GE2025: RDU reaffirms decision to leave coalition, introduces 3 new faces in Nee Soon

THREE NEW FACES

On Sunday, the party chief also introduced three “team leads” for its Nee Soon GRC campaign, which has the theme “Listening, Lifting, Leading”. 

One of them is 56-year-old company director Pang Heng Chuan, who was previously spotted during a walkabout at Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC.

He said that he seeks to improve the lives of Singaporeans not with “grand speeches or top-down solutions, but really just to listen carefully, to lead where people are suffering, and also to lead with compassion and clarity”. 

The other is Sharon Lin, 40, a senior consultant in the IT services sector. 

She said to the media that there are some residents in Nee Soon who are not thriving, and are “struggling to survive”, and that she will fight to ensure no one needs to make the choice between “dignity and survival”. 

The third team lead is Dr Syed Alwi Ahmad, a 57-year-old teacher with a PhD in physics from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the United States. 

He told the media that the cost of living issue is felt sharply for some communities, and that the “same old, same old won’t cut it anymore”. 

If the trio are fielded as candidates, it will be their first time contesting in an election. 

Following the release of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee’s report in March, RDU announced plans to contest six constituencies: Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC, Jurong Central SMC, Nee Soon GRC, Jalan Kayu SMC, Tanjong Pagar GRC and Radin Mas SMC.

It had similarly introduced three team leads for Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC. 

RDU earlier this month announced its intention to contest at Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, introducing a further three team leads there. 

However, Mr Philemon then stated that if RDU chooses to field a team in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, it would not contest in Tanjong Pagar GRC and Radin Mas SMC.