The Workers’ Party (WP) unveiled four more potential candidates on Friday (18 April 2025) for Singapore’s upcoming General Election, bringing their total of new faces to eight ahead of the May polls.
The latest batch includes Dr Ong Lue Ping, a senior principal clinical psychologist at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), who previously served as the institution’s director of allied health from 2022 to 2024.
Party secretary-general Pritam Singh and chair Sylvia Lim presented the new candidates at the WP headquarters, just a day after releasing their 122-page manifesto and introducing their first group of potential candidates.
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The four new faces are Dr Ong Lue Ping, 48; Mr Jimmy Tan Khim Teck, 53; Ms Alexis Dang Pei Yuan, 39; and Mr Andre Low Wu Yang, 34.
Candidate Profiles
Dr Ong Lue Ping
Dr Ong works with child and adolescent patients at IMH, focusing on mood and anxiety disorders, as well as autism spectrum disorder.
The father of three children aged 14 to 19 has been volunteering with WP since November 2023 and has supported Hougang MP Dennis Tan as a case writer at his Meet-the-People Sessions.
During the press conference, Dr Ong explained his motivation for joining an opposition party: “Every day, my colleagues and I fight tooth and nail to help our patients overcome their emotional struggles, but we often feel helpless in the face of systemic challenges affecting the mental health of our patients.”
He held several senior leadership positions at IMH before 2025, including serving as head of psychology from 2015 to 2021.
Andre Low Wu Yang
Mr Low, 34, is a staff product manager at a global fintech firm and a former disputes lawyer who previously worked at Boston Consulting Group, Amazon Web Services, and various startups.
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He joined the WP shortly after the 2020 General Election and has been assisting Sengkang GRC MP Louis Chua with his Meet-the-People Sessions while also serving on the party’s media team.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Mr Low graduated with first-class honours from University College London’s law school and holds a master’s degree in business administration from Insead.
Alexis Dang Pei Yuan
Ms Dang, 39, is a senior director at media company Teads, where she leads business development in the Asia-Pacific region.
She previously worked as a bank relationship manager before transitioning to the tech industry in 2017.
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Jimmy Tan Khim Teck
Mr Tan, 53, is an entrepreneur, though specific details about his background were not extensively covered in the press conference.
The WP had previously introduced four other potential candidates on Thursday (17 April 2025), including tech entrepreneur Kenneth Tiong and senior property manager Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Malik, both 36, who will stand in Aljunied GRC and Sengkang GRC respectively.
Lawyer Siti Alia Abdul Rahim Mattar, 43, and former diplomat Eileen Chong Pei Shan, 33, were also unveiled, though the party did not reveal which constituencies they would contest.
While the party fielded 21 candidates in the 2020 General Election, that number could increase this year.
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However, Singh stated on Thursday that WP will contest in fewer than one-third of the 97 parliamentary seats available in GE2025.
Singaporeans will head to the polls on 3 May 2025 after President Tharman Shanmugaratnam dissolved parliament on Tuesday.
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