PM Wong attends West Coast family event in ongoing effort to visit constituencies across country
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SINGAPORE – For Mr Tan Wei Hong, weekend family time is often an extended affair as his tight-knit maternal family of 54 come together from across West Coast, where many of them live.
Twenty-two of them – representing four generations aged between two and 91 – were out in force on the morning of July 13 for PA Family PLAYGround, an event for families held at West Coast Community Centre.
They were among more than 1,000 families at the event, many of whom met and took pictures with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
He attended the event along with West Coast GRC MPs Desmond Lee, Ang Wei Neng, Rachel Ong and Foo Mee Har, as well as Pioneer MP Patrick Tay.
In June, a month after he was sworn into the top job, PM Wong visited Tampines GRC, where he announced his intention to visit constituencies across the country
In a speech on July 13, PM Wong said it was good to be back in West Coast GRC, where he served as an MP when he entered politics in 2011.
He was MP for the Boon Lay ward from 2011 to 2015, and is now an MP for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC.
There is something distinctive about each part of Singapore, and a lot of what makes each area special is the memories residents have with their families and loved ones, he said.
“We want to work with all of you to keep on building a better home for everyone in Singapore. Not just for you, but also for your children and your grandchildren,” he said.
PM Wong added that this is why he will be visiting the country’s different districts to engage and listen to citizens’ feedback and ideas – to keep working on this sense of belonging and to continue building a better home for everyone in Singapore in its next bound of nation-building.
He also visited West Coast Food Centre with Mr Lee, who is Minister for National Development, and chatted with diners and hawkers such as Mr Md Zainal, 62, and his brother, sister, wife and sister-in-law, who together own and operate Hani Food Stall.
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at West Coast Food Centre on July 13, where he chatted with people and took wefies.
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Mr Zainal, whose stall has been selling nasi lemak and other Malay food there for 43 years, said he was surprised to see PM Wong.
He said: “I’m happy to see the new PM here in West Coast, and I found him approachable and with a good aura for the job.”
