GE2025: Banners, banter and ballots – a tale of four constituencies

Thrust into one of the fiercest political spotlights of this election, voters are only too aware of the weight their decision carries. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI

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UPDATED Apr 29, 2025, 11:58 PM

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SINGAPORE – The people of East Coast GRC are used to choice.

Daily, they have their pick of the “big three” hawker centres in Bedok – at b locks 16, 58 and 216 – and soignee Joo Chiat cafes, newly drawn into the GRC. Nightly, cocktails at modish bar Santai or supper in the noirish light of Simpang Bedok.

So, too, politically. Since 2006, the eastern idyll has flirted with the opposition in a near quarter-century game of “will they, won’t they” – always returning a credible result, but no prize, for the WP.

Leaning against a BMW coupe in Siglap, a resident considers his options: White or blue, “it’s a win-win for us”.

The project manager in his 40s, who gives his name as Mr Lim, is undecided on his vote. His dilemma is personal.

A Joo Chiat resident, he is part of the 40,675 electors hived off from the old Marine Parade GRC, familiar with the rival leaders of the PAP and WP teams.