GE2025 Up Close: AsiaOne chats with voters in Punggol GRC

[Up close: AsiaOne chats with voters] Join AsiaOne as we speak to residents in Punggol GRC to find out what's on their mind.

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00:00The U.S. trade tariff.

00:02So I think with this, definitely the cost of living will be increased.

00:06So I think that will be very important for the government

00:09how to solve these issues and then how to reduce the cost of living.

00:20Hello, I'm Hans from Asia One, and we're at the heart of Pongo,

00:24one of Singapore's youngest towns,

00:26home to over 123,000 electors.

00:30The four-member Pongo GRC is newly formed

00:33by carving out estates from Pasiris Pongo GRC

00:36and merging them with Pongo West SMC.

00:40It's all but certain that a showdown with the People's Action Party

00:43will play out in the new GRC.

00:45Let's have a look at the issues that are top of mind for voters living here.

00:50There's a short walkway that we need because when there's raining,

00:53we're alive from the bus, then that short distance, if it's heavy rain, it's quite a problem.

00:58In Pongo, where I stay, infant care and child care centres are mostly oversubscribed.

01:05I could not find a child care nearest to me.

01:09I had to send my first child a bit further

01:12and wait for one and a half years until there was vacancy at the child care near my block.

01:18I hope that there can be more vacancies available.

01:23Now we have like city direct buses and MRT to CPT,

01:26but whenever we have to go maybe to Tempani's or Pasiris,

01:29maybe we have to change the bus.

01:31So I'm looking forward to when there's more, better MRT connection.

01:36I think the Hawker Centre has to be improved compared to the other estates,

01:40especially the pricing and the food selection.

01:43I'm pretty concerned about the healthcare expenses

01:46as we are all getting older.

01:48To bear with this, healthcare cost is key.

01:50And if it's tied to the insurance,

01:52and insurance premium is also one of the key expenses that we pay.