GE 2025: PAP's Indranee Rajah to leave Tanjong Pagar & lead Pasir Ris-Changi team

The People's Action Party (PAP) unveiled their lineup that will contest the newly-created Pasir Ris-Changi GRC.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Indranee Rajah will anchor the team, while Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean will step down from the team.

Senior Minister of State Desmond Tan, Sharael Taha, and new face Valerie Lee will round up the team.

Indranee stood for election in Tanjong Pagar GRC for the 2020 general election.

During the press conference, she said she felt both excitement and disappointment at having to leave the residents of Tanjong Pagar GRC, especially those in her Tanjong Pagar-Tiong Bahru ward.

She has been an MP for Tanjong Pagar since 2001, which is 24 years. Indranee spoke of the strong bonds and wonderful memories she created over the years.

She said it was an honour and a privilege to have served the residents there, and thanked them for their support. She added that the PAP will field a "solid team" in Tanjong Pagar.

Indranee then said that the creation of the new Pasir Ris-Changi GRC brings a new opportunity to serve.

"I think residents of Pasir Ris-Changi would like to know what would be my focus if elected," Indranee said.

"My focus will be on the residents here, your needs, your aspirations, and also look at how to continue to improve this town, building on the good work that Mr Teo and [the team] have done."

Indranee elaborated that at the national level, in her roles at the Ministries of Finance and National Development, she will push for support as long as its needed to help residents with the cost of living.

She will also have a "strong focus on families", and spoke of her previous efforts to support families in her role at the Ministry of National Development, such as introducing 10 weeks of shared parental leave.

Indranee also intends to look at infrastructure and plug the gaps in "last mile" issues and help connectivity for the residents.

She ended by acknowledging the "tremendous work" that SM Teo has done in the area, and how he has been a part of the residents' lives, with many of them having "grown up" while SM Teo was serving as their MP.

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