Former Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan confirmed that he will be stepping down and will not be running in the coming general election.
MP Mah announced this during a national day dinner for Tampines GRC. Mah was Minister for MND up till 2011. As housing shortages became a major bugbear for the ruling party during GE2011, Mah was stripped of his Ministerial position and replaced by current MND Minister Khaw Boon Wan.