GE2025: Battery firm director, COO of moving company introduced as new PAP faces in Sembawang GRC
Mr Gabriel Lam (left), who is chief operating officer of moving company Shalom International Movers, and Mr Ng Shi Xuan, director of a battery company, were introduced as new volunteers in Sembawang.ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
SINGAPORE - Two men were introduced as new faces for Sembawang GRC by Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on March 29 ahead of an upcoming general election.
Mr Gabriel Lam, who is chief operating officer of moving company Shalom International Movers, and Mr Ng Shi Xuan, director of battery company Powermark Battery and Hardware, were introduced by Mr Ong as likely candidates in Sembawang.
Speaking at the launch of a community initiative in Bukit Canberra, Mr Ng, 35, said he has many new ideas for the area and is excited to get to know residents. Mr Ng was a grassroots volunteer in MacPherson for 10 years and is a former public servant.
Though not a current resident, Mr Lam’s family moved to Sembawang in 1989, when the GRC was formed.
“I will have to tap the expertise of Minister Ong to enrich the lives of our residents. I have a lot to learn here. Here in Sembawang, I want to move lives,” said Mr Lam, 42. Mr Lam was previously spotted in Tampines GRC.
Mr Ong, the anchor minister for Sembawang GRC, said the two men are dynamic, enterprising and very good people to join the volunteer force and contribute to the community.
He was speaking at the launch of a new programme aimed at helping seniors on March 29 at Bukit Canberra, an integrated sports and community hub in Sembawang.
He had said on March 23 that
he expects to have more than one new face as part of the five-member team contesting the upcoming election.
He said earlier that new faces are expected as part of the PAP’s bid to regularly refresh its line-up with each election.
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung was speaking at the launch of a new programme aimed at helping seniors at Bukit Canberra on March 29. ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Sembawang GRC is currently helmed by Mr Ong, Ms Poh Li San, Mr Vikram Nair, Ms Mariam Jaafar and Dr Lim Wee Kiak.
The GRC is split into five divisions: Woodlands, Admiralty, Canberra, Sembawang Central and Sembawang West. Sembawang West will be carved out as a single-member constituency at the general election due by November, but widely expected to be held by mid-year.
Opposition parties National Solidarity Party (NSP) and Singapore Democratic Party have staked their claims in Sembawang GRC and the new Sembawang West SMC.
In the 2020 General Election, the PAP won Sembawang GRC with 67.29 per cent of the vote, beating the NSP, which garnered 32.71 per cent.
On March 29, Mr Ong, Mr Lam and Mr Ng attended the launch of a new three-year initiative by OCBC that aims to benefit more than 180,000 seniors.
The bank pledged $2 million to the programmes that will be run within the OCBC SeniorCare initiative, which includes funding home-based counselling sessions for underprivileged seniors.
