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SINGAPORE – Red Dot United (RDU) on April 16 unveiled its slate for the newly formed Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC, which includes two candidates with political experience.
Mr Osman Sulaiman, 50, is a director of a waste management company, and contested the past three elections. He contested on the Reform Party’s ticket in 2011 and 2015, and was a candidate with the Singapore People’s Party in 2020.
Entrepreneur and author Liyana Dhamirah, 38, was an RDU candidate for Jurong GRC in the 2020 General Election.
The five-member team is rounded up by contemporary artist Ben Puah, 48; director of boutique marketing agency Marcus Neo, 33; and principal software engineer Harish Mohanadas, 39.
RDU will also contest the Jurong Central single seat, fielding piano teacher Emily Woo, 59, in the SMC. Madam Woo, who joined the party in 2020, was a teacher with the Ministry of Education and has been teaching the piano since 2000.
Red Dot United will contest the Jurong Central single seat, fielding piano teacher Emily Woo in the SMC.ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
Mr Puah, whose works are part of major public and private collections, including the Singapore Art Museum and the National Institute of Education, joined RDU in 2024.
Mr Neo is the director of a boutique agency that serves law firms, while Mr Harish, who is a central executive council member of RDU, is a former civil engineer with over a decade of experience in Singapore’s built environment sector.
The core of the new Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC comes from Jurong GRC, and it will also absorb all of Bukit Batok SMC and parts of Yuhua SMC and Hong Kah North SMC.
The RDU team will be up against a PAP team led by Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu, the incumbent MP for Yuhua.
Besides Ms Fu, 61, the other two incumbents are Minister of State for Law and Transport Murali Pillai, 57, and Minister of State for Health and Digital Development and Information Rahayu Mahzam, 44.
Political newcomer David Hoe, 37, and Mr Lee Hong Chuang, 54, who was the PAP’s candidate for Hougang SMC in the 2015 and 2020 elections, round up the PAP’s slate for the Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC.
At the new Jurong Central SMC, RDU’s Madam Woo will be up against incumbent and first-term MP Xie Yao Quan, 40.
In the 2020 General Election, RDU, then the youngest political party, contested only Jurong GRC.
For the 2025 General Election, the party has introduced potential candidates for Nee Soon GRC and Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, and previously indicated interest in contesting in Jalan Kayu SMC, Tanjong Pagar GRC and Radin Mas SMC.
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