The PAP has unveiled the candidate line-up to contest WP-held Aljunied GRC in the coming general election.

The team will be led by Mr Yeo Guat Kwang, 54, assistant secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress and former Ang Mo Kio GRC MP.

The others in the team include Victor Lye, chief executive of Shenton Insurance and a resident of Aljunied who has been on the ground for 16 years.

Former secondary school head of department Shamsul Kamar.

Lawyer K Muralidharan.

Private banker Chua Eng Leong.

MP Charles Chong will stand in the WP-held Punggol East at the coming polls, as the PAP bids to wrest back control of the single-member constituency (SMC).

Mr Chong, 62, was confirmed as the PAP's candidate in a press release on Thurs (Aug 27) morning, according to local reports.

Mr Chong is set to face WP incumbent Lee Li Lian, 37, who won Punggol East in a 2013 by-election.

Grassroots leader Cheryl Chan will be PAP's candidate contesting the new Fengshan single-member constituency (SMC) in the coming GE.

The ward, which has been carved out from East Coast group representation constituency (GRC) under the new electoral boundaries, is currently helmed by former transport minister Raymond Lim.

The 56-year-old had announced his decision to retire earlier this month.

He was part of the 2011 team that defeated the Workers' Party with 54.8 per cent of the vote share - the PAP's worst-performing GRC in the last general election.

Incumbents Lim Swee Say, 61, Lee Yi Shyan, 53, Mohamad Maliki Osman, 50, and Jessica Tan, 49, will be staying on to defend their seats.

Jessica Tan, 49.

Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and National Development Lee Yi Shyan, 53.

Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say will lead an experienced People's Action Party (PAP) team in East Coast GRC.

Minister of State for National Development and Defence Mohamad Maliki Osman, 50.

Animal rights activist Louis Ng and Executive Director of Foodtraco Supplies Henry Kwek will join Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam, Dr Lee Bee Wah and Associate Professor Faishal Ibrahim as PAP's team for Nee Soon GRC.

Mr Ng is the founder of Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES).

He has been an active grassroots volunteer in the Chong Pang ward since 2008, and said: "I want to focus on developing community projects; animal welfare is a cause that I will always champion at the national level."

Mr Kwek has been shadowing retiring Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Inderjit Singh for several months, and will be taking over the 18-year veteran's Kebun Baru ward, which has been absorbed into Nee Soon GRC in the latest boundaries review.

The PAP announced its slate of candidates for Marine Parade GRC on Aug 26.

Edwin Tong, a former MP of Moulmein-Kallang GRC which has been dissolved under the new electoral boundaries, joins the five-member team.

The other four candidates are the GRC's anchor minister Tan Chuan-Jin, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, Fatimah Lateef, and Seah Kian Peng.

Mr Tan, the GRC's anchor minister, began the press conference by appealing to voters that the coming election is "not just about choosing MPs, but leaders to take Singapore into the next phase".

Mr Goh, 74, pointed out that he is the "only Pioneer Generation leader left in politics". He first entered politics in 1976.

Minister Grace Fu from the PAP has announced that she will defend her Yuhua seat in the coming GE. According to local media reports, the 51-year-old made the official announcement at the PAP Yuhua branch on Saturday.

In a video media interview, Ms Fu said of the changes in Jurong: "I think from the residents' point of view, they would like to continue to keep this place a little kampung that they're familiar with despite the changes."

"Some of the major changes can sometimes be unsettling for the residents who have been long-time residents here. We'll like to make the change as comfortable (for) them as possible," she added.

The PAP announced on Saturday two new candidates who will join the five-member team to contest for Tampines group representative constituency (GRC) in the coming election.

Mr Desmond Choo and new face Cheng Li Hui will take over from Ms Irene Ng and former minister Mah Bow Tan, reported The Straits Times.

Pictured her is Mr Desmond Choo. The two candidates will join Education Minister Heng Swee Keat, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Masagos Zulkifli, and MP Baey Yam Keng.

Mr Mah Bow Tan, who will be retiring from politics.

Ms Irene Ng Phek Hoong.

Mr Masagos Zulkifli.

Mr Heng Swee Keat.

Mr Baey Yam Keng.

PAP's candidates for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC were unveiled on Aug 22. From left: Janil Puthucheary, Teo Ser Luck, Teo Chee Hean, Sun Xueling, Ng Chee Meng and Zainal Sapari.

Mr Ng Chee Meng.

Mr Zainal Sapari.

Ms Sun Xueling.

Mr Liang Eng Hwa, Ms Sim Ann, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Dr Teo Ho Pin, Mr Christopher de Souza, PAP officially introduced candidates for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.

PAP has officially announced on Friday that Marine Parade GRC MP Tin Pei Ling will be contesting MacPherson SMC in the coming GE.

According to Channel NewsAsia, the announcement was made at a PAP Community Foundation Education Centre in MacPherson.

Ms Tin, 31, gave birth to a baby boy on Aug 5 this year. Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong paid a visit to Ms Tin in hospital.

Besides congratulating the couple on their newborn, he previously posted on Facebook that Ms Tin will be fielded in MacPherson SMC for the coming GE.

Ms Tin was first elected during the 2011 General Election as MP for the MacPherson division under the Marine Parade GRC. On the topic of motherhood, Channel NewsAsia reported that Ms Tin was "very excited" to be a mother.

"To all the working mothers out there - kudos to all of you. I have deep respect. I know it's not easy now. I'm a mother as well, and I hope the men out there will continue to give utmost support to working moms," she said at the official announcement on Friday.

The PAP officially unveiled its candidates for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC on Friday, Aug 21.

The four-member team includes Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong, Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob, and MPs Alex Yam and Ong Teng Koon.

Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC PAP candidate Halimah Yacob pictured on Aug 21.

Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC PAP candidate Lawrence Wong.

Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC PAP candidate Ong Teng Koon.

Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC PAP candidate Alex Yam.

Dr Amy Khor has announced that she will defend the PAP's seat in Hong Kah North SMC. She was the top electoral performer at the 2011 general election when she won 70.6 per cent of votes.

PAP MP Lim Biow Chuan, who is also president of the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) will be contesting for a second term in the Mountbatten SMC.

Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam revealed the new slate for Jurong GRC on Thursday, Aug 20, introducing new faces Ms Rahayu Mahzam and Dr Tan Wu Meng.

They will be joining the five-member team along with Mr Tharman, Minister of State for National Development Desmond Lee and backbencher Ang Wei Neng.

Dr Tan will be taking over from retiring MP Arthur Fong. He is currently a consultant and specialist in medical oncology at the Parkway Cancer Centre.

Ms Rahayu specialises in civil litigation and family law and has been an active volunteer in several Muslim grassroots organisations since 1997.

Current Jurong GRC MP David Ong Kim Huat will defend his Bukit Batok ward, which is now a SMC after it was carved out from Jurong in the latest boundary delineation exercise.

On Wednesday, Aug 19, the PAP candidates for Tanjong Pagar GRC, which has never been contested since it was formed in 1991, and Radin Mas SMC were announced.

The 5-member Tanjong Pagar GRC team will comprise labour chief Chan Chun Sing, Senior Minister of State for Law and Education Indranee Rajah, backbencher Chia Shi-Lu and two new faces, former civil servant Joan Pereira and retired senior police officer Melvin Yong.

Mr Yong had officially stepped down from his role as Assistant Commissioner of Police on Aug 16. He takes over the seat currently held by Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew.

Ms Pereira will fill the seat vacated by the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew. She is currently an assistant general manager at Temasek Cares.

Mr Sam Tan, 56, will be defending his seat in Radin Mas Single Member Constituency (SMC) seat.

On Aug 17, incumbent MP Mr Sitoh Yih Pin announced that he will be the People's Action Party's (PAP) candidate for Potong Pasir SMC.

Mr Sitoh, 51, has been the Potong Pasir MP since he wrested the seat from Mrs Chiam in the 2011 General Election by just 114 votes.

The PAP's candidate for the Pioneer single seat, Mr Cedric Foo, will be gunning for a fourth term as the area's MP.

The ruling party's lineup in the 4-member Chua Chu Kang GRC will comprise Health Minister, Gan Kim Yong, Low Yen Ling, Zaqy Mohamad, and newcomer Yee Chia Hsing.

Mr Yee, 44, is the head of catalist at CIMB Bank Singapore.

On Sunday, Aug 16, the PAP also announced its slate for West Coast GRC.

The West Coast GRC team will include Minister for Trade and Industry, Lim Hng Kiang, 61, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, S Iswaran, 53, Foo Mee Har, 49, and Patrick Tay, 43.

Mr Patrick Tay will join the West Coast team, having previously been an MP in Nee Soon GRC.

PAP's slate for the Jalan Besar GRC was also announced on Aug 16, comprising Minister for Communications and Information Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Heng Chee How, Dr Lily Neo, and Ms Denise Phua.

Minister Yaacob and his team also unveiled a $20 million estate upgrading master plan, titled "My Kampung in the City".

The newly-revived Jalan Besar GRC takes over the soon-to-be-defunct Moulmein-Kallang GRC.

On Saturday, Aug 15, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced PAP's candidates for Ang Mo Kio GRC, as well as the Sengkang West and Hougang single seats.

The 6-member Ang Mo Kio team will include PM Lee, incumbents Mr Ang Hin Kee and Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar, current Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC MP Mr Gan Thiam Poh, as well as new faces Dr Koh Poh Koon and Mr Darryl David.

Dr Koh, a colorectal surgeon, had contested in the 2013 Punggol East by-election , but lost to Lee Li Lian from the Workers' Party.

Meanwhile, Mr Darryl David, Temasek Polytechnic's School of Design deputy director, was a former media personality who was well-known for hosting The Pyramid Game in the 1990s.

PAP also announced that Minister of State for Health Dr Lam Pin Min will defend his seat in the Sengkang West Single Member Constituency.

Grassroots leader Lee Hong Chuang will contest Hougang SMC, which has been a Workers' Party stronghold since it was won by Mr Low Thia Khiang in the 1991 General Election.

PAP unveiled two new candidates for the Sembawang Group Representation Constituency on Friday, Aug 14.

Keppel Corporation director Mr Ong Ye Kung and corporate lawyer Mr Amrin Amin will join incumbent members PAP Chairman Mr Khaw Boon Wan, Dr Lim Wee Kiak and Mr Vikram Nair in the five-member GRC.

Mr Ong, a former top civil servant, was a member of the PAP Aljunied GRC team led by former Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo, that was defeated by the Workers' Party in 2011.

Mr Amrin Amin is a corporate lawyer at Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP.

The People's Action Party (PAP) has introduced three new candidates for the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC on Wednesday, Aug 12.

The team for the 5-member GRC include existing members Defence Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen and Ms Josephine Teo, who will be joined by Mr Chee Hong Tat, 41, Mr Chong Kee Hiong, 49, and Mr Saktiandi Supaat, 42.

The new faces are Mr Chong Kee Hiong, 49, chief executive of OUE Hospitality Reit Management.

Mr Saktiandi Supaat, 41, is an executive vice president with Maybank.

Mr Chee Hong Tat, the third new faces in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, was former Principal Private Secretary to the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, and recently left his post as Second Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

3 potential candidates from the public sector have been accompanying PAP MPs at community events in recent days, including Ms Rahayu Mahzam, 35, who was in Bukit Batok East with Jurong GRC MP Halimah Yacob on Sunday.

Asked if she would stand as a candidate, she said: "I would be happy to serve if chosen."

Second Permanent Secretary for Trade and Industry Chee Hong Tat, 42, was with Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC MP Hri Kumar Nair and residents at a party on Saturday.

Mr Chee was chief executive of the Energy Market Authority and principal private secretary to former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.

On Sunday, Assistant Commissioner of Police Melvin Yong was at Punggol North, attending a street parade to celebrate racial and religious harmony.

Mr Yong, director of the police public affairs department since last June, was previously commander of Clementi Police Division.

First-term Member of Parliament Tin Pei Ling is all set to go solo in the next elections in her MacPherson ward, which will no longer be part of Marine Parade GRC.

The signs pointing to this were clear when she visited two markets in her ward on July 26 with fellow Marine Parade GRC MP Tan Chuan-Jin, two days after the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee released its report.

Mr Tan said: "Although it's a SMC, we will continue to work closely with Pei Ling. She's been working hard here. From the responses of residents and many of the shopkeepers here, it's very encouraging."

Asked again if Ms Tin should contest, he said that "certainly, the Prime Minister will have his own reasons for letting Pei Ling run as an individual".

One of the electoral boundaries committee's recommendations was for MacPherson to be carved out of Marine Parade GRC as an SMC.

If fielded, Ms Tin is likely to face several challengers as the Workers' Party, National Solidarity Party and Singaporeans First party have all expressed interest in the ward.

Many took selfies with Ms Tin. Among them was retiree Lam Mui, 69, a Still Road resident, who said: "She's a very good MP, many people think so."

Former public servant Joan Pereira greeted residents and diners at Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre on Sunday morning (July 26).

She was accompanied by Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Chan Chun Sing, Senior Minister of State Indranee Rajah, MPs Lily Neo and Chia Shi-Lu and about 30 People's Action Party activists.

She started her career in the People's Association at Queenstown Community Centre in 1992 and worked there for over a decade.

And from 2007 to April this year, she was the PA's director of Family Life and Active Ageing - which put her in contact with a constituency that has one of the highest percentages of elderly residents.

"I find deep fulfilment in serving the elderly. Indeed, there is a joy when I help them," she told reporters after the walkabout.

The GRC's fifth MP was former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, who died in March.

The National Solidarity Party (NSP) was at its old stomping ground of Tampines on July 26, where it has contested in every election - bar one - since the constituency was formed in 1988.

Twenty party members and volunteers turned up for the three-hour walkabout in Tampines West - among them two who are in their 20s: Ms Kevryn Lim and Mr Jan Chan.

Party leaders declined comment on potential candidates for the next hustings, but NSP's star catch at the 2011 election, Ms Nicole Seah, was also in her 20s when she was fielded in Marine Parade GRC.

NSP president Sebastian Teo said he hopes the party's persistence in Tampines will win voters over.

Party chief Tan Jee Say said the party has set up its elections office in Tras Street in Chinatown, and is keen on Marine Parade, Pasir Ris-Punggol and Tanjong Pagar GRCs.

The Workers' Party will contest five GRCs and five SMCs, party chairman Sylvia Lim told The Straits Times.

Other than Aljunied GRC, Hougang SMC and Punggol East SMC, which are currently held by the WP, the party will field candidates in East Coast, Jalan Besar, Nee Soon and Marine Parade GRCs, as well as Fengshan, MacPherson and Sengkang West SMCs.

Mr Low said the party had been working the ground in Marine Parade GRC as well as Joo Chiat SMC, which will be absorbed into Marine Parade.

"As a matter of principle, the Workers' Party will contest where we have contested before," he said.

"In this case, Joo Chiat is being redrawn into Marine Parade. We don't want to disappoint voters in Joo Chiat. We want to offer them a choice again in this election," Mr Low said.

The Singapore Democratic Party plans to contest the Bukit Batok single seat and is looking at fielding "a very good candidate" there, said its secretary-general Chee Soon Juan.

The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee, in its report, recommended a rise in the number of elected Members of Parliament from 87 to 89.

They will come from 16 GRCs, up from 15, and 13 SMCs, up from 12.

There will now be 6 4-member GRCs, up from two, and 8 5-member GRCs, down from 11. Ang Mo Kio GRC and Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, helmed respectively by PM Lee and Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, remain 6-member GRCs.

Moulmein-Kallang GRC, which was won by the People's Action Party team with 58.56 per cent of the votes in 2011, is now gone. Meanwhile, Jalan Besar has returned as a GRC.

Fengshan is among three SMCs that have been created.Fengshan SMC was part of East Coast GRC in the 2011 election, and has more than 23,000 voters.

New in the north is Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC. The change could be to accommodate the population growth in Chua Chu Kang GRC's Yew Tee and Keat Hong wards where 2,500 BTO flats have been added.

Joo Chiat SMC, which saw a fierce electoral battle in 2011, is now part of Marine Parade GRC. MacPherson SMC, which was absorbed by Marine Parade GRC in 2011, has made a come-back this time.

The announcement of the new electoral boundaries have raised expectations that the next general election will be called soon, possibly in September.

In the days ahead, People's Action Party (PAP) activists and opposition members will meet their teams to step up preparations for the election.

The next stage is for Parliament to be dissolved and the writ of election issued.

Nomination Day, the start of the traditional nine-day campaign period, is expected to take place from a minimum of five days after the writ.

There is then a Cooling-Off Day, which falls on the eve of Polling Day when voters cast their ballots.