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GE2020 may not be the first rodeo for the Workers’ Party’s (WP) He Ting Ru and Terence Tan but it will certainly be one for the books — their family history books, that is.
After all, this election will be their first as a married couple and parents.
The decision for them to both contest in the upcoming election was not made lightly, He revealed at WP’s virtual press conference yesterday (June 28), citing “many, many concerns” from her loved ones.
“When [WP leaders] Pritam (Singh) and Sylvia (Lim) asked us to consider, we thought very hard about it,” the 37-year-old said. “Honestly it’s not easy but it’s something we felt was right for us to do.”
She explained they both believe the country needs more and stronger alternative voices.
He and Tan, 48, who have two sons aged two and three, were both part of the WP team contesting Marine Parade GRC in 2015 along with Firuz Khan, Dylan Foo and Yee Jenn Jong.
They tied the knot in January 2016, according to a Lianhe Wanbao report.
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