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The Worker's Party has confirmed its five-member Aljunied GRC team contesting this election: Pritam Singh, Sylvia Lim, Muhamad Faisal Manap, Leon Perera and Gerald Giam. This follows the announcement that Chen Show Mao, Png Eng Huat and former party chief Low Thia Kiang are not contesting in this election.

The Workers' Party (WP) Secretary-General Pritam Singh announced on 25 June that political veterans Low Thia Khiang, Chen Show Mao and Png Eng Huat will not be contesting in GE2020. This decision to step down was made "some time ago". However their decision to step down does not mean they are retiring from politics. Pritam Singh shared that their collective decision to step down was based on three considerations to ensure the successful continuation of WP.

In a potential blow to The Worker's Party (WP), national mouthpiece Shin Min questioned if Chen Show Mao will be switching political parties. Shin Min reported that The Worker's Party (WP) MP Chen Show Mao had been seen attending activities by Chee Soon Juan's Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and Tan Cheng Bock's Progress Singapore Party (PSP).

The Workers' Party's Chen Show Mao has also spoken up about his resistance to the racial restrictions and tightening of the Elected Presidency criteria in parliament.

Our reader who is a resident of Marsiling-Yew Tee finds it undemocratic for the ruling party to play around with the Constitution and have Mdm Halimah Yacob quit the party in order to run for the Presidential election. She said this is not what the residents have voted for and hopes opposition politicians can do something about this.

Workers' Party Chen Show Mao scored a victory in parliament yesterday after he successfully cornered Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong into clarifying his stance on whether a Minister or Political Appointee should go to court to defend his reputation.

MP for Aljunied, Chen Show Mao has quit his role as the party treasurer, a post that he has held since 2014. Mr Chen quit at the Central Executive Council meeting held on Tuesday. While he has relinquished his role as the treasurer, he remains as a Council member.

In a tongue in cheek post on his Facebook page, Workers' Party MP Chen Show Mao has wished both the People's Action Party (PAP) candidate Murali Pillai and Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Dr Chee Soon Juan good luck for their upcoming election. He also added cheekily that voters should send one of the two candidates to parliament, while keeping the other candidate for Paya Lebar residents - a reference to Murali's failed electoral contest in GE2016 under Aljunied GRC.

A BOY'S PRAYER. Good luck to Dr Chee. Good luck to Mr Murali. More important than either of them -- Best of luck to Singapore. Since both are lovely men by most accounts, why don't we send one of them to Parliament and keep the other in Paya Lebar where we live?

The Government should invest more in elderly Singaporeans as the country’s population continues to age, said Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC, Mr Chen Show Mao. Speaking in Parliament today (May 30), Mr Chen said Singapore can reap economic benefits if investments are made to redesign jobs, work places, processes and culture for older workers. This would help Singapore fully draw on the experiences and know-how of older workers, despite a slowdown in their physical bodies. It would also enable them to be as productive as or even more productive than their younger counterparts, he added. Mr Chen called for more investment to help elderly Singaporeans age in place. Calling them a “repository of social and cultural capital”, he said this would tap their long-standing ties to the community.