WP introduces another four new faces, including IMH psychologist

Party is expected to field a record 17 first-timers and contest 31 seats

- Clement Yong Correspondent and Aqil Hamzah

The WP on April 18 unveiled another four new candidates it plans to field in the general election, without disclosing where they will be deployed.

The four candidates set to make their electoral debut on May 3 are:

• Dr Ong Lue Ping, 48, a senior principal clinical psychologist at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH);

• Mr Andre Low Wu Yang, 34, a staff project manager at a global fintech company;

• Ms Alexis Dang Pei Yuan, 39, a senior director at global advertising tech firm Teads;

• Mr Jimmy Tan, 53, co-founder of an industrial equipment supplying firm.

Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh and party chairwoman Sylvia Lim introduced the four candidates at a press conference.

Asked if new faces like Dr Ong would be leading any of the WP's teams in the election, Mr Singh said some would be fielded in single seats and others in teams contesting group representation constituencies.

"As for the composition, the leadership, that will be made known to you soon," he added.

The Straits Times expects WP to contest 31 out of 97 parliamentary seats this election, based on party sources and where potential candidates have been active.

The opposition party is expected to field 17 first-time candidates in 2025—a record for WP. Eight have been confirmed so far in the last two days at WP's headquarters in Geylang.

The party is expected to introduce more candidates over the next few days.

1. ONG LUE PING, 48

Dr Ong has been touted as one of the opposition's "star catches". He was previously IMH's director of allied health from 2022 to 2024 among 10 of its most senior leaders—and is now its senior principal clinical psychologist, having worked there for 22 years.

He said he decided to step down from his leadership post at IMH when he joined opposition politics because of the possibility of a perceived conflict of interest.