‘I look forward to serving Fernvale, Jalan Kayu residents if PM sends me here’: Ng Chee Meng
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NTUC secretary-general Ng Chee Meng (left) taking a wefie with residents in Sengkang West on March 28.
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SINGAPORE – Labour chief Ng Chee Meng said he is prepared to contest the Jalan Kayu single seat at the upcoming polls if Prime Minister Lawrence Wong decides to field him in the newly formed constituency.
Mr Ng, who is the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) secretary-general, was spotted on the evening of March 28 visiting residents door to door at a Housing Board block in Sengkang West, which is in Jalan Kayu SMC.
Speaking to reporters at Block 457A Sengkang West, he said: “I’ve been going around the Fernvale-Jalan Kayu area and am very happy to see many residents.
“And they’ve been quite open to also share with me some of their aspirations, some of the impact of the municipal issues that are always quite common in a big estate like this.
“So, if PM Wong does send me here, I look forward to serving the residents of Fernvale and Jalan Kayu.”
With the latest boundary changes, the new Jalan Kayu single seat will have 29,565 electors
Mr Ng entered politics in 2015 and won his first electoral contest as part of a five-member PAP team in Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC.
He was appointed education minister for schools and second minister for transport in 2016.
In 2018, he was elected NTUC chief, a position he held while he was minister in the Prime Minister’s Office.
In the 2020 General Election, he led the PAP team in Sengkang GRC but was voted out after the ruling party lost to the opposition Workers’ Party.
On March 28, Mr Ng said he was happy to be on the ground in Jalan Kayu and Fernvale, listening to the feedback from residents, and hearing their views on what can be improved.
He said: “If I’m indeed sent here, then I’ll be happy to serve the residents if I do manage to get their support.”
He added that he “deeply honours Ling Ling and Thiam Poh” for the good work they have done in the constituency.
“Almost every resident in Fernvale and Jalan Kayu speaks very highly of them, and yes, if I’m sent here, I will look forward to tapping their experience, and the good work that they’ve done,” he said.
