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GE2015: The PAP is just 'recycling' its questions on AHPETC: Low

Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang speaks during the rally.

Workers’ Party chief Low Thia Khiang says the People's Action (PAP) is "going in circles" on the AHPETC issue, and that the WP will now be focusing on its campaign theme.

Speaking to reporters at a walkabout at the Chong Pang Market and Food Centre this morning (4 Sept), Low was asked what issues the WP's Nee Soon team would be campaigning on.

In response, he said, “They (PAP) have been talking about the AGO issue in the past months, and continue into the election. We have already answered all the questions they raised, but the PAP is going in circles. And I think it’s unproductive to continue with the engagement. We will move on from to focus on the campaign theme: Empower Your Future.”

When asked if he was concerned that the ongoing Aljunied Hougang Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) saga might overshadow the WP's agenda, Low said, “We have answered all the questions, and they are just recycling the questions again. It is unproductive for us to continue this circle. We will be talking more about other issues than the AGO issues, because the AGO issue has been debated over and over again. "

Meanwhile, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, who was at a walkabout at Serangoon Avenue 3, says the AHPETC issue will work in the PAP's favour. Goh said, "I don't believe the whole campaign will only be on the town council issue but they (WP) have given the PAP an advantage – to seek clarification on the issue."

The elder statesman also cautioned getting caught up the excitement of the election season. "Singapore is a very well run, orderly society. The excitement comes only during elections once every four to five years. Singaporeans are very seized with elections.

"I look at the situation beyond the nine-day excitement... After Polling Day what kind of Singapore will we have? You want a very exciting Singapore –  one that’s politically not so stable, or for life to resume like it was before the elections – where you go to work, take the MRT, make a living and settle into orderly Singapore?"

-- with additional reporting by Hannah Teoh