Chua Chu Kang GRC and Bukit Gombak SMC New faces Jeffrey Siow, Choo Pei Ling join four-member team; Low Yen Ling to stand in SMC

Former senior civil servant Jeffrey Siow and neuroscientist Choo Pei Ling will join the four-member PAP team contesting Chua Chu Kang GRC in the coming election.

- Tay Hong Yi Correspondent and Osmond Chia

Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong will lead the team contesting the GRC, together with lawyer and incumbent MP Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim, 44, and the two new faces.

Besides the four of them, Ms Low Yen Ling, who is Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, and for Culture, Community and Youth, also confirmed that she will stand for election in Bukit Gombak, which has been carved out as a new single-member constituency.

At a press conference at the PAP Chua Chu Kang Branch on April 14, DPM Gan thanked Mr Don Wee and Dr Amy Khor, who will both not be contesting in the 2025 General Election.

Mr Wee, an accountant, has been in charge of the Brickland ward since 2020, while Dr Khor, who is Senior Minister of State for Transport, and Sustainability and the Environment, has been MP for Hong Kah North SMC since 2011.

Mr Siow and Dr Choo are among at least 30 new faces—the largest in recent history—who will join the PAP in GE2025, as part of an effort to rejuvenate the party's ranks in the long run.

Introducing Mr Siow, DPM Gan said the senior civil servant will bring a wealth of experience to Chua Chu Kang GRC.

Mr Siow, who retired on April 2 after more than two decades in the civil service, is the most senior civil servant to have left for politics ahead of the coming election.