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Mr Yaw Shin Leong’s sudden resignation from the Workers’ Party’s (WP) Central Executive Council (CEC) has surprised many. It comes on the back of weeks of speculation of his involvement in an alleged extra-marital affair. To date, neither Mr Yaw nor the WP has denied or confirmed the rumours.

It is thus puzzling that Mr Yaw’s resignation has not been accompanied by any explanation. Singaporeans, and voters in Hougang especially, will wonder if the WP is not taking them for fools.

In a statement on Tuesday, the party disclosed that it has “accepted the resignation of Yaw Shin Leong from the party leadership” without any further information on why it has done so. Neither were there any indication of when exactly Mr Yaw had tendered his resignation, and if Mr Yaw had explained to the party the reasons for doing so.

The Member of Parliament for Hougang SMC, Yaw Shin Leong, has announced his resignation from the Workers' Party Central Executive Council. He made the anouncement on his Facebook page at about 11pm on Tuesday.

Mr Yaw gave no reason for his resignation.

Separately, the WP issued a statement to the media, which was received by publichouse.sg, also on Tuesday evening. It said:

“[Our] society has a duty to take care of those who have done so much for Singapore. The question to ask ourselves is: How much is this generation of young Singaporeans willing to give of ourselves, to support the older generation, especially those who came from the founding generation of Singapore citizens?” – Parliamentary speech on 21 October 2011 by Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC, Ms Tin Pei Ling.

The issue of the elderly has been a focus for Ms Tin since she became an MP after the General Election in May last year. Vilified, especially by netizens, for certain gaffes during the elections, Ms Tin nonetheless has shirked these off and has focused on her grassroots work.

Transcript of speech by then Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Toh Chin Chye, at the 1st National Day celebration by residents and workers of Naval Base, held on 4th August 1966.

On August 9, we will celebrate our first Independence Day. Nobody, one year ago, would have thought that Singapore would become independent.

We were the most ardent advocates of Malaysia. We helped to oragnise the Malaysia Consultative Committee so that all of us could understand the significance of regional co-operation in Malaysia. But to our dismay, the plans we made for Malaysia did not work.