GE2025: Lawyer Alex Yeo to replace Sitoh Yih Pin for PAP in Potong Pasir SMC

Speaking at the event at PAP Potong Pasir Branch, Mr Yeo thanked Mr Sitoh for his past 25 years of service.  

“Personally, he’s been a dear mentor of mine, and I’ve learned a lot about community leadership and service from him,” he said. 

Mr Yeo added that having helped Potong Pasir residents through the Community Legal Clinic he set up in 2016 and his pro bono Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) program, a part of him has “never left”. 

“So returning to Potong Pasir now, the familiarity with residents, volunteers, with activists, feels like I’ve come home,” he said. 

Potong Pasir is now also home to many residents of young and three generation families, couples and seniors, he said. 

“I believe that the key for any team looking to serve Potong Pasir residents well over the next five years must have a keen understanding of how to blend the rich heritage of the past, with the dreams and aspirations of residents in the future,” he said. 

Mr Yeo added that there are plans to refresh and rejuvenate older estates to improve the living environment for seniors. This includes bringing mobile clinics to the area.

Even newer estates like Bidadari may still need infrastructure upgrades, he said, pointing to the possibility of a sheltered linkway from the back of Cedar Primary School to the nearest block of public housing flats.

Mr Sitoh narrowly clinched Potong Pasir in 2011 with 50.36 per cent of the vote against Mrs Lina Chiam of the Singapore People’s Party (SPP). He later increased his winning margin to 66.39 per cent in 2015, and secured 60.67 per cent in the 2020 contest against SPP’s Jose Raymond.

Speaking to reporters, Mr Sitoh thanked Potong Pasir residents for their love, support and encouragement over the 25 years he spent in the constituency. He lost to Mr Chiam in 2001 and 2006 before being elected into parliament.

“Whether … it is in moments of defeat or victory, to me, they’re all good moments to remember,” he said.