THE Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) saw a surge in volunteer and membership sign-ups over the election period - a pool that it hopes to tap for the next general election (GE) five years down the road, said party leader Chee Soon Juan on Saturday.He told The Sunday Times that the party now has 600 volunteers, a 10-fold increase since the 2006 elections.

THE Singapore Democratic Party on Thursday continued its attacks on the ruling People's Action Party, and reminded voters that the opposition party has a concrete set of alternative plans for Singapore.Speaking to a packed crowd at its first lunchtime rally next to the UOB centre, SDP candidates hit out at the PAP ministers, calling them complacent, while earning millions a year.

THE Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) revealed plans to build the local economy in Sembawang on Wednesday night, by reviving plans for a regional commercial centre and catering to installations in Sembawang such as military camps. Building on an earlier plan revealed last Saturday, the SDP's regeneration plan - called Creating Jobs, Building Community - was unveiled by Dr James Gomez, a member of the SDP's Sembawang team, at the opposition party's rally in Woodlands Stadium.

THE Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Tan Jee Say has called on voters to overcome their fear that their votes will be used against them, saying that he voted for the opposition while he was in the civil service.'I have been a civil servant before, and during my days of civil service, I have voted for the opposition. Nothing has happened to me, I got promoted in good time, in fact ahead of a lot of my cohort,' Mr Tan, who is standing for election at Holland Bukit-Timah GRC, told The Straits Times.

TRIPLE the current funding to the Health Ministry, and consider building healthcare facilities in HDB estate void decks to ease the strain on the healthcare system.The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) made these and other recommendations in its 'shadow health plan', unveiled on Tuesday night at its rally in Bukit Panjang.