‘I definitely want to follow in her footsteps’: PAP’s Lee Hui Ying on how veteran Lee Bee Wah inspired her to step up
Ms Lee Hui Ying was only 19 when a literal knock on her door kick-started a volunteering journey that has spanned more than 15 years.
Outside her door was former MP and PAP veteran Lee Bee Wah, who was on a round of house visits in the Nee Soon South ward.
“She was very warm and enthusiastic… She asked me, ‘Would you like to be a volunteer in the community?’,” recalled Ms Lee Hui Ying, who is now 36.
She later became a mentee of Ms Lee Bee Wah, who said that the younger Ms Lee “has a bit of Lee Bee Wah in her - (she is) a straight talker, sincere and hard-working”.
In an interview with The Straits Times, Ms Lee Hui Ying, who is contesting in Nee Soon GRC, said of her mentor: “I see her as a role model in how she has tried to go beyond the extra mile to help each and every resident. I definitely want to follow in her footsteps.”
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