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May 10, 2012 · SINGAPORE: Thirty-four-year-old Desmond Choo will be the People's Action Party (PAP) candidate in the by-election for the single-member constituency of Hougang on May 26.
The by-election was held on 26 May 2012. The by-election was to replace the vacant seat after the incumbent MP, Yaw Shin Leong was expelled from the Worker's Party and his extramarital affairs. This was the 16th by-election since the first election, and the first by-election after over 19 years since 1992.
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May 10, 2012 · Desmond Choo, 34, has again been chosen by the People's Action Party (PAP) to stand as its candidate in the upcoming by-election in Hougang. In a press conference on Thursday morning, PAP...
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said that he is disappointed that PAP's candidate Desmond Choo did not win the Hougang by-election. But Mr Lee said he is encouraged that the PAP...
May 26, 2012 · SINGAPORE: The counting of votes for the Hougang by-election is going on at the Serangoon Secondary School and Holy Innocents' Primary School. Some 40 elections officials are counting the...
Aljunied–Hougang. The Hougang Single Member Constituency is a single member constituency (SMC) located in the north-eastern area of Singapore. It is managed by Aljunied-Hougang Town Council. The current Member of Parliament is Dennis Tan Lip Fong of the Workers' Party (WP).
May 18, 2012 · The People's Action Party's Hougang by-election candidate Desmond Choo on Thursday asked voters not to mix up the democratic process with the need for alternative voices in Parliament. Mr Choo said that the by-election itself shows that Singapore's democracy was working.
