Last minute move: Tan See Leng fielded to helm Chua Chu Kang, Gan Kim Yong spotted in the East

The People's Action Party (PAP) has pulled a surprise move on Nomination Day (Apr. 23).

The PAP team for Chua Chu Kang GRC will be helmed by Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng instead of Deputy Prime Minister and Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong.

Tan's team comprises Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim as well as new faces Jeffrey Siow and Choo Pei Ling.

Meanwhile DPM Gan was spotted entering Yusof Ishak Secondary School; this nomination centre covers Punggol, Sengkang & East Coast GRCs.

Chua Chu Kang GRC

Jeffrey Siow

Siow held the role of Second Permanent Secretary at both the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) prior to stepping down from politics.

Prior to his current appointment, Siow was the first Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Enterprise Singapore.

Siow has also held other appointments in the transport, education, and manpower ministries.

Siow also served as the Principal Private Secretary (PPS) to then-Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong from 2017 to 2021, a role which current Prime Minister Lawrence Wong previously held from 2005 to 2008.

Speaking at the press conference, Siow shared that his father worked in a coffee shop and his mother was a part-time bank teller before becoming a full-time homemaker

Choo Pei Ling

Choo was recently spotted walking the ground with Gan, and has been a community volunteer for more than 20 years.

She is an assistant professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)'s Health and Social Sciences Cluster, and is a Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical & Imaging Neuroscience).

She is also the Second Adviser to the Kembangan-Chai Chee Grassroots Organisations, a position she took up in 2024.

During the press conference, Choo shared that as a young mother, she can empathise with the "never-ending" pressures of juggling work, childcare and caregiving.

Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim

Zhulkarnain is a familiar face, having first been elected to Parliament in 2020.

During the press conference, Gan praised his work in Chua Chu Kang, having built up a strong team of volunteers and rolling out programmes to help support vulnerable families.

Zhulkarnain spoke of the Home Improvement Programme in Chua Chu Kang, and enhancing the connectivity of the area.