Budget 2026

MPs from the Workers’ Party celebrated the Budget 2026’s fiscal strength, but sought to ensure that it translated into structural support and social equity. We questioned the necessity for a GST hike in the face of a large surplus, argued for permanent income tax reforms over handouts, advocated for a human-centric AI strategy, pushed for greater accountability in R&D spending, and made the case for stronger worker protection and more robust support for local SMEs.

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Working for Singapore

The Workers’ Party Manifesto 2025

The five sections of the Workers’ Party manifesto contain our policy proposals to improve the lives of Singaporeans. It addresses:

affordability and cost of living concerns
economic growth and opportunities
inclusion and equality
accountability and democracy; and
security and geopolitics.

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Parliament

Speeches and more

Keep up with parliamentary activity by the Workers’ Party Members of Parliament

Speech by Kenneth Tiong On Adjournment Motion on Integration with the Region

Speaker, Southeast Asia is about 680million people and a US$4 trillion economy.[1]And it is young where we are old: median age of Malaysia and Indonesia around 31, Vietnam 34, the Philippines 27, against our own citizens' median of nearly 44.[2]

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Jul 2026

Speech by Kenneth Tiong On Transport Motion (Reinforcing Singapore’s Position as a Global Transport Hub)

Singapore is a maritime nation in the fullest sense — the world's busiest container transhipment port, the world's largest bunkering hub, and by one global ranking the leading maritime city on the planet.[1] The sea is not one sector among many for us; it is the foundation we were built on. We are an island that imports more than nine in ten of our calories across the water, and we sit astride the Strait of Malacca, through which roughly a quarter of all seaborne trade and nearly half the world's seaborne crude oil moves. A nation this dependent on the sea cannot safely treat the capability to move on it as a commodity to be rented. Yet over two decades we quietly gave away one of its core sovereign capabilities — a shipping line of our own. Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), the national carrier, was sold to France's CMA CGM in 2016, the last act in a long dismantling: the tanker fleet to Malaysia in 2003, the headquarters in 2012, the logistics arm in 2015, then the line itself.[2][3] In so doing, we exited an entire strategic domain.

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Jul 2026

Speech by He Ting Ru On Transport Motion (Reinforcing Singapore’s Position as a Global Transport Hub)

Mr Speaker‍ In a world that is in turmoil, in retreat from multilateralism, it is often tempting and even intuitive for us to hunker-down and look to protect our own first. Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs, Brexit, the success of the far right in many liberal democratic systems, are all reactions to the sense that many across the world have, that globalisation has failed, that we must batten down the hatches to ensure we work towards Singapore (whether me, we or otherwise) First.

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Jul 2026

Speech by Dennis Tan Lip Fong On Transport Motion (Reinforcing Singapore’s Position as a Global Transport Hub)

Mr Speaker, I declare that I am a Consultant in a law firm which services the maritime and logistics industries.The motion today calls on this House to affirm the critical importance of strengthening Singapore’s long-term economic competitiveness by leveraging international cooperation, frontier technologies, and world-class infrastructure to reinforce our position as a globally connected aviation, maritime, and logistics hub, and to anchor good jobs in Singapore.

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Jul 2026

Speech by Jamus Lim On Transport Motion (Reinforcing Singapore’s Position as a Global Transport Hub)

Mr Speaker, the premise underlying this motion is a straightforward, and appealing, one: that we can—and indeed we must—continue to embrace and exploit a strategy of economic, political, and technological openness, which has worked to bring Singapore from its status as a secondary (if strategic) backwater, to the global, first-tier city-state that it is today.

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Jul 2026

Speech by Fadli Fawzi On Transport Motion (Reinforcing Singapore’s Position as a Global Transport Hub)

Mr Speaker, hardly anyone in this House will disagree that our openness to the world and our world-class infrastructure are key reasons for Singapore's prosperity. Our major gateways like Changi Airport and the Port of Singapore have enabled our nation to punch above our weight. Our future success will rely on us being at the forefront of connecting people, markets, ideas and capital.

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Jul 2026

Speech by Gerald Giam On Transport Motion (Reinforcing Singapore’s Position as a Global Transport Hub)

Mr Speaker, I support the spirit of reinforcing Singapore's long-term economic competitiveness as a globally-connected aviation, maritime and logistics hub. ‍

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Jul 2026

Speech by Louis Chua On CPF (Amendment) Bill

Mr. Speaker, the Central Provident Fund or CPF (Amendment) Bill introduced today marks the closure of an important chapter in the history of Singapore’s social security system. Specifically, it facilitates the transfer of Singtel Special Discounted Shares or SDS from the CPF Board to the Central Depository or CDP accounts of over 615,000 Singaporeans.

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May 2026

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Speech by Fadli Fawzi On CPF (Amendment) Bill

Mr Speaker,At the outset, let me state that the objective of this Bill, which seeks to provide Singaporeans with greater flexibility and ownership over the Singtel shares that they hold in their CPF accounts, is a good one.

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May 2026

Speech by Abdul Muhaimin On Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Sir, the Statutes Miscellaneous Amendment Bill spans a wide range of topics, many of significant concern to Singaporeans. Today, I will speak on four amendments especially relevant to my work in Sengkang: first, the empowerment of the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) to administer private estate upgrading programmes; second, increased penalties for wildlife feeding; third, the expansion of scope for MCST management fund utilisation; and finally, Housing and Development Board’s (HDB)'s cost recovery for compulsory acquisitions.

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May 2026

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News

Announcements and updates from the Workers’ Party

CEC appointment-holders for the term of 2026–2028

The Workers’ Party Central Executive Committee has made its key appointments for the new term

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Jul 2026

Cadre Members’ Conference 2026

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Jun 2026

Conclusion of Special Cadre Members' Conference

The Workers' Party held its Special Cadre Members' Conference today. Cadre members voted to retain Mr Pritam Singh as Secretary-General.

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Jun 2026

Conclusion of disciplinary process following High Court judgment dated 4 December 2025

The Workers’ Party Central Executive Committee (CEC) met on 28 and 29 April 2026 to consider the report of the Disciplinary Panel (DP) concerning Party Secretary-General Pritam Singh.

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Apr 2026

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HOUGANG 后港

The Documentary

Three years in the making, Hougang 后港: The Documentary was released to coincide with the Workers’ Party’s 67^th anniversary, commemorating its role as one of Singapore’s oldest political institutions since its founding on 3 November 1957.

The film celebrates Hougang’s rich history and highlights its significant role in Singapore's political and cultural landscape. Watch it for free on YouTube today!

r/Singapore

“Brilliant”

“Wonderful”

“Amazing!”

Reginald Koh, The Financial Coconut

“Amazingly well done”

YouTube comment

“proud to be a son of Hougang”

South China Morning Post

“the story of the rise of the Workers’ Party under Low’s leadership”

Jom

“an important contribution to our national history”