Red Dot United (RDU) secretary-general Ravi Philemon will lead his party’s team in Nee Soon GRC for the general election, which is scheduled for 3 May.
This five-member slate includes party chairman David Foo, and finalises RDU’s line-up ahead of Nomination Day on 23 April.
Philemon, 56, described Nee Soon GRC as the “heart” of RDU’s GE2025 campaign. He is joined by Dr Syed Alwi Ahmad, 57, a private school teacher and RDU’s head of policy and its Malay bureau; Pang Heng Chuan, 56, a tech start-up business director; and Sharon Lin, 40, a senior IT consultant.
Their candidacies were confirmed on 20 April in a media briefing at Block 701c, Yishun Avenue 5.
Philemon, the managing partner of a media business, is expected to outline campaign plans and policy priorities.
He previously led RDU in Jurong GRC during the 2020 election, where the team was defeated by the People’s Action Party (PAP).
Foo, 60, a chemist, contested in Jurong GRC under the Singaporeans First (SingFirst) party during GE2015. SingFirst was dissolved in 2020.
RDU had announced on 19 April that it would contest five constituencies: Nee Soon GRC, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC, Jurong Central SMC, and Jalan Kayu SMC.
Its 24-page manifesto includes several major policy proposals.
Key among them are an unconditional cash transfer to all Singaporeans; a proposal to make all HDB flats eligible for redevelopment under the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS); and reforming MediFund to serve as the primary healthcare safety net for all Singaporeans.
At the 2020 general election, the PAP secured Nee Soon GRC with 61.9 per cent of the vote, defeating a team from the Progress Singapore Party.
The PAP slate then included Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam, Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Louis Ng, Derrick Goh, and Carrie Tan.
For GE2025, the PAP line-up is expected to undergo significant changes.
Shanmugam told reporters on 19 April that the new PAP team is likely to include four fresh faces. The official announcement will be made at a press conference on 21 April.
The expected candidates are Syed Harun Alhabsyi, 40, a former Nominated MP; Goh Hanyan, 39, a former director at the Ministry of Digital Development and Information; Jackson Lam, 40, who runs a pest control and cleaning firm; and Lee Hui Ying, 36, who works at Temasek Foundation.
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