All eyes on electoral boundaries report

SINGAPORE: The committee to review and draw up Singapore's electoral boundaries for the next General Election has been convened.

The release of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) report will be closely watched as it is widely seen by observers as the next definitive step to a General Election.

The EBRC is made up of five civil servants including the head of the Elections Department, and is led by the Cabinet Secretary.

In drawing up the electoral constituencies, it considers factors such as population growth and population shifts arising from housing developments since the last boundary delineation exercise.

The likely terms of reference this time will be: LINK