PM Lee Hsien Loong pledges a new People's Action Party

The delegates at the ruling People's Action Party's convention at the University Cultural Centre on Sunday. Speakers, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and party chairman Khaw Boon Wan, laid out ways in which the PAP will change in response to new political realities, in the wake of a watershed general election. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM

SIX months after an election that marked a shift in Singapore's political landscape, the People's Action Party (PAP) has laid out the ways in which it will change in response to new political realities.

It will correct policy shortcomings, like in housing, and do more in taking care of not just the elderly and the needy, but the middle-income group too.

It will overhaul its outreach strategy, and consult Singaporeans more actively.

Its decision-making will be more decentralised. Activists and MPs will be more empowered to reflect people's views, while ministers must work harder to build political support for tough policies.