In the 2011 General Elections, Yaw from the Worker's Party won the seat for Hougang SMC against PAP's Desmond Choo, taking 64.81 per cent of the valid votes.
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He has carried out research projects in the area of wearable computers and mixed reality from Nike, National Oilwell Varco, Defense Science Technology Agency, Ministry of Communications and Arts, National Arts Council, Singapore Science Center, and Hougang Primary School.
Today, Holy Innocents' High School stands on an elevated ground in Hougang Central, surrounded by HDB flats and the shopping centre named Hougang Mall.
During the prize-giving ceremony the school’s time capsule was sealed by the Superintendent of the N3 Cluster, Miss Teo Lian Geok.The time capsule contains memorabilia such as photographs, examination papers, photographs and articles from the early years marking the foundation of Hougang Primary School and it will be opened at the 50th Anniversary in 2050.
Ever since the Government of Singapore discouraged the use of Chinese dialects from 1979 onwards, he insists delivering his speeches in his mother tongue, Teochew, which have won the attraction and strong support from residents of the Hougang Constituency, comprising mainly Teochew people.
Before the station opened, the Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the second ever Shelter Open House on 15–16 February 2003, together with Chinatown, Farrer Park and Hougang stations.
The school also serves the surrounding Hougang community as a CDAC Tuition Centre in the evenings and on Saturdays.