Ex-SAF Chief of Staff Goh Pei Ming seen at both Punggol & East Coast GRC events with PAP MPs

Three new faces from the People's Action Faces (PAP) were spotted at a community event organised by DBS in Punggol on Sunday, Apr. 6.

They were former Singapore Armed Forces Chief of Staff - Joint Staff Goh Pei Ming, former Ministry of Transport Foo Cexiang, and Sembcorp's head of corporate affairs for Singapore and Southeast Asia Valerie Lee, as reported by CNA.

The three were seen with the current Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Members of Parliament (MPs) Teo Chee Hean, Janil Puthucheary, Desmond Tan, Sharael Taha and Yeo Wan Ling, as well as Punggol West SMC's Sun Xueling.

Goh was later seen at a Bedok event on the same day, in East Coast GRC.

Started volunteering a week ago

Both Goh and Foo told reporters they started volunteering in Punggol a week ago, according to CNA.

Goh, who has been volunteering in Kampong Chai Chee since 2007, said that he has been following Puthucheary around to get to know the community in Punggol.

"It's really vibrant. I really like it here very much," Goh said, as quoted by The Straits Times (ST).

Goh said he had also followed Sun on the ground and intends to follow Yeo Wanling in the coming week.

Foo told reporters that he has been interacting with residents in Punggol to find out what they love about the area.

"It's been great interacting with them. Overall, I think we've had quite a positive response, and we've had good conversations with them on what they love about Punggol," he said, as quoted by ST.

When Goh and Foo were asked if they would be contesting in the newly created Punggol GRC, they said they could not comment on this.

Puthucheary said that PAP had not "settled on the slate" for the four-member Punggol GRC, according to CNA.

Punggol GRC

Following the release and adoption of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee's (EBRC) report, the existing five-member Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC will be split into two four-member GRCs— Punggol GRC and Pasir Ris-Changi GRC.

Pasir Ris-Changi GRC will incorporate some Pasir Ris estates and some parts of the current East Coast GRC.

Punggol GRC will take up the Punggol estates from Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC and add in Punggol West SMC, which Sun is the current MP for.

East Coast GRC

The inaugural Caregiving Kampong @ East Coast festival on Apr. 6, 2025 was held at Heartbeat@Bedok.

The event was to bring together "corporates, community partners, and government agencies" to do more to support caregivers.

In the event, Grab Singapore pledged S$300,000 worth of vouchers for caretakers.

Every eligible caregiver will be provided with S$100 worth of vouchers.

East Coast GRC MPs Tan Kiat How, Cheryl Chan and Jessica Tan were at the event.

Goh Pei Ming was also present at this event, following the one at Punggol.

Goh is the chairman of the Kampong Chai Chee Community Club management committee.

Goh said that he was there in his capacity as the chairman of Kampong Chai Chee Community club management.

Goh also said he had been recently starting to do grassroots work in Punggol, while he had been doing grassroots work in Chai Chee since 2007.

He had been asked by then-East Coast GRC MP Lee Yi Shyan during a house visit whether he was keen to join him and "serve the community".

Top image by Foo Chan Seng.