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Residents across Singapore and followers of the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) on social media have, in recent months, been introduced to new faces in the party’s ranks.
Among them are a writer, a businessman and two former Workers’ Party (WP) volunteers.
The first two – Ms Stella Stan Lee and Mr Lawrence Pek, former secretary-general of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) – featured in a Dec 2 clip posted to social media.
Sporting batik tops, they were seen distributing reusable bags with party leaders Tan Cheng Bock, Hazel Poa and Leong Mun Wai at Geylang Serai Market and Food Centre.
Two other faces stand out in a video series the political party has been putting out, titled Volunteers of PSP.
They are Ms Angela Oon, who contested Nee Soon GRC in 2011 under the WP flag, and Mr Sumarleki Amjah, a former WP volunteer.
Like former Aljunied GRC MP Leon Perera, they appear to have switched their political allegiance in recent years. Mr Perera left the WP in 2023 and has since been spotted with PSP leaders at various events, including its 2024 National Day dinner.
Also featured in both the Dec 2 clip and in the video series is Ms Anna Ravichandran, a director with Singapore-based logistics and export firm Raj Global Enterprise. She is on the executive committee of PSP’s youth wing.
The series, which has three videos so far, shows PSP’s volunteers walking the ground alongside some of the party’s former election candidates. Much of the action takes place in Boon Lay, Teban Gardens and Telok Blangah, all of which are part of West Coast GRC.
The PSP contested and lost the constituency to the People’s Action Party in GE 2020. The ruling party won 51.69 per cent of the vote there, in the tightest race of the election.
When asked if those in the videos will stand in next year’s general election, PSP secretary-general Hazel Poa told The Straits Times that not all of them will be fielded.
“Definitely, potential candidates will have to walk the ground to meet residents and interact with them to get a better understanding of ground concerns,” she said. “But then, so do ordinary members and volunteers.”
Ms Poa declined a request to interview volunteers, saying the party will arrange these after candidates have been officially chosen.
Still, the videos give an inkling of each newcomer’s backstory, motivations and political ideals.
https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/s...lunteers-join-psp-ahead-next-general-election
Among them are a writer, a businessman and two former Workers’ Party (WP) volunteers.
The first two – Ms Stella Stan Lee and Mr Lawrence Pek, former secretary-general of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) – featured in a Dec 2 clip posted to social media.
Sporting batik tops, they were seen distributing reusable bags with party leaders Tan Cheng Bock, Hazel Poa and Leong Mun Wai at Geylang Serai Market and Food Centre.
Two other faces stand out in a video series the political party has been putting out, titled Volunteers of PSP.
They are Ms Angela Oon, who contested Nee Soon GRC in 2011 under the WP flag, and Mr Sumarleki Amjah, a former WP volunteer.
Like former Aljunied GRC MP Leon Perera, they appear to have switched their political allegiance in recent years. Mr Perera left the WP in 2023 and has since been spotted with PSP leaders at various events, including its 2024 National Day dinner.
Also featured in both the Dec 2 clip and in the video series is Ms Anna Ravichandran, a director with Singapore-based logistics and export firm Raj Global Enterprise. She is on the executive committee of PSP’s youth wing.
The series, which has three videos so far, shows PSP’s volunteers walking the ground alongside some of the party’s former election candidates. Much of the action takes place in Boon Lay, Teban Gardens and Telok Blangah, all of which are part of West Coast GRC.
The PSP contested and lost the constituency to the People’s Action Party in GE 2020. The ruling party won 51.69 per cent of the vote there, in the tightest race of the election.
When asked if those in the videos will stand in next year’s general election, PSP secretary-general Hazel Poa told The Straits Times that not all of them will be fielded.
“Definitely, potential candidates will have to walk the ground to meet residents and interact with them to get a better understanding of ground concerns,” she said. “But then, so do ordinary members and volunteers.”
Ms Poa declined a request to interview volunteers, saying the party will arrange these after candidates have been officially chosen.
Still, the videos give an inkling of each newcomer’s backstory, motivations and political ideals.
https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/s...lunteers-join-psp-ahead-next-general-election
