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I refer to Goh Meng Seng's Why PAP Now Pro-Foreigners Despite Uproar. [ LINK ]  What Mr Goh says is quite true. There will be hard-core pro PAP supporters and they usually form 30 per cent of the voters, so even if a credible opposition were to contest in their area, they will die-die vote for PAP. And PAP will just need 15... 

PM Lee Recently a petition has been circulated online calling on the PM to resign over the remarks he made at a community event in AMK. The particularly offensive lines were, “Singaporeans, new arrivals, people who are on permanent residence here, people who are on employment pass here, all participating in one big Singapore... 

Goh Meng Seng My conservative estimate is that new citizens (less than 15 years of stay in Singapore) constitute about 10% to 15% of voters in Singapore. They will be the most crucial and critical voting block for PAP in the coming General Elections. PAP has the statistics and that is why PAP has started to shift their policy...