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Dr. Vincent Wijeysingha (born 1970) is a politician and civil activist from Singapore. He is currently the Assistant Treasurer of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and an candidate in the 2011 Singaporean general election.
Dr Wijeysingha studied at Victoria School in Singapore, before heading to the United Kingdom where he studied at the University of Lincoln and received his doctorate from the University of Sheffield. Vincent lived in England for almost 16 years before moving back to Singapore. He is presently the Executive Director of Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2), a non-government organization advocating the rights of low-waged migrant workers. Vincent also lectures and publishes scholarly papers on social work.
He joined the SDP because he realized he had a responsibility as a Singaporean to work for change. "I cannot look the other way as more and more people experience the adverse effects of current PAP policies," Vincent said when he joined the SDP.
In the first pre-election forum of this nature in Singapore since the 1988 General Election, Channel NewsAsia invited the main parties to record an hour-long programme. The programme, in English entitled, A political forum on Singapore's future, brought together the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) and four opposition parties to discuss long and short-term challenges for the country. Dr Wijeysingha represented SDP in the discussion.
At the 2011 General Elections, the SDP team led by Dr Vincent Wijeysingha polled 39% of the valid votes cast, compared to the People's Action Party's 60.08%. The PAP team was led by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan.
Dr Wijeysingha's father is highly-respected educator, Eugene Wijeysingha, who is the former principal of Temasek Junior College (1980-1985) and Raffles Institution (1986-1994).
==References==
- "I've never left Singapore – SDP's Dr Vincent Wijeysingha". The Online Citizen. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- "Democrats unveil first six candidates". Singapore Democratic Party. April 21, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- "MediaCorp presents a political forum on Singapore's future". MediaCorp. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- "Why I joined the opposition: Dr Wijeysingha". Yahoo! News Singapore. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- PAP: Will Wijeysingha pursue gay agenda? SDP: We will not