Saturday, May 07, 2011

Singapore votes as ruling party faces backlash to soaring housing costs, more foreigners...

Singapore’s ruling party faced its toughest challenge since independence in 1965 as voters in the Southeast Asian city-state went to the polls Saturday for parliamentary elections.

Leaders from the ruling People’s Action Party spent the last days of the nine-day official campaign apologizing for policy mistakes and perceived arrogance amid growing voter discontent over soaring housing costs and a surge of foreign workers.

“There are immediate problems on everyone’s minds, like the cost of living and housing,” Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a televised speech late Friday. “The PAP is dealing with them.”
Voting was due to end at 8 p.m. (1200 GMT), and initial results were expected to be announced a few hours later. More...

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