PM Lee: Remember the Aljunied!

(Okay, I admit PM Lee Hsien Loong was not quoted in the article to declare 'Remember the Aljunied!')

However, I still strongly believe that will make a good battle cry. Remember the Aljunied!

Okay, so I'm inspired by the Battle of Alamo & its subsequent resultant cries of "Remember the Alamo!". Hur hur.

Seriously speaking, though, it will be a great motivational challenge for PAP to reclaim Aljunied in the next General Election.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told party activists at the People's Action Party at its annual convention yesterday that they will fight to win back Aljunied GRC.

He said that party leaders have been talking to branch chairmen and key activists on how the party can win back ground support there.

The five-member PAP team helmed by then foreign minister George Yeo was ousted by the Workers' Party (WP) with 54.7 per cent of the valid votes.

The Straits Times reported that Mr Lee noted that while PAP candidates and party activists worked hard during the May General Election, the mood was against them.

Mr Lee also commended Mr Sitoh Yih Pin for his efforts in winning Potong Pasir. He was successful on his third try.

He added that this 'never say die' attitude which saw PAP winning Potong Pasir will be the way to gain ground in Hougang as well, a single-seat constituency that has seen Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang hold onto this SMC for the last 20 years. It is now helmed by current WP MP Yaw Shin Leong.

From Asiaone, "PAP will win back Aljunied: PM Lee".