POLICE NEWS RELEASE

ELECTION MEETING SITES & TEMPORARY REVOCATION OF UNRESTRICTED AREA STATUS OF SPEAKERS’ CORNER

Election Meetings may be held from 2 September 2015 (Wednesday) to 9 September 2015 (Wednesday) between 7am and 10pm at the following designated sites.

Electoral Divisions Rally Site(s) 1. SMC Field in front of Blk 265 Toh Guan Road 2. SMC Field in front of Blk 136 Petir Road 3. Fengshan SMC Field along North Avenue 4, beside SBS Transit Bedok North Bus Park 4. North Field of Former Hong Kah Primary School, 1 Bukit ​ SMC Batok West Avenue 2 5. SMC Field in front of Blk 837 Hougang Central 6. MacPherson SMC Field bounded by PIE, Road and Circuit Road 7. Mountbatten SMC Sports field bounded by Stadium Drive and Stadium Boulevard 8. Pioneer SMC West Stadium, 20 Street 93

9. SMC Field opposite Blk 120 Potong Pasir Avenue 1 10. East SMC Field in front of Blk 128C Punggol Field Walk 11. SMC Delta Hockey Pitch, 900 Road 12. West Field opposite Blk 312 (MSCP) Lane SMC 13.Yuhua SMC Stadium, 21 Jurong East Street 31 14. GRC Stadium, 33 Road

Field bounded by Defu Avenue 1, Defu Lane 10 and Road

15. GRC Field in front of Blk 982 Crescent

Yio Chu Kang Stadium, 210 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9

16.Bishan­ , 7 Bishan Street 14 GRC , 297 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh

17.Chua Chu Kang Field of Chua Chu Kang Secondary School, 3 Teck GRC Whye Crescent (#) ​ Stadium, 800 Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 18.East Coast GRC , 1 Bedok North Street 2 Field in front of Blk 155 Road 19.Holland­ Bukit Field along Commonwealth Ave, beside Timah GRC Commonwealth MRT Station Field in front of Blk 204 Clementi Avenue 6 20. GRC Field in front of Blk 4 Road Field opposite Blk 16 Jalan Tenteram 21.Jurong GRC Jurong Stadium 10 Fourth Road Field along Way, beside Chinese Garden MRT Station 22. GRC Field opposite Blk 344 Ubi Avenue 1 Field in front of Blk 33 Eunos Crescent 23.­ Stadium, 1 Choa Chu Kang Street GRC 53 , 1 Woodlands Street 12 24.Nee Soon GRC Stadium, 103 Yishun Avenue 1 Field in front of Blk 389 Yishun Avenue 6 25.­Punggol Field opposite Blk 274C Bow, beside GRC Buangkok MRT Station Field at Pasir Ris Park, beside Carpark C

26. GRC Field opposite Blk 540 Woodlands Drive 16

Field opposite Blk 687A Woodlands Drive 75 27.Tampines GRC Field in front of Blk 895A Tampines Street 81 Field of Ngee Ann Secondary School, 1 Tampines Street 32 (#) ​ 28. , 473A Stirling Road GRC Sports field in front of MOE (Evans Road), 21 Evans Road 29.West Coast GRC Field at West Coast Park, beside Carpark 3 , 10 West Coast Walk 30.Lunch Time Rally Promenade area beside UOB Plaza (12 noon to 2 pm)

(#) These sites are not available for election meetings from 7 am to 7 pm on 2 and ​ ​ 3 September 2015. Applications are for 7 pm to 10 pm slots on both days.

2 The list of election meetings to be held on 2 September 2015 (Wednesday) will be announced on 1 September 2015 (Tuesday), after the close of permit applications.

3 As large crowds are expected at the election meetings, the Police strongly encourage members of public to take public transport. Motorists travelling within the vicinity of the election rallies should be prepared for traffic diversions or lane closures. Motorists can tune in to the radio for real­time updates on the traffic situation.

4 The Police seek the cooperation of supporters and members of the public to assemble at and disperse from the rally sites in an orderly manner. Police officers will be deployed at the rally sites to maintain law and order. The Police will not hesitate to take action against any person who is unruly or who commits any offence at the election rallies. The operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or drones is prohibited for public safety reasons. The Police will take action against any person who does so.

5 Election meeting organisers are reminded to comply with the conditions and restrictions on election meetings stated under the Public Order (Election Meetings) Regulations 2009 before, during and after the election meetings. Candidates and ​ ​ their agents should take note that the breach of a permit condition is an offence for which the permit holder may be held responsible and action may be taken against him.

Temporary Revocation of Speakers’ Corner as an “Unrestricted Area”

6 The status of the Speakers' Corner as an “Unrestricted Area” under the Public Order Act will be revoked from 1 September 2015 to 11 September 2015. Similarly, exemptions for the conduct of public entertainment activities at the Speakers’ Corner under the Public Entertainment and Meetings Act will also be revoked during the same period. This is to ensure that the permit regime governing election meetings is not circumvented.

7 Persons who wish to organise cause­related activities, such as public speaking, demonstrations, or public entertainment activities at the Speakers' Corner during this period will need to apply for the relevant permits and licenses from the Police at www.police.gov.sg/licence. ​ ​

8 The “Unrestricted Area” status and exemption status of the Speakers' Corner will be reinstated after Polling Day.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT POLICE FORCE 1 SEPTEMBER 2015 @ 1.00 PM