Rich ward, poor ward


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 19 Mar 2006

The just concluded budget debate in the Singapore Parliament had MPs talking mostly about the plight of their poor constituents. Butwhat is it like to be an MP of a better-off ward? LYNN LEE speaks to two who deal with voters from different ends of the social spectrum. 

IT is Sunday morning and Tanjong Pagar GRC MP Indranee Rajah is standing outside a sprawling 30,000sq ft bungalow, one of the many that line the Jervois and Tanglin Road area. 

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