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Singapore police lines out 18 assembly centers for polling day

Xinhua, September 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Singapore police on Monday have lined out 18 designated assembly centers for the public and electoral candidates to wait for the result of the general election this Friday.

Candidate or his election agent can apply for permits for such centers at the Police Elections Permit Office on Wednesday and Thursday for free, police said. Under the law, it is illegal to gather in groups of more than 4 people without a permit in Singapore.

Police have grouped the electoral divisions into three zones. Contesting parties and independent candidates can only apply for one assembly center site in each zone that they are contesting in. Where there is more than one applicant for a particular assembly center site, police will conduct a ballot.

Contesting parties and independent candidates can also apply for a permit to use an indoor site as an assembly center, on condition that the indoor site is within the zone that they are contesting in.

The polling day for the general election is Sept. 11, when Singapore's ruling People's Action Party is expected to be challenged on all 89 parliamentary seats for the first time since Singapore's independence from Malaysia in 1965. Social issues such as immigration, cost of living as well as transportation have been on top of agenda of the general election. Endi