New face in PAP team Valerie Lee joins MPs at Pasir Ris event

One of the PAP's touted new faces, Ms Valerie Lee Nai Yi, was spotted at a jobs fair at Downtown East on March 22, fuelling speculation that she could be on the ruling party's electoral slate in the new Pasir Ris-Changi GRC.

- Clement Yong

Mr Desmond Tan, Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, who heads the Pasir Ris Central ward, told the press at the inaugural Pasir Ris-Punggol Career Marketplace that Ms Lee was there at the invitation of the team.

While Mr Tan said the ultimate composition of the team would depend on Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, he added: "You can do the calculations. There are three of us now in the (new Pasir Ris-Changi GRC), and it's going to be a four-man GRC. Naturally, we'll have one new face, a new candidate, join us."

"Likewise for Punggol GRC. From time to time, we invite different people."

Ms Lee, Sembcorp's head of corporate affairs for Singapore and South-east Asia, has previously been seen in both West Coast GRC and East Coast GRC.

On March 22, she was actively introduced to residents by the sitting MPs and was frequently seen posing for photos next to Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean.

She declined to comment on queries, and would only say: "I am happy to be here."