Voters must assess if plans are worth supporting: Murali

Singapore

OVER the course of the by-election campaigning in Bukit Batok, the People's Action Party's (PAP) candidate Murali Pillai has trotted out numerous plans for the constituency, such as the setting up of a mobile clinic, a job placement scheme and an eldercare centre.

When asked on Wednesday whether these programmes could be construed as "carrots" to woo the ward's 25,727 voters, the 48-year-old lawyer said it was up to the residents to decide if they wanted to support his ideas.

"For any election, it is quite common for residents to expect what value you would bring to them. It is in this context that I have suggested these plans at three levels - jobs…