Singapore's Electoral Boundaries Review Committee convened
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Singapore's Electoral Boundaries Review Committee convened
Posted: 30 October 2010 1715 hrs
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Prime Minister Lee Hsien LoongSINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee has been convened.
Typically, the prime minister appoints the committee just before a general election to review the electoral division boundaries and recommend changes.
Speaking to the Singapore media on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Hanoi on Saturday, Mr Lee said he has issued the instruction to convene the committee and it is being chaired by the Secretary to the Cabinet.
On when the report would be out, Mr Lee said Singaporeans would have to wait and see.
Singapore's next general election is due by February 2012.
Prime Minister Lee said: "I don't think it is any surprise. Elections are due some time before February 2012, so if you haven't got the signal by now, something must be wrong with you."
The release of the report by the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee is seen as one of the clearest signals of a general election around the corner.
Mr Lee also revealed that he expects to bring in quite a number of new candidates and several potential office holders, adding that they will strengthen his leadership team.
There will be time to introduce them and for the electorate to get to know them, he said.
On the latest Cabinet revamp announced by him on Wednesday, before he left for the Hanoi summit, Mr Lee said it is a reshuffle with the cards which the government presently has.
He said: "It's a reshuffle with the cards which we presently have. For the ministers, as I said in my comment, it is a logical consequence or move which we set a couple of years ago when I appointed Lui Tuck Yew as Acting Minister and when I brought in Shanmugam as the Law Minister and Second Minister for Home Affairs. So gradually we are bringing them into positions and putting them in place.
"(For the) Parliamentary Secretaries, (their promotions) is a reward for performance and contributions. They are all deserving and I think they will continue to work hard in the same portfolios they have been hitherto, because I haven't reshuffled them. Beyond that, we will wait till I bring in new cards, which means I bring in new candidates, which will be in the general election."
Prime Minister Lee's revelation that the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee has been convened comes hot on the heels of a speech made by Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong on Friday at a university forum that the political buzz will increase in Singapore as many Singaporeans believe that the General Election will be held later this year or early next year.
Mr Goh had also said that the next General Election will be a watershed event because out of this election, the country must produce Singapore's fourth Prime Minister and a core team of younger Ministers who will take over from the present team.
- CNA/ir
Source:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1090380/1/.html
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He seems to be hinting Lui Teck Yew as his successor...
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Why PAP always like to announce news outside of Singapore?
Last year, he also announced the change to the electoral system outside Singapore.
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Yeah... Indeed.. sounds funny...
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Anyone knows back in 2006, when is the committee convened and when is the report released? By having this two data, we can roughly know when will be the election date.
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going by previous 'pattern', elections have usually been held on the last saturday in the month of december...
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All eyes on electoral boundaries report
By Hwee Goh | Posted: 30 October 2010 2013 hrs
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City skyscrapers in Singapore (file pic)SINGAPORE: The committee to review and draw up Singapore's electoral boundaries for the next General Election has been convened.
The release of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) report will be closely watched as it is widely seen by observers as the next definitive step to a General Election.
The EBRC is made up of five civil servants including the head of the Elections Department, and is led by the Cabinet Secretary.
In drawing up the electoral constituencies, it considers factors such as population growth and population shifts arising from housing developments since the last boundary delineation exercise.
The likely terms of reference this time will be:
One: a population of 2,311,582 people;
Two: Based on the current MP-to-voter average ratio of one to 26,000, the committee will also determine if it should stick to the current number of 84 Members of Parliament; and
Three: With changes to the Parliamentary Elections Act to increase the number of
single-member constituencies (SMCs) from the current nine to 12, it means three more single seats need to be carved out.
And, smaller Group Representation Constituencies or GRCs. This means fewer six-member GRCs and the return of four-member teams, last seen in the 1997 election.
Looking at the current voter numbers, Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC - already enlarged to a six-member GRC last election - continues to grow and it is at the upper end of the MP ratio.
This constituency and the next biggest GRC, Sembawang, are likely to see some changes.
Similarly, Jalan Besar GRC is the smallest, and together with Jurong GRC - which was reduced to four members when MP Ong Chit Chung died - it might also see some changes.
Once the EBRC releases its report - which could take two to seven months - the General Election machinery will start churning in earnest.
In the last election, the polls were held on 6 May 2006, two months after the report was released.
In 2001, elections were held a mere 18 days after the report was released.
In 1997, the General Election came just six weeks after the report.
Singapore's next General Election has to be held by February 2012.
- CNA/ir
Source:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1090394/1/.html
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Why is the secretary general of PAP convening this commitee?
It should be chaired by non partisan person.
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Originally posted by Vote PAP OUT to Save SG:
Why is the secretary general of PAP convening this commitee?
It should be chaired by non partisan person.
Because this is singapore, surely you weren't born yesterday?
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Originally posted by ditzy:
Because this is singapore, surely you weren't born yesterday?
How about letting Low Thia Kiang convene the commitee?
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Originally posted by Vote PAP OUT to Save SG:
How about letting Low Thia Kiang convene the commitee?
Why not just let that CSJ clown do it?
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Originally posted by ditzy:
Why not just let that CSJ clown do it?
Even better.
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Looking back at the 2006 election.
Convene of Electoral Boundaries Review Committee: Nov 2005 (http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/2006/02/election-report-on-electoral.html)
Release of Electoral Boundaries Review Report: March 2006 (http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2006/yax-553.htm)
Dissolve Parliament: 20 April 2006
Polling Day: 06 May 2006
Based on the above, generally it takes a period of 5 to 6 months from the convening of the committee to polling day. The coming election will most likely be held in April 2011 or May 2011.
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Probably in Jan.
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They just playing with the feelings of the opposition, first ask to update electoral list, boundary changes, etc.
Why not announce all this in one go? Don't tell me he doesn't have any kind of management skills?
He makes the opposition wait in eager anticipation for an election, then puts them off, hoping that when the real election comes, the opposition members will have lost some spirit, it's a kind psychological warfare.
He probably has spies in opposition parties to let him know the sentiments of the opposition parties.
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There is no rule that states election must be held 5-6 months after the convening of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee.
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Originally posted by tranquilice:
Why PAP always like to announce news outside of Singapore?
Last year, he also announced the change to the electoral system outside Singapore.
Why? Let me guess...Maybe outside spore, there are many foriegn reporters too.
And they also will somehow publish the news on their papers.
To spread the news to other countries that Spore GE coming soon.
And to let the world know that Spore pap very confident in this coming GE.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
Probably in Jan.
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Originally posted by βÎτά:
There is no rule that states election must be held 5-6 months after the convening of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee.
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Originally posted by βÎτά:
They just playing with the feelings of the opposition, first ask to update electoral list, boundary changes, etc.
Why not announce all this in one go? Don't tell me he doesn't have any kind of management skills?
He makes the opposition wait in eager anticipation for an election, then puts them off, hoping that when the real election comes, the opposition members will have lost some spirit, it's a kind psychological warfare.
He probably has spies in opposition parties to let him know the sentiments of the opposition parties.
Imo, their tactics is to hold up time.
So that they will have less window time to get prepare for GE.
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Originally posted by likeyou:
Why? Let me guess...Maybe outside spore, there are many foriegn reporters too.
And they also will somehow publish the news on their papers.
To spread the news to other countries that Spore GE coming soon.
And to let the world know that Spore pap very confident in this coming GE.
So in future, any news about election, they must fly out of Singapore to announce.
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sure or not
they can wait till 2012 de
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Originally posted by tranquilice:
So in future, any news about election, they must fly out of Singapore to announce.
hahahaha.. mps and ministers every time fly out of Spore. No time to stay in Spore. -
Originally posted by sbst275:
sure or not
they can wait till 2012 de
They must be daft to hold the election in 2012. As in the past, they always avoid doing it near the due date. -
Originally posted by likeyou: hahahaha.. mps and ministers every time fly out of Spore. No time to stay in Spore.
They always like to make use of some regional or international events to announce domestic changes.
