SINGAPORE: The People’s Action Party ( PAP ) on Sunday ( Apr 20 ) introduced its slate for Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC in the May 3 polls, including new face Ms Diana Pang.
The five-member staff may be led by Manpower Minister Tan See Leng, who is joined by Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, past Parliament speech Seah Kian Peng, and past MacPherson SMC MP Tin Pei Ling.
Speaking first, Dr Tan, who leads the hospital as the anchor secretary, elaborated on the activities that the group has rolled out for the hospital, including the five-year ideas for the place that were launched on Saturday.
“We have even more plans for the future because our job is not done. But, so I seek powerful authority from all of the people, not just for the Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC, but also for the whole swarm, including Mountbatten, ” said Dr Tan.
Company growth director Ms Pang, 51, has been spotted with the PAP in the Marine Parade Cluster since late March.
She currently chairs the People’s Association Women’s Integration Network Council and the Fengshan Women’s Executive Committee, and sits on the table of the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations. Properly, she has more than 19 years of experience in inspection, taxes and business advice.
Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC has seen some barrier shifts, giving up some places in Chai Chee and Siglap to East Coast GRC while taking in MacPherson SMC and a small number of electoral districts from Potong Pasir and Mountbatten.
The former Marine Parade GRC has been touted as a key battleground ahead of the May 3 polls, with the PAP team edging out the Workers ’ Party ( WP ) with 57. 74 per cent of the ballot at the last General Election in 2020, lower than the 64. 07 per share it garnered in 2015.
In 2020, the five-member PAP group comprised Dr Tan, Mr Seah, Culture, Community and Youth Minister Edwin Tong, and Mr Mohd Fahmi Aliman, the governor of South East District and former Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin.
Mr Tan Chuan-Jin stepped down in July 2023 after an adulterous affair with fellow group representative Cheng Li Hui.
Mr Tong’s hospital was carved out of Marine Parade GRC and absorbed into the hotly-contested East Coast GRC, where he is commonly expected to be fielded.
Dr Tan thanked Mr Fahmi for his company but did not say what his next walk was. The former army captain made his political comeback in the 2020 General Election.
Associate Professor Faishal, who represented the Nee Quickly Central section in Nee Quickly GRC for three terms since 2011, had earlier announced in April that he would challenge as part of the Marine Parade staff– as he did during his first term as an MP in 2006.
On Sunday, Assoc Prof Faishal said that it has been a “pleasant experience ” walking the floor in Marine Parade and that he had been touched by experience where he met people who also remembered him.
While he has been an MP for Nee Quickly for the past three words, Dr Faishal said he had remained connected to the Marine Parade hospital in his power as direct assistant to Wisma Geylang Serai.
He even highlighted his expertise in six ministers since he has entered elections, which allowed him to work with partners in Marine Parade.
The WP is expected to challenge in Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC suddenly, although the group has remained tight-lipped on its stone.
According to the report released by the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee ( EBRC ) in March, Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC has 131,493 eligible voters.
DIANA PANG
Ms Pang has served for more that two years at the PAP’s Fengshan Branch, where she has held essential leadership roles including unit manager and Women’s Wing head, advocating for families, women, and the hinterland area.
She is a director of a local small- and medium-sized enterprise, overseeing company performance, leads infrastructure projects, and implements employee-focused workplace policies.
The party said Ms Pang has 20 years of experience working alongside families, women and caregivers focusing on issues of health, mental wellness and women development.
” I hope to be a voice, not just to listen, but I also will act on it,” she said in her introduction speech on Sunday.
” From the moment I stepped into Marine Parade-Braddell Heights, I felt nothing but warmth from all the residents, from all my peers here. They have given me the support, held my hands, listened to me and gave me a calming heart. This extraordinary feeling fuels my resolve to work harder. “
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