GE2025: PAP new face seen with five MPs at Hari Raya event in Marine Parade GRC
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PAP new face Diana Pang (third from left) was spotted at the event held at Wisma Geylang Serai on April 13.
ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
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SINGAPORE - A long-time grassroots volunteer in East Coast GRC, tipped to be fielded in the upcoming polls, has appeared at a Hari Raya event with PAP candidates for Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC.
PAP new face Diana Pang, who chairs both the Fengshan Women’s Executive Committee and the People’s Association Women’s Integration Network Council, was spotted on April 13 at the event held at Wisma Geylang Serai.
She was accompanied by Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng, Speaker of Parliament Seah Kian Peng, and Mayor of South East District Mohd Fahmi Aliman, who are all currently MPs in Marine Parade GRC.
Joining them at the event were Associate Professor Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim and Ms Tin Pei Ling, MP for MacPherson SMC, which will be absorbed into the five-member Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC.
Dr Tan, who is anchor minister for Marine Parade GRC, had earlier said that Prof Faishal, who is Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development, will helm the Kembangan area of the Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC team.
Prof Faishal is currently an MP for Nee Soon GRC.
Ms Pang had been seen in the area earlier. She was introduced by Dr Tan during a walkabout at Eunos Crescent Market and Food Centre on March 30.
The 51-year-old business development director was not slated to attend the Hari Raya event.
A poster prepared for the event showed that Culture, Community and Youth Minister Edwin Tong, a Marine Parade GRC MP, was supposed to be there with another PAP new face, Dr Choo Pei Ling.
(From left) Speaker of Parliament Seah Kian Peng, Associate Professor Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim and Mayor of South East District Mohd Fahmi Aliman at Wisma Geylang Serai on April 13.
ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
Dr Choo is grassroots adviser in the current Kembangan-Chai Chee ward.
The assistant professor in the Singapore Institute of Technology’s health and social sciences cluster was seen at Chua Chu Kang GRC on April 5 for a community event, fuelling speculation that she could be fielded there instead.
The poster also did not feature Ms Tin and Prof Faishal.
When asked about the switch and what it meant, Dr Tan said Mr Tong is the MP overseeing the Joo Chiat ward, which is now part of East Coast GRC.
Dr Tan added: “I think in the next one week or so, there’ll be more announcements coming up.
“My suggestion is really to wait. In due time, I’m sure each GRC will come up with a slate of candidates.”
