GE2015: PAP's Cedric Foo wins Pioneer ward with 76.34% vote share
[SINGAPORE] At Pioneer single member constituency (SMC), People's Action Party (PAP) candidate Cedric Foo has beaten National Solidarity Party's (NSP) Elvin Ong 76.34 per cent to 23.66 per cent to win.
This was a much better result than Mr Foo's vote share of 60.73 per cent in 2011's election. This would make it Mr Foo's fourth term as the Member of Parliament for Pioneer. Mr Foo is also chief financial officer of Neptune Orient Lines.
NSP's Mr Ong is a technical personnel.
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