Singapore election: the parties taking on the PAP on July 10

The nomination process for Singapore’s July 10 general election closed on Tuesday with 192 candidates filing their papers to contest the 93 parliamentary seats.For the second consecutive election – and only the second time since the country’s independence – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s People’s Action Party (PAP) will face opponents in all seats.Many political observers expect the ruling party to comfortably extend its uninterrupted rule of Singapore that stretches back to 1959.Singapore’s…