Chan to lead PAP team in Tanjong Pagar GRC; newcomer Foo Cexiang replaces Indranee Rajah

The PAP kept its cards close to its chest for Tanjong Pagar GRC until the very end, revealing the slate of candidates only at around 11.30am, before nominations closed at noon on April 23.

- Theresa Tan and Lim Min Zhang

Education Minister Chan Chun Sing, 55, will lead the PAP team in Tanjong Pagar, taking on board newcomer Foo Cexiang, 40.

Mr Foo, a former director at the Ministry of Transport, is making his electoral debut in the May 3 general election.

Also on the team are incumbents Joan Pereira, 57, and Alvin Tan, 44, who is Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Culture, Community and Youth.

Rounding out the five-member team is Ms Rachel Ong, 52, whose Telok Blangah ward under West Coast GRC is now part of Tanjong Pagar.

The PAP is facing a team from the People's Alliance for Reform (PAR), comprising Mr Prabu Ramachandran, a 36-year-old commercial banker; Mr Nadarajan Selvamani, a 59-year-old director of a private school; Mr Rickson Giauw, 67, a site safety adviser and officer; Ms Han Hui Hui, a 34-year-old human rights fellow at a foreign university; and Mr Soh Lian Chye, 60, a senior logistics assistant.

PAR is an alliance of three parties: the Peoples Voice, the Reform Party and the Democratic Progressive Party.

The PAP's six-decade-strong hold in Tanjong Pagar GRC proved to be a sparring point between the incumbent party and the PAR.