Singapore Local News, 2011-04-22

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Workers' Party locks horns with PAP over housing issue A day after National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan described the Workers' Party's (WP) "dangerous" housing proposal as an illegal raid on the reserves, WP chief Low Thia Khiang yesterday tried to turn the tables on the People's Action Party........

A guidebook for the polls This is one handbook which all election candidates - novice or otherwise - will find handy. The 60-page guide, entitled Handbook for Parliamentary Election Candidates 2011 (picture), covers in detail the dos and don'ts of........     GE: Teams contesting Bishan-Toa Payoh unfazed by each other's track records Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC looks set to see a contest between the PAP team, helmed by Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng, and the Singapore People's Party (SPP) team led by Chiam See Tong...... GE: SDP introduces 5 more candidates The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has introduced five more candidates for the General Election...... GE: EUP in Joo Chiat area will be at Roxy Estate: SM Goh The Estate Upgrading Programme (EUP) planned for the Joo Chiat area is expected to start in the middle of 2012 said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong...... S'pore expresses concern over Thai-Cambodia border clashes Singapore has expressed deep concern over fresh border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia on Friday and has urged both sides to exercise restraint...... GE: Minister issues challenge to opposition Education Minister Ng Eng Hen has called on the opposition parties to be bold enough to say that they want to form a government...... GE: Fewer people at Elections Department on Good Friday The stream of people entering the Elections Department slowed to a trickle on the morning of Good Friday, which is a public holiday......