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The Workers’ Party (WP) is looking into setting up a second town council for Sengkang GRC, instead of merging it with the existing Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC), the party said on Sunday (July 12).
“We believe Sengkang has the economies of scale for it to be a standalone town council,” said WP chief Pritam Singh at a virtual press conference.
“That’s our approach and preference going forward, subject to further meetings with the existing managing agents.”
The WP won the new Sengkang GRC at last Friday’s polls, garnering 52.13 per cent of the votes against a 47.87 per cent share for the People’s Action Party (PAP).
In 2011, the town councils for both Aljunied GRC and Hougang SMC were merged following the general election that year, when the WP first wrested Aljunied GRC from the PAP incumbents. When WP subsequently won the Punggol East by-election in 2013, it further expanded the town council to become the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council.
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