GE2025: SDA will contest Pasir Ris-Changi GRC even if it faces three-cornered fight again

SINGAPORE - The Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) has reaffirmed

its decision to fight in Pasir Ris-Changi GRC

this general election, even if it faces a three-cornered contest.

Party chairman Desmond Lim told reporters after a walkabout on Pulau Ubin on April 20 that SDA intends to continue serving the residents there. In 2020, SDA had gone up against the incumbent PAP and another opposition party, Peoples Voice (PV), in the then Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC.

Pasir Ris-Changi GRC

combines most of the Pasir Ris estate and the Changi portion from what had been Pasir Ris-Punggol and East Coast GRCs, respectively. Pulau Ubin has been subsumed under the new boundaries of Pasir Ris-Changi GRC.

Mr Lim said: “We are committed to our residents, and we have been very consistent after every election, we are present in that constituency, now Pasir Ris-Changi (GRC), then Pasir Ris-Punggol.”

It is not yet known if other political parties intend to contest the four-member Pasir Ris-Changi GRC, aside from SDA and PAP.

In 2020, PAP won the then five-member Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC with 64.16 per cent of the vote, while SDA achieved second place with 23.67 per cent of votes. PV lost its election deposit.

“We still stay, because we believe in consistency and commitment, and we are sincere and honest to the residents,” said Mr Lim.

Regarding Punggol GRC – an estate which previously fell under Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC but is now a separate four-member GRC – Mr Lim said he is still awaiting updates on his party’s talks with the Workers’ Party regarding the contest there.

SDA sent an 11-member team to Pulau Ubin on April 20. Aside from Mr Lim and party secretary-general Abu Mohamed, who contested in the last GE, the group also included business owner Muhammad Faizal Mohmad, 42, who has been active in almost all of SDA’s walkabouts. They arrived on the island at around 10am via bumboat, and spoke to residents about cost of living and power supply issues.

Mr Lim had also sent a medical team, including a doctor, to Pulau Ubin during the Good Friday public holiday to provide free medical check-ups for its 30 or so residents.

Asked by the media on April 13 if the doctor would wear an SDA shirt for its party’s events, the seasoned politician avoided giving an answer. He remained tight-lipped about his identity on April 20.