In his speech, SDA chief Desmond Lim said that fellow Pasir Ris residents have talked with him about the various struggles they face.
“Life is difficult for so many of us who must manage things like high cost of living, expensive HDB flats, unaffordable healthcare and lack of good job opportunities,” he said in a three-and-a-half-minute-long video.
“Fifteen years ago, Singaporeans like you, like me, have been feeling the pain of high cost of living, housing prices, healthcare prices and lack of job opportunities. Fifteen years later, under the PAP government, has anything changed?” added party secretary-general Abu Mohamed in his video.
“That’s why I say you have an important choice to make … Your choice will determine the life of our children, our families, for the next 15 years.”
In his speech, Mr Singh pointed out how various costs have increased for Singaporeans in recent years. And Singaporeans are “struggling under the weight of rising costs and unequal burdens”, he added.
“SINGAPORE NOT JUST FOR THE RICH”
Mr Lim said that the SDA has a plan for national issues and pointed to the party’s manifesto.
“We will make the government accountable for how they spend our money, we will make sure that every young family can afford a home,” he added.
“We will make sure our Singaporean talents come first for good jobs. We will make sure that the sandwiched families have a better quality of life.”
In the party manifesto released last Wednesday, the party laid out four main areas of focus, which were – reducing high cost of living pressures on common Singaporeans, improving job prospects for Singaporean talents, making public housing affordable and easily obtainable, as well as increasing access to quality and affordable healthcare.
