S'pore draws up electoral roll

S'pore draws up electoral roll

SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore's Election Department has drawn up fresh electoral registers for use in the coming general election, but gave no clue when the poll would be held.

The provisional registers of the electorate will be open for public inspection from May 10 to 23 and the registers will be certified on June 28, the department said.

Analysts said the election, which seemed almost certain to be held in the first half of this year, now appeared unlikely before June or July.

The Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd said that it now expected the election to be held as late as August after Singapore's National Day on Aug. 9.