Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean and Leader of the Opposition, Pritam Singh of the Workers Party (WP), may differ on the methods of achieving racial integration, but both agree that no one should exploit racial or religious issues for political gain.
During the end of a marathon debate on racial issues in Parliament, PAP Member of Parliament (MP) Sitoh Yih-Pin took it upon himself to ask Culture, Community and Youth Minister Edwin Tong to explain the relevance of the government s CMIO model of ethnic classification system (i.e. Chinese, Malay, Indian and Others).
Tong took the bat and ran with it, saying the WP has questioned the continued relevance of the CMIO model and called for its removal.
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While Singapore will look to borrow for long-term infrastructure, it has to resist doing so for recurrent expenditure.
Singapore People s Party (SPP) chairman Jose Raymond has bid farewell to politics, in order to focus on expanding his company regionally.
Raymond most recently contested in Potong Pasir SMC for the first time during the recent 2020 General Election (GE2020).
He lost the seat to Sitoh Yih Pin of the People s Action Party (PAP).
Welcomed those in need to continue reaching out to him
He founded SW Strategies in 2016, and is currently the firm s chief strategy officer.
In a Facebook post, Raymond announced that he will be stepping down from politics in order to focus on expanding the firm regionally, which is a goal he had since 2016.