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SINGAPORE – The People’s Action Party (PAP) on Thursday morning (June 25) rolled out a third batch of new candidates to contest the election on July 10.
The line-up this time included former high-ranking civil and public servants, namely former Community Chest managing director Ng Ling Ling and former Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) chief executive Tan Kiat How.
The youngest was lawyer Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim, 39, and the oldest was former Parkway Holdings group chief executive, Dr Tan See Leng, 55.
They are the most senior crop of candidates introduced so far.
In a virtual press conference streamed from the PAP headquarters in New Upper Changi Road, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said: “What we hope to have is a team that is sufficiently diverse for us to reach out to all Singaporeans from different segments of society, different walks of life, different professions.”
Mr Heng, who is the PAP’s first assistant secretary-general, added: “The key thing is that we want people of integrity. We want people with a strong sense of service, who feel they are ready and prepared to contribute to bringing our people together.”
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