The ruling party PAP has been actively introducing their men and women in white in the last few days, and many of them are so expected, you’d be a millionaire if Singapore Pools has allowed us to bet on who’s going to run for election.
This morning, the ruling party warmed the seats for four more candidates, and two of them have been in the news before.
Without further ado, here are the four new people who might be representing you come 11 July 2020.
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Gan Siow Huang, 46 (Deputy Chief Executive Officer of e2i)
PAP introducing Ms Gan is akin to Workers’ Party introducing Nicole Seah: it’s like a drama written by a Channel 8 scriptwriter.
Ms Gan was thrust in the limelight for being the first female General in Singapore, and soon, her face was splashed across all newspapers after she was spotted walking the grounds in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC.
The former general said her career in the military is one of the most fulfilling choices she’s made, and the other one is…marrying her husband.
So, why trade her green (or blue, in her case) fatigue for white?
She said, “And I would say it is natural for people in the SAF to want to continue to serve, even when they leave the military.”
Lest you’re not aware, that’s very true: many generals have moved on to become politicians, including our current Prime Minister.
In fact, do you know that our next Prime Minister, widely tipped to be DPM Heng Swee Keat, also started his career in uniform? He was in blue instead of green, though, and had retired from the service with the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police.
You can read more about Ms Gan here.
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Sharael Taha, 39 (Vice-President of the strategy and project management office at Rolls Royce)
It’s unknown what car Mr Shareal drives, but the Oxford graduate works in Rolls Royce, having been based in Britain before to oversee global projects across Rolls-Royce’s engine assembly and test facilities in Britain, Scotland, Germany, Canada and Singapore.
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He’s now, however, attached to Singapore Aero Engine Services, a company that’s owned by both Rolls Royce and SIA. If you’re wondering why SIA is involved, you should read more about Rolls Royce: it might be popular for its luxury cars, but the company is also the world’s second-largest maker of aircraft engines.
His reason for joining politics? “I would like to work with you to develop new skills and share my experience from high-tech industries, so that we can create great jobs, good jobs for the future of our families.”
Alex Yeo Sheng Chye, 41 (Lawyer)
No group introduction is complete without a lawyer.
Mr Yeo is the director of law firm Niru & Co, and has a tad too many degrees: he has a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from the National University of Singapore, a bachelor of laws from the University of Sydney and a master’s degree in public administration from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
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But he’s no bachelor; the man is married with two children.
He, together with the next candidate, is one of the people who’ve spoken at the PAP65 convention in November last year.
Rachel Ong Sin Yen, 47 (Chief Executive of ROHEI Corporation)
Remember the whole NUSSU – NUS Students United Facebook page saga?
If not, here’s a very short recap: Ms Ong was briefly introduced at the PAP65 convention as well, and she was immediately put into public scrutiny.
Facebook Page NUSSU – NUS Students United then took issue with her ties with ROHEI Corporation, alleging that the organization has religious leanings and “if Ms Ong wishes to run for elections, she must resign all executive positions with ROHEI.”
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It created quite a hoo-ha because the page claimed to have quoted Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam’s previous statement for its argument, which prompted a response from the minister’s press secretary who said that the page has “misleadingly quoted” the minister and the page was “bent on sowing discord and hatred”.
The issue then grew bigger when the page was suddenly removed by Facebook, which said that it had nothing to do with the saga but that the page’s administrator had used a fake account.
Last month, we got to know that the man had allegedly used another person’s name to create the spoof page (lest you’re not aware, that page is not affiliated with NUS at all). In other words, he faked a Facebook account to create a fake page lah. Fakeception to the max.
Ms Ong isn’t just the chief executive of ROHEI Coporation—she’s also founded Trybe, a charity that runs the Singapore Boys Hostel, the Community Rehabilitation Centre for first-time drug abusers and Trybe Aftercare.
And with her involvement in Trybe, you can bet she’s out there to be the voice for youths. She said, “I am energised by two things. The first is to see every youth succeed in life, and the second is to see adults flourish in all that they do.
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“In order for us to help youths succeed, we first must learn to listen, to see, to hear, to understand and to care for the needs of the youth.”
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