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Saturday, September 5, 2015

Singapore Straits Times

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6 2015
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At Holland-Bukit Timah GRC:Earlier today, Singapore Democratic Party's Chee Soon Juan works the breakfast crowd with his team at Bukit Timah food centre. Vivian Balakrishnan arrives there too, but the two rivals do not greet each other. Mr Balakrishnan later engages residents at Adam Road food centre. ST VIDEO: Tan Hui Yee; ST PHOTO: Jalelah Abu Baker

Dr Chee Soon Juan at Bukit Timah food centre.

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At East Coast GRC: Low Thia Khiang's wife tells ST's Kor Kian Beng that she made two red hard-boiled eggs for the WP chief on his birthday on Saturday (Sept 5). Usually the family would go out for birthday dinner with birthday cake, she said. "But this year there's no time."
Meanwhile, when asked again on the Punggol East Town Council and perceptions that the WP deliberately picked Saturday's rally to talk about Town Council issue so it doesn't have to answer queries, Mr Low simply said the party would issue any clarifications at their rally since it's election time. Below, an enthusiastic supporter engages with Mr Low. ST Video: Marissa Lee 
At East Cost GRC: A group of elderly residents holding WP postcards wave candidate Leon Perera over and ask, "Is this you? Wah! very good!" When he greets them in Mandarin, they say, "Wah! You speak Chinese!" ST Photo: Marissa Lee
Police responds to defaced posters: In response to media queries about defaced election posters, the police has said that three men, aged between 20 and 36 years old, are assisting with investigations into the cases. 
It is an offence for any person to alter, remove, destroy, obliterate or deface any election posters or banners under the Parliamentary Elections Act.
The punishment for such an offence is a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months. http://str.sg/Z8H2 
At Marine Parade GRC: Candidates from both the Workers' Party and the People's Action Party out in force to catch the morning crowd having breakfast. ST PHOTOS: JERMYN CHOW
At Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC: Residents pose with at Saktiandi Supaat, the PAP candidate replacing Zainudin Nordin, at the launch of a covered pavilion in Toa Payoh Lorong 7.
ST PHOTO: Charissa Yong
At Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC: "We promised you this and we delivered it...That's why we can all sit here and comfortably enjoy this event," says Dr Ng Eng Hen after launching a covered pavilion in Toa Payoh Lorong 7, Block 2. Charissa Yong reports from the ground.
At Tanjong Pagar GRC: The PAP's Chan Chun Sing and Joan Pereira greet fishmongers at Tiong Bahru Market. The labour chief also chatted with stallholders at the market earlier today. Later, he shared a laugh with members of the young artists' club near the market. ST PHOTO, VIDEO: Yong Chuan Toh

At Punggol East SMC: WP's Lee Li Lian on a walkabout at Rivervale Plaza. ST Photo: Zhaki Abdullah
GE2015: No deficit in Pasir Ris-Punggol town council accounts: PAP
The Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council has swiftly refuted allegations by the Workers' Party (WP) that the town council suffered a deficit of about $282,000 in 2013. The WP had charged that the town council suffered a deficit at a rally at Punggol East on Saturday night. Story  here
At East Coast GRC: Residents at Bedok South Blk 16, huddle round Low Thia Khiang to have pictures taken with him. 
ST PHOTO: MARISSA LEE
At Holland-Bukit Timah GRC:Sidek Mallek from SDP's Holland-Bukit Timah team with other SDP volunteers at Bukit Timah food centre on Sunday morning. ST PHOTO: Tan Hui Yee
At Mountbatten SMC: Lim Biow Chuan speaks to residents on a walkabout around markets and homes at the Goodman landed housing estate. 
ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
At Tanjong Pagar GRC:Walkabouts have begun bright and early this Sunday morning. Here is labour chief Chan Chun Sing chatting with stallholders at the Tiong Bahru Market. ST Photo: Yong Chuan Toh. 
Good morning, here are the GE2015 rallies scheduled for this evening  
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