GE2025: PM Wong says he has assembled dedicated team with ‘heart to serve’
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PM Lawrence Wong posted a video on Facebook on April 15 featuring nine potential PAP candidates – (clockwise from top left) Mr Jeffrey Siow, Ms Valerie Lee, Mr Alex Yeo, Mr David Hoe, Ms Elysa Chen, Ms Hazlina Abdul Halim, Mr Foo Cexiang, Dr Choo Pei Ling and Mr Dinesh Vasu Dash.
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SINGAPORE – In a video featuring another nine potential PAP candidates, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said he has assembled a team of dedicated Singaporeans with a heart to serve.
“We need your support. Let’s build a better Singapore for ourselves and all our loved ones,” he said.
Three of the nine names in the video, posted online hours after the Writ of Election was issued on April 15,
Former permanent secretary Jeffrey Siow and academic Choo Pei Ling were both introduced as part of the Chua Chu Kang GRC line-up as part of the Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC slate on the same day
By lifting each other and supporting one another, Singapore will secure a brighter future together, PM Wong said in his Facebook post.
It is this approach that makes Singapore special, he added.
“You see this every day in Singapore, not in headlines, but in the hands that provide and the hearts that refuse to give up. A nation where individuals pursue their passion, serve with dedication and commit themselves to making a difference,” he said in the video.
“We believe that success is not just about how well we do, but also how we uplift one another.”
This is his third video since April 12 that has featured potential newcomers.
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Other names from the April 15 video include former Transport Ministry director Foo Cexiang, who has been seen in Punggol GRC, and Sembcorp’s head of corporate affairs for Singapore and South-east Asia Valerie Lee, who has been on the ground in Pasir Ris-Changi GRC.
Ms Elysa Chen, executive director of charity CampusImpact, is also in the video. She was recently spotted at a Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC walkabout
Madam Hazlina Abdul Halim, who has been confirmed as Dr Maliki Osman’s successor
She is the former chief executive of Make-A-Wish Singapore and is now the senior vice-president of strategy and communications at advisory firm Teneo.
Former chief of the Agency for Integrated Care Dinesh Vasu Dash is the last new face featured in the video.
He is the first former public servant to be spotted on the ground, appearing at a mosque visit in Chai Chee
Mr Alex Yeo, a lawyer who contested Aljunied GRC in 2020, is also featured in the video.
The previous two videos featured a total of 17 PAP candidates set to contest the upcoming election, including those who had been introduced in the opposition-held constituencies of Hougang, Aljunied and Sengkang. The names are a mix of individuals from the public and private sectors, including former senior civil servants.
Goh Yan Han is political correspondent at The Straits Times. She writes
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