GKY out. Need to signal to our PM Lee that we are really serious and concern about the above problems we Singaporeans are facing. WE NEED SOLUTIONS NOT JUST UPGRADING. Thks.
      • Lukong Wakong San 1 year 1 month ago
        MBT KNOWS he screwed Singaporean n tat is y all those 'anti speculative measures' that came too late to reverse the damage. he knows that this will turn the sentiment against Pappies with all the wrong policies to let price spiral out of control. vote opposition to ask MBT y hdb so ex and where all profit collected gone to?
      • Mos Boss 1 year 1 month ago
        I am now in Melbourne studying, but i will find out how to vote, those PAP men will get an Aussie slap!
      • PTLim 1 year 1 month ago
        On Housing:-
        MBT claims land sales will go into sg reserve. My question is does the reserve belong to Singaporean or any political party? My take is it belong to Singaporean.
        This land belong to Singaporean, so.....what is wrong with WP's suggestion to peg the 1-5 rm HDB price to different level of incomes or median income for Singaporean (especially for first time applicant). I strongly do NOT think that will greatly impact the resale market due to minimum occupaion peroid. This is Singaporean's basic need that the "Servant"has the responsibility to take care of their citizen. Another plus point with this policy is that the :"Servant" will then know how fast ahead the GDP (economy) grows wrt the various incomes level. To me, MBT,is like a cup filled with water that could not take any more. I suggest residences of TAMPINES GRC to VOTE HIM OUT..

        On GST of Staple Product (basic rice /cooking oil/ salt/sugar)-
        It is a fact that this an external factor (global) that causes the rapid rise in price. However, the 7% on top of these rises is like adding salt onto the wound for those low-median income level. Yes, to take away the 7% GST on staple product will benefits all incomes level. But think wisely, how much can one's stomach contain regardless he is rich or poor? On the other hand, who can benefit or appreciate most with this 7% saving? Do NOT buy me off with one-time-off rebate or cash back. This is a daily survival issue for the low-median income wage earner.

        Above policies may have headache or implication on other things but with HEART for the people, I do NOT think it cannot be dissolved especially with those "A" team talents.
    • angj  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Agree! Singapore is already so crowded with 5 million people. I am already feeling like a Singapore minority everytime I'm in the MRT.
      • baka 1 year 1 month ago
        yes!! i totally agree!!! too amny foreigners have gained citizenship... even i also feel neglected........somehow...
      • Sparrow101 1 year 1 month ago
        If you look around there are far too many Ah Tiong & Pinoy.
      • Wang 1 year 1 month ago
        Totally agree with sparrow, take alook at our aviation hub......... totally flooded by them...........
    • Holy Goat  •  1 year 1 month ago
      I don't think the ruling party listen at all. A largest recruitment drive in Shanghai by Contact Singapore (a Singapore Government entity formed by the Singapore Economic Development Board and Ministry of Manpower) – which aims to attract “global talent” to work, invest and live in Singapore.

      Just do a google search using "新加坡在上海最大规模招聘".
    • Justice Pao 包青天  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Dear fellow Tampines Residents,
      You must have received the latest PAP's Tampines Masterplan for 2011 and beyond from the current MPs of Tampines. Go through carefully what is planned for us. Think carefully and tell yourselves. Do we needs all these facilities? How much tax we need to pay in orders to build all these facilities. Not all residents of Tampines will go and us these facilities. And do you think these are free facilities. Yes. I am sure you need to pay to use it. How are the government going to maintain these facilities? Yes. I am sure you need to pay more tax to keep the building up and running. Who will benefits? Yes, the foreign talents will benefits.

      It time to tell Mr Mah and his team to get out of Tampines because if PAP still hold power in Tampines, the cost of living in Tampines will go up.
    • 新加坡人  •  1 year 1 month ago
      I worked in the public sector and c lots of Foreign Trash wasting our tax payer money.

      Basically thy r not here to help create more jobs. Instead thy r here wasting our Tax Payer money. You want to talk about results? Once the opposition win, those in the public sector and act blur over the years, you can be reassure that alternative channels are here to flush you out.

      Increasing GST, COE, housing prices to create jobs for these Trash
      is GETTING US EXTREMELY IRRITATED.

      No value. Just shake legs like the management. Fake PhD oso nvr kana detected. Lousy management !!
    • quizzy13  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Time to start the countdown for a change! Let's make 7 May 2011 the most memorable day for the opposition, and for every Singaporean who decided a change in a new political landscape- a parliament with lots of opposition MPs! Also make this day the final day of the GRC system in SG!

      Singaporean! Let us be united with our voices as one, with our votes! Remember the pledge we have been reciting since young?

      We, the citizen of Singapore; Pledge ourselves as one united people; Regardless of race, language or religion; To build a DEMOCRATIC society; Based on JUSTICE and EQUALITY; So as to achieve HAPPINESS, PROSPERITY, and PROGRESS for our nation.

      Let's make the pledge a reality for everyone of us!
    • DIRTY OLD MAN  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Time for a change in govt. Pay And Pay had been here too long and becoming too arrogant.
      Imagine asking older experienced Ministers (Lim Boon Heng, etc) to give way for new blood, like the 27-years old Ms Tin!
      Perhaps we should change the election law to mandate the PM can only serve for two terms, like USA and Indonesia. Otherwise Singapore becomes a dynasty-based DEMOCRAZY.
      Let's vote wisely and make history.
    • Vincent  •  1 year 1 month ago
      We need THOR's 'hammer' to maintain checks on the 'lightning' in parliament. Support WP!
      Not forgetting others as well!
    • Dolot  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Come on people, make the change, we need it. The way the PAP talk is like as if they are warning us if we vote for the opposition. Singapore do not belong to the PAP. We have rights, and we should exercise our right to vote for anybody we want. MAKE THAT CHANGE!
    • HellOoOoO  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Hope that the OPP victory can fight for our rights and entitlements and not forgetting our freedom option to use our CPF $$..Even our retirement a/c and medisave $$$, PAP also control so tight that we may not able to use up as we may surrender IC before we can have the chance to use and enjoy our hard labour of slavery!!

      Our life and future can not be totally control and plan by the current ruling party!!!Where is our human right and freedom??

      We ,Local Singaporean must be given option to chose for our lifestyle and future...We are not i-robot???!!!

      When you control too much...it is physically and mentally torture...!!! the ballon will explode when it is over pressurize!!!

      THIS IS THE TIME TO FREE OURSELF!!! BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS!!
    • The Saint  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Voting PAP is like letting them open the floodgate wider for foreign talents, who knows it may a tsunami that may wash away native SIngaporean as seen in the eye of PAP, LOCAL TRASH. Now, my neighbours left and right are foreigners living next doors. Even in HDB flats, local are being squeezed, beside MRT train and buses.Signed.......what will happened next, if PAP wins?
    • MayGODbATurSIDE  •  1 year 1 month ago
      From the Chief Returning Officer (CRO) - Yam Ah Mee - he who helms LTA, to the advise from LHL - the PM, to the SRN - the 4million president...the list goes on and on...

      What we are having is: a nation of serious nepotism - all in the same cohort acting as if they are GOD! Running the country as if they own, hence, they (the ruling party) are truly the Goliath.

      They monopolize everything to anything, they use their power to manipulate all things.

      Now they say 7 May is the day of election - may it also be the day of recogning - where it is the voters' moment of truth! Let it be the day to remember as:

      THE DAY PAP LOSE BIG TIME! A SHOCK WAVE RIPS THRU THE VERY SPINE OF THE POWERFUL RULING PARTY THAT HAS GOVERNED SINGAPORE WITHOUT MUCH OPPOSITION THE PAST 45 YEARS!

      THE DAY OPPOSITION PERFORMED THE MOST UNEXPECTED DAVID VS GOLIATH - WINNING 1/4 OF THE AVAILABLE SEATS IN PARLIAMENT! (OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE NOT GREEDY - SINGAPOREANS SIMPLY WANT THEIR VOICE HEARD - AND IS TIME A SECOND VALID VOICE BE HEARD IN THE CABINET!!!

      AFTER THE ELECTION - NOW IS TIME FOR SOUL SEARCHING AND REFLECTION FOR THE RULING PARTY TO FIND OUT, WHY IS IT SINGAPOREANS ARE NOW DARING TO EXCERCISE THEIR RIGHT WITHOUT FEAR. PERHAPS IT IS TRUE THAT, THE RULING PARTY HAS INDEED LOST TOUCH WITH THE COMMON PEOPLE. MANY POLICIES HAD CHOKED AND SUFFOCATED MANY HEARTLANDERS TO THE BLINK OF LOSING THE GUSTO TO PROUDLY SAY THEY ARE SINGAPOREANS.

      THE EXPENSIVE HOUSING, RISING COSTS OF LIVING, THE SEEMINGLY UNRESOLVE INFLUX OF FOREIGNERS, THE DISPUTABLE HIGH WAGE OF CABINET MINISTERS AND MPS - PERHAPS THE RULING PARTY WAS TOO ARROGANT AND COMPLACENT TO HEED THE HINTS AND FEELINGS THAT HAVE EXPLODED EVER SINCE. MANY SINGAPOREANS ARE INDEED LIVING FROM HANDS TO MOUTHS & TRYING HARD TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AT THE SAME TIME, FEELING THE PINCH AND NOT CONVINCE THAT, WITH A GOOD ECONOMY, MANY ARE NOT LIVING A MORE COMFORTABLE LIVE AS THE RULING PARTY SUPPOSE TO PROMISE LAST TERM.

      LET THIS ELECTION BE THE END OF THE BEGINNING - WHEN SINGAPOREANS HAVE A LOUD>VALID>STRONG>SUPPORTING>SECOND VOICE IN PARLIAMENT TO PUT SOME CHECKS AND BALANCES TO ENSURE NO NEPOTISM POLITICS IN THE COUNTRY!!!
    • David  •  1 year 1 month ago
      LET'S VOTE WISELY !!!!!!!!!
      I realized lately
      That I also dislike PAP
      It is really a Perfectly Arrogant Party

      They have turned our country
      Into their company
      Everything is about money
      COE, COV, GST, ERP
      Extraordinary charges aplenty

      A tiny dot with 30 ministers drawing the world's highest political salary
      Paid millions of dollars annually
      Yet they are still greedy
      Always chasing after GDP
      Making Sporeans live miserably

      People say, Sporeans are lucky
      For our country is corruption free
      But when it is ruled by only one party
      Can we really trust there is total honesty?
      Remember, “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”

      Kiasu and kiasi, PAP came up with the GRC
      So that more MIW can enter by the back door to become MP.
      Mistakes after mistakes due to incompetency and complacency
      Yet there is no accountability
      All because they need not answer to anybody

      Only a small country but foreigners there are so many
      Government welcomes any Tom, Dick or Harry
      And proudly call all of them FT
      Giving away PR papers so freely
      Hoping they will become citizens and vote for the PAP

      Companies happily tell Sporeans to accept low salary
      For they have cheap foreigners available readily
      FT also took away Sporeans places in the universities
      Even in sports we are represented by FT
      To win glory for our country shamelessly

      Exploiting the government stupidity
      Many foreigners become PR just to buy flats by HDB
      Resale flats have sky-rocketed due to pro-foreigners policy
      So high is the value of COV
      That young ordinary Sporeans have delayed starting up a family

      Spore uniquely
      A paradise it will be
      If you have ‘guan xi’ with the PAP
      Never mind you and me or how many are unhappy
      Someone already told us we can always go and die in JB.

      Very sadly, this is no longer my once beloved country
      It is now no more than just a money making company
    • 别心软  •  1 year 1 month ago
      I want to change servants. Recently I am jobless due to foreign talents. I can't afford their services. So sad ....
    • Unicorn  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Today i received a $104 cheque from government, say no need pay TV license anymore, so refund it to me. I almost cry, after pay so many yrs, they stop this collection. I love u, PM Lee, if u refund my TV $ of the past 15 yrs, plus the high rd tax, excessive property tax, ERP...., & cut your salary by 70%, i WILL VOTE FOR U MAN!
    • Tan  •  1 year 1 month ago
      They always give "Ang Bao" before the Election, then take back 10 times for the people after they won. This is the way the run Singapore like a profit esteem private organisation. Time to change? Maybe.
    • Anthony  •  1 year 1 month ago
      During election period they claimed to be our servants. After being elected we become their servants !

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