Pedra Branca included in revised East Coast electoral division
The East Coast electoral division will be altered to include the island of Pedra Branca for subsequent parliamentary elections.
This is according to a notification made on Friday (1 February) by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, under Section 8 of the Parliamentary Elections Act, published in the Government Gazette.
The East Coast electoral division already includes areas in Bedok, Tampines, Simei, Upper Changi Road and several eastern islands such as Pulau Ubin, Pulau Tekong and Coney Island.
Pedra Branca, which covers an area of about 8,560 square metres, is an outlying island and forms the eastern-most point of Singapore. It has been the subject of a territorial dispute between Singapore and Malaysia since 1979. The International Court of Justice ruled in 2008 that Pedra Branca belongs to Singapore.
Registers of Electors open for inspection towards end-February
Meanwhile, the Elections Department said in a media release on Friday that the Registers of Electors will be open for public inspection for two weeks towards the end of February.
Anyone who satisfies the following criteria as of 1 February will have his name included in the Register of Electors for an electoral division:
He is a citizen of Singapore (holder of a pink NRIC)
He is not less than 21 years of age
He is not disqualified from being an elector under any prevailing law
He either has a Singapore residential address on his NRIC or, if his residing overseas and has changed his NRIC address to an overseas address, has a contact address in Singapore registered with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority for voting purpose.
The Elections Department will provide information on how Singaporeans can check the registers closer to the inspection period.
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