GE2020: Manpower minister Josephine Teo leading PAP's Jalan Besar GRC team

Lily Neo and Yaacob Ibrahim are retiring from politics.

Zhangxin Zheng | June 29, 2020, 11:01 AM

At a morning walkabout in Jalan Besar GRC on June 29, a day before the Nomination Day, manpower minister Josephine Teo announced at a doorstop that she will be leading the People's Action Party (PAP) team in the constituency.

Teo was previously Member of Parliament for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC.

She will join current Jalan Besar GRC MPs, Denise Phua and Heng Chee How, as well as new candidate Wan Rizal Wan Zakariah this election.

Teo will be replacing five-term MP Lily Neo, 66, at the Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng ward.

The 66-year-old will be retiring from politics.

New candidate Wan Rizal is a senior lecturer at Republic Polytechnic. He will be taking over Kolam Ayer from 23-year MP Yaacob Ibrahim who is also retiring from politics.

 

Top photo by Angela Lim