Four new faces in PAP team that will contest WP stronghold Aljunied

The PAP will field four new faces in the team to contest opposition-held Aljunied GRC, the party announced on April 13.

- Clement Yong Correspondent and Isabelle Liew

They are Dr Faisal Abdul Aziz, Mr Daniel Liu, Dr Adrian Ang and Mr Jagathishwaran Rajo.

Mr Liu, Dr Ang and Dr Faisal were appointed as branch chairpersons in February, in a refresh of the party's Aljunied slate.

Ms Chan Hui Yuh, who is the only remaining member from the PAP's 2020 slate, will lead the five-member team in the upcoming general election.

Education Minister Chan Chun Sing introduced the PAP team during a press conference at Block 226 Serangoon Avenue 4, which is in the group representation constituency's Serangoon ward.

Mr Chan, who is the PAP's assistant secretary-general, said: "We aim to have a team with a mix of experience and new members to earn Singaporeans' mandate.

"We do not take any outcome as a given. Neither should any opposition-held wards feel that they are the only ones having the responsibility to uphold the opposition presence in Parliament."

The PAP will make its latest bid to reclaim Aljunied, after losing the GRC to the Workers' Party in the 2011 General Election.

Ms Chan, 48, a marketing director who has helmed the PAP's Serangoon branch since 2014, said at the event that she cared most about helping seniors age in a dignified manner.

She told Aljunied residents: "You have had 14 years without a PAP voice. It is time for a change in our journey. Let us be representatives from Parliament, and take your issues to the national level."