Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong will lead the People's Action Party to contest in the new four-member Punggol GRC, moving from Chua Chu Kang GRC where he served as MP for 14 years. The 66-year-old's unexpected switcheroo was a closely guarded secret leading up to Nomination Day on Wednesday (April 23).
Gan Kim Yong and Dr Janil Puthucheary at the Yusof Ishak Secondary School.Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong will lead the People's Action Party to contest in the new four-member Punggol GRC, moving from Chua Chu Kang GRC where he served as MP for 14 years.
Gan arrived at the nomination centre in Yusof Ishak Secondary School in Punggol Central at around 11.30am to submit his nomination papers for Punggol GRC.The PAP will face a fight with the Workers’ Party, which is fielding newcomers Harpreet Singh Nehal, Jackson Aw, Siti Alia Abdul Rahim Mattar and Alexis Dang.
On his move to Punggol, Gan said that it is a decision made by the party leadership - one that considered the interest of residents, as well as the availability of candidates and “people retiring”.
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