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1:14PAP new faces spotted in East Coast GRC | GE2025

East Coast GRC MPs visited Al Ansar Mosque on Hari Raya on Monday (March 31), accompanied by Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong, ex-AIC CEO Dinesh Vasu Dash, and ex-CEO of Make-A-Wish Singapore, Hazlina Abdul Halim.

0:54Shanmugam introduces PAP new face in Nee Soon GRC | GE2025

Minister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam introduced PAP new face Syed Harun Alhabsyi in Nee Soon GRC on Sunday (March 31), ahead of the upcoming Singapore general election, which must be held by November.

1:36GE2025: Constitution provides for NMPs to step down to stand in elections: Shanmugam

Minister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam said the Constitution provides for Nominated MPs to step down to stand in elections. Mr Shanmugam spoke after community visits in Yishun on Hari Raya Puasa (March 31).

0:40GE2025: SDP to contest Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC

The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has said it will contest in Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, where Prime Minister Lawrence Wong is an MP, at the upcoming general election.

1:14GE2025: Potential PSP candidates on walkabout in Chua Chu Kang GRC

Potential candidates from the Progress Singapore Party engaged residents during a walkabout in Keat Hong, Chua Chu Kang on March 30.

1:07GE2025: Potential new faces seen at PAP Marine Parade walkabout

Marine Parade GRC MPs Tan See Leng and Mohd Fahmi Aliman were on a walkabout in the area on Sunday (March 30), alongside potential new face Diana Pang and Nee Soon GRC MP Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim.

0:58GE2025: New, younger PAP team for Sengkang GRC hopes to win residents’ hearts

Dr Lam Pin Min introduced the new PAP team in Sengkang GRC on March 30, ahead of the upcoming general election. Dr Lam said the new team is much younger and has a balanced gender representation.

4:48Wong Kim Hoh meets artist Jeff Lai aka @playingwithpencil

Meet Jeff Lai aka @playingwithpencil. He has gained a following on social media by drawing strangers and gifting them with a portrait. He says: “A sketch is just a small gesture. If I can make some people happy by sketching them, I’ll do it.”

2:41PM Wong: Diversity can pull us apart if not managed well

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong speaks at the 40th anniversary launch ceremony of government feedback unit Reach at Jewel Changi Airport.

2:06GE2025: 2 new PAP faces introduced in Sembawang GRC

Two men were introduced as new faces for Sembawang GRC by Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on March 29, ahead of an upcoming general election.

0:39SCDF sends 80-strong team to Myanmar in wake of devastating earthquake

An 80-member contingent from the Singapore Civil Defence Force left for Yangon, Myanmar on March 29 to assist in rescue efforts in the quake-battered disaster zone.

1:20GE2025: SPP to contest Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, Potong Pasir SMC

The Singapore People’s Party will be returning to familiar grounds of Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC and Potong Pasir SMC in the upcoming general election. Secretary-General Steve Chia stated his party’s intention to run in these constituencies on March 29.

1:30$800m centre opens to test trains and rail systems in Singapore

Trains and rail systems can now be tested in Singapore, with the completion and opening of a new $800 million test centre in Tuas.

0:402 brothers, aged 3 and 5, rescued from high-rise building ledges

Two boys, aged three and five, on March 21 were rescued by police and firefighters after they were seen sitting dangerously on the external walls of a high-rise residential estate in Hong Kong.

0:54Strong earthquake strikes central Myanmar; panic in Bangkok

A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads in its capital Naypyitaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand and Vietnam.

1:59We ought to move on: Shanmugam on his Meet-The-People Session disruption

Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam has urged people to move on from the incident involving an activist group which disrupted his Meet-The-People Session on March 12.

0:37Ong Ye Kung on healthy living, loving Sembawang & aceing social media | The Usual Place Podcast

Health Minister Ong Ye Kung talks to Natasha Ann Zachariah about healthy living and why he would love to be a Sembawang GRC MP till he retires. Follow The Straits Times Podcasts on YouTube and the ST Podcasts channel.

0:30Australian senator wields dead salmon in Parliament to protest farming laws

An Australian senator pulled out a large, dead fish in Parliament on March 26 to protest against the government’s proposed laws that would safeguard controversial salmon farms in the state of Tasmania. READ MORE: https://str.sg/tUuu

19:55[Full] Prime Minister Lawrence Wong speaks to Singapore media in Hanoi

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong spoke to Singapore reporters in Hanoi before flying home after a two-day visit to Vietnam, his first to the country since taking over as prime minister in May 2024.

1:29Leong Mun Wai re-elected as PSP chief ahead of general election

Non-Constituency MP Leong Mun Wai has been re-elected as party chief of the opposition Progress Singapore Party (PSP). Mr Leong will take over the role from the party’s other NCMP, Ms Hazel Poa.