GE2020, one year on: In high-stakes East Coast GRC, a low-key chess match between PAP and WP

The People’s Action Party’s East Coast GRC team members (from left) Tan Kiat How, Jessica Tan, Heng Swee Keat, Maliki Osman and Cheryl Chan on the campaign trail in 2020. FILE PHOTO: BERITA HARIAN
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SINGAPORE - In hotly contested East Coast GRC, the way forward seems to be marked by quiet but consistent groundwork.

One key plank of the ruling People's Action Party's (PAP) strategy is the East Coast Plan - a blueprint for the constituency's residents to shape their environment by volunteering their ideas, skills and time.

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