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Straits Times
26-04-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
GE2025: How is this Singapore election shaping up?
A political observer and an expert delve into the GE campaign so far with host Natasha Ann Zachariah. The Usual Place Podcast GE2025: How is this Singapore election shaping up? Follow our live coverage here. As the election campaign heats up with a week left to Polling Day on May 3, my guests and I delve into how this General Election is shaping up. What has surfaced three days into the hustings is robust debate over rising costs, Singapore's economic trajectory and the value of having more opposition voices in Parliament. Inflation, housing and job security are also issues that have been aired in several opposition rallies so far. The gauntlet has been thrown down by all sides. Are the gloves off now? To find out more, Assistant Professor Elvin Ong from the NUS Department of Political Science and Joel Lim, host of the Political Prude podcast, joins us in this live episode. I also ask them if off-script moments make candidates come off as more relatable or if instead, it does something else to their credibility. In the run-up to GE2025, The Usual Place is moving from a weekly show to a half-hour daily live stream at noon, till May 1, a day before Cooling-off Day. I will wrap up what happened the night before, as well as share what's to come in the next few days. Expert analysts will be featured along the way too. Join ST's WhatsApp Channel and get the latest news and must-reads.
Straits Times
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
GE2025: Talking Tampines with Workers' Party
Join your host - ST correspondent Natasha Ann Zachariah in ST's podcast at a new time slot. The Workers' Party's Tampines GRC candidates – Mr Faisal Manap, Dr Ong Lue Ping and Mr Jimmy Tan – join host Natasha Ann Zachariah for the second live episode of The Usual Place. They are going up against the incumbent PAP team that is led by Social and Family Development Minister Masagos Zulkifli, the National Solidarity Party and the People's Power Party. With so many opposition parties vying for one GRC, we also find out the team's response to talk about the opposition vote being diluted. Also, how are the WP new faces - Dr Ong and Mr Tan - handling their first election campaign? The Usual Place now moves from a weekly show to a half-hour daily livestream at noon from April 24 till May 1, a day before Cooling-off Day. Natasha will share a wrap of what happened the night before, as well as what's to come in the next few days. There will be expert analysts featured. Join ST's WhatsApp Channel and get the latest news and must-reads.
Straits Times
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
GE2025: Meet 3 new PAP candidates in ST's noon podcast livestream
Join your host - ST correspondent Natasha Ann Zachariah - in ST's podcast at a new time slot. Follow our live coverage here. The 2025 Singapore General Election is in full swing. Political parties confirmed their line-ups across the island on April 23 during Nomination Day, with Polling Day next up on May 3. The Usual Place - a podcast by The Straits Times - now moves from a weekly show to a half-hour daily livestream at noon from April 24 till May 1, a day before Cooling-off Day. Host and ST correspondent Natasha Ann Zachariah will share a wrap of what happened the night before, as well as what's to come in the next few days. There will be analysts featured, and even some ST reporters who have been covering the ground so far. But first up, on the living room couch with her in today's (April 24) livestream are three candidates from PAP: Mr Dinesh Vasu Dash, 50, part of the party's East Coast GRC team, Mr Daniel Liu, 40, part of its Aljunied GRC team, and Ms Valerie Lee, 39, part of its team contesting the newly created Pasir Ris-Changi GRC. Join ST's WhatsApp Channel and get the latest news and must-reads.
