Baey Yam Keng to helm new Tampines Boulevard division

Tampines, East Coast GRCs get internal boundaries readjusted following election

- Ng Wei Kai

Residents in the new Tampines Boulevard division will be represented by Tampines GRC MP Baey Yam Keng, after a post-election readjustment of the constituency's internal boundaries.

PAP newcomer and former army chief David Neo will take over Mr Baey's original ward - Tampines North.

Announcing this in a Facebook post on May 15, Mr Baey said: "Yesterday, I showed David around Tampines North and introduced him to residents.

"I hope you will welcome him like how you have allowed me to join the Tampines North family, and extend the same patience to him, just like when I first came to Tampines North in 2011."

The new Tampines Boulevard comprises new flats north of Tampines Avenue 9 with block numbers running from 601 to 666, and will be carved out of Tampines North, East and Central in changes that will take effect from June 1.

The decision was made after discussion between the GRC's MPs, said Mr Baey, who is going into his fifth term as an MP.

He told The Straits Times that it is "natural and easier for him to continue serving these residents" as he has already been doing so.

The Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Transport and Sustainability and the Environment added that his priority will be to help residents with teething issues as they move into the new flats.