Last-minute surprise at nomination centre in Chua Chu Kang

Tan See Leng replaces DPM Gan, who was redeployed to the new Punggol GRC

- Hariz Baharudin

In a surprise move, Manpower Minister Tan See Leng has moved from Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC to helm the PAP team in Chua Chu Kang GRC.

Dr Tan, 60, replaces Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong as the anchor for the four-member PAP team. DPM Gan has been redeployed to lead the PAP team in the new Punggol GRC against the WP.

Joining Dr Tan on the PAP slate are incumbent MP and lawyer Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim, 44, and two first-time candidates: veteran former civil servant Jeffrey Siow, 46, and neuroscientist Choo Pei Ling, 38.

After an appearance at the PAP Mountbatten branch in the morning of April 23, Dr Tan later turned up at the Jurong Pioneer Junior College nomination centre, which suggested that he would be contesting Chua Chu Kang GRC.

He leads the PAP into battle against a PSP team comprising former Singapore Manufacturing Federation secretary-general Lawrence Pek, 55; technology lawyer Wendy Low, 48; PSP second vice-chairman and training consultant A'bas Kasmani, 71; and investment specialist S. Nallakaruppan, 60, who previously contested Nee Soon GRC in 2020.