SINGAPORE: People’s Action Party ( PAP ) MP Cheryl Chan will be retiring from politics after two terms.
In a Facebook post on Monday ( Apr 21 ), the East Coast GRC MP said that the decision was difficult and was “made after careful consideration”.
“It had been challenging since my dad was ill in 2022. After his passing a year ago, I decided to give occasion to my home, ” she wrote.
Ms Chan was part of the PAP’s five-member East Coast squad, alongside Mr Heng Swee Keat, Dr Maliki Osman, Ms Jessica Tan, and Mr Tan Kiat How.
She entered politics in the 2015 General Election, contesting in the new Fengshan SMC and defeating the Workers ’ Party’s Dennis Tan with 57. 5 per share of the vote.
In 2020, the Fengshan hospital was absorbed into East Coast GRC. The PAP’s staff beat the WP with 53. 39 per cent of the voting.
“ I am extremely glad to Fengshan and East Coast people who gave me this opportunity to serve. Your care and concern, suggestions and comments made probable what we have in the community now, ” Ms Chan wrote.