GE2025: Nee Soon GRC likely to see 4 new PAP faces including former NMP Syed Harun Alhabsyi
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Speaking on the sidelines of Nee Soon GRC residents’ visit to Rainforest Wild Asia on April 19, Mr K. Shanmugam said the four new faces from the PAP have been seen in the group representation constituency.
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The four are former Nominated MP Syed Harun Alhabsyi, 40; Mr Jackson Lam, 40, head of a pest control and cleaning company; Ms Lee Hui Ying, 36, who works for Temasek Foundation; and Ms Goh Hanyan, 39, a former director at the Ministry of Digital Development and Information.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Nee Soon GRC residents’ visit to Rainforest Wild Asia on April 19, Mr Shanmugam, who is Home Affairs and Law Minister, said the four new faces have been seen in the group representation constituency.
He said Dr Syed Harun, a psychiatrist, has been visiting mosques in the constituency.
“You also have Jackson, who was my former branch secretary, and then chair of the PAP branch, walking the ground.
“So, yes, a number of new faces. Whether they are candidates, and candidates in Nee Soon, they are likely to be,” said Mr Shanmugam, who was accompanied on the visit by the four, as well as by current MPs in the area Louis Ng, Carrie Tan and Derrick Goh.
Mr Ng, who in 2001 founded the animal welfare group Animal Concerns Research and Education Society, or Acres, was elected to Parliament in 2015. He is known to be one of the most vocal MPs in Parliament.
Ms Tan, 38, the founder of charity Daughters Of Tomorrow, and Mr Goh, 57, who was promoted to the post of DBS Bank’s group chief operating officer in February, were newcomers in the 2020 General Election.
Asked if Mr Ng, Ms Tan and Mr Goh will be contesting the election, Mr Shanmugam said this will be announced in good time.
With the introduction of four new faces, Mr Shanmugam will be the only remaining member of the incumbent team in Nee Soon if Mr Ng, Ms Tan and Mr Goh step down.
Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim had announced on April 11 that he will leave Nee Soon GRC to join the PAP team in the newly renamed Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC
In the 2020 General Election, the PAP team that comprised Mr Shanmugam, Associate Professor Faishal, Mr Ng, Mr Goh and Ms Tan retained Nee Soon GRC with 61.9 per cent of the vote, against the PSP.
Opposition party Red Dot United has announced it will contest Nee Soon GRC in the general election.
