section_path: Campaign/Party campaigns/People's Alliance for Reform
section_name: People's Alliance for Reform
paragraph_text: People's Alliance for Reform
  
  Lim Tean, the secretary-general of People's Alliance for Reform (PAR), issued a statement endorsing the general election announcement and affirmed the coalition's readiness to contest. During a walkabout in Potong Pasir on 16 April, Lim also stated that the PAR would seek free education, healthcare and school meals for all Singaporean children if they were to be elected. The Alliance planned to contest in the GRCs of Jalan Besar, Tanjong Pagar, and the SMCs of Mountbatten, Potong Pasir, Queenstown, Radin Mas, and Yio Chu Kang. PAR contested 13 seats, with Lim contesting in Potong Pasir against SPP and PAP.
  
  In his PBB statement, Lim said the PAR had solutions to lower living costs and restore affordable housing, adding that Singaporeans sought "meaningful" solutions, not handouts, and rejected a future worse than previous generations. Though he did not explain how PAR's policies would be funded, he claimed Singapore had enough money to support them without raising taxes or using reserves. At a 26 April rally, Lim urged Singaporeans to vote for opposition candidates to challenge "unjust PAP policies", pledging to fight like "a tiger and a lion" in Parliament on issues like living costs, housing, jobs, and immigration. Lim also criticised the Founders' Memorial, a "bloated civil service", and "empty" Mass Rapid Transit stations as wasteful spending. Lim also pledged to cut down on immigration. Other PAR candidates at the rally proposed rent control and freezing land costs to address living costs. The PAR held their final rally on Facebook on 1 May.