SINGAPORE - Mr Leong Mun Wai and Ms Hazel Poa will step into key roles at the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) – as secretary-general and vice-chairman, respectively – the party announced on Tuesday. 

Dr Tan Cheng Bock, a former People’s Action Party member, will continue to serve as PSP chairman. 

Mr Leong joined PSP in 2019 and served as assistant secretary-general until July 2020, when he stepped down to focus on his role as a Non-Constituency MP (NCMP).

“Now that the baton has been passed to me, I strive to bring PSP to greater heights and to realise a progressive, compassionate and inclusive Singapore,” he said in a Facebook post. 

Meanwhile, Ms Poa will return to her former role of party vice-chairman. She stepped down in 2020 after being named the party’s other NCMP. 

The announcement on Tuesday came after the party’s new central executive committee held its first meeting.

The leadership transition at PSP will provide stability and renewed energy in the run-up to the next general election (GE), said former party leader Francis Yuen in a Facebook post on Monday. 

The new central executive committee was voted in at the party’s conference on March 26, with Mr Yuen among three who stepped down.

This was after he was appointed executive chairman of an overseas public-listed company, a position that would require him to travel and be away for extended periods.

Vice-chairman Wang Swee Chuang and youth wing head Jess Chua also stepped down in the latest shuffle. 

The new committee will serve for two years until March 2025.

Besides Dr Tan, Mr Leong and Ms Poa, the refreshed committee also includes business consultant Abas Kasmani and technologist Harish Pillay, who both contested Tanjong Pagar GRC in GE2020, and psychiatrist Ang Yong Guan, who contested in Marymount.

The others on the list are Mr Nadarajah Loganathan, Ms Peggie Chua, Mr Lim Cher Hong, Mr Jeffrey Khoo Poh Tiong, Mr Muhammad Taufik Supan, Mr Phang Yew Huat, Ms Chika Tan and Ms Wendy Low Wei Ling.