SINGAPORE: A former Singapore Armed Forces chief of staff and a ex-senior civil servant were among the three new faces from the ruling People’s Action Party ( PAP ), who showed up at a community event in Punggol on Sunday ( Apr 6 ).
Mr Goh Pei Ming, the original Singapore Armed Forces Chief of Staff – Joint Staff, left the military this month. He told investigators he had started volunteering in Punggol a week ago.
He has been chairman of Kampong Chai Chee’s Community Club Management Committee (CCMC) from 2021, and vice-chairman of its Citizens ‘ Consultative Committee (CCC ) since 2019.
Mr Foo Cexiang, who was chairman of personal and future flexibility at the Ministry of Transport until this quarter, was also at Sunday’s event. He also started volunteering in the hospital a year ago.
Another stranger at the occasion was head of business interests for Singapore and Southeast Asia at Sembcorp Industries, Ms Valerie Lee, who was recently spotted on the ground in West Coast GRC and East Coast GRC.
The group was with the latest Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC crew, consisting of Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean, Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information and Health Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Desmond Tan, Mr Sharael Taha and Ms Yeo Wan Ling, and Punggol West MP Sun Xueling.
NEW District Outlines
The group had garnered 64.16 per share of the seats, in a three-cornered struggle with Citizens Voice and the Singapore Democratic Alliance.
The district was reconfigured into two smaller GRCs in the latest political boundaries assessment, due to the increase in the number of electors there since the last common vote.
The Punggol lands were carved out and merged with Punggol West SMC to form a novel four-member Punggol GRC.
The remaining districts were finally merged with adjacent regions from East Coast GRC, somewhat the Loyang and Flora lands, to form a new four-member Pasir Ris-Changi GRC.
Mr Goh told investigators he has been following Dr Puthucheary about, to get to know the area that much.
He has even followed Ms Sun on the ground, and intends to follow Mr He too.
” I’m in the process of coming over here to help with the community work”, he told reporters.
” General implementation depends on the party authority.