SETBACK IN 2020 WAS “HUMBLING”
In his May Day rally speech, Mr Ng also shared that his NTUC journey has taught him what it means to “persevere on”.
“In 2020, I felt that I had let all of you down. Dealing with that setback, in turn, has been humbling,” he said.
Mr Ng was part of the People’s Action Party (PAP) team which lost the Sengkang Group Representation Constituency (GRC) to the Workers’ Party (WP) in the 2020 General Election.
The WP team won with 52.12 per cent of the vote. It made Sengkang the second-ever GRC to be won by an opposition party, after Aljunied GRC.
“But it has also taught me many good lessons,” Mr Ng added. “I have learnt more deeply that failing does not equate to failure. It is not our losses that define us; it is how we continue to press on and do our utmost that counts.”
Mr Ng is up against WP’s Andre Low in the 2025 election, as PAP’s candidate for the new Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency (SMC) that was carved out of Ang Mo Kio GRC after the latest electoral boundaries review.
Concluding his speech, the labour chief called for the union to rally and unite for better lives and livelihoods of workers, a brighter future for children and a stronger Singapore.
