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Pasir Ris–Punggol Group Representation Constituency
The Pasir Ris–Punggol Group Representation Constituency was a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern and eastern regions of Singapore. At abolition, the constituency consisted of Pasir Ris and parts of the Punggol town area, comprising 5 wards: Pasir Ris Central, Pasir Ris East, Pasir Ris West, Punggol Shore as well as Punggol Coast managed by Pasir Ris—Punggol Town Council. History Its first contest happened in 2006 with the opponent being Singapore Democratic Alliance. For the 2011 general election, the incumbent People's Action Party announced that their team would be led by Teo Chee Hean, and include then-Senior Parliamentary Secretary Teo Ser Luck, Penny Low, as well as new candidates Janil Puthucheary, Gan Thiam Poh and Zainal Sapari. In the 2015 general election, Penny Low retired from politics and new candidates Ng Chee Meng and Sun Xueling joined the team. In the 2020 general election, the GRC was reduced to five members, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Singapore
The Parliament of Singapore is the unicameralism, unicameral legislature of the Singapore, Republic of Singapore, which governs the country alongside the President of Singapore. Largely based upon the Westminster system, the Parliament is made up of List of Singapore MPs, Members of Parliament (MPs) who are elected, as well as Non-constituency Member of Parliament, Non-Constituency Members of Parliament (NCMPs) and Nominated Member of Parliament, Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) who are appointed. Following the 2025 Singaporean general election, 2025 general election, 97 MPs and two NCMPs from two political parties were General elections in Singapore, elected to the 15th Parliament of Singapore, 15th Parliament. Throughout the sitting of Parliament, nine NMPs are usually appointed by the President of Singapore, president on a biennial basis. The Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore, Speaker of Parliament has overall charge of the administration of Parliament and its secr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Low
Penny Low ( zh, s=刘钅梦琳, p=Liú Mènglín; born 12 June 1967) is a Singaporean businesswoman and former politician. A member of the People's Action Party (PAP), she was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Pasir Ris–Punggol Group Representation Constituency, Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC for Punggol North from 25 October 2001 to 11 September 2015. She pioneered various movements and founded various enterprises and Nonprofit organization, not-profit organisations like the Social Innovation Park and the Social Enterprise Association. Low is a Yale World Fellow. Career From 1990 to 1993, Low worked at the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) as a producer. She became a hitch hiker and travelled the world before returning to freelance as a producer. She worked as a financial Consultant and trainer since 1995, and anchored a television program on financial management and wealth planning. Low also worked as an adjunct lecturer for S'pore Institute of Management-Royal Melbourne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Coast Group Representation Constituency
The East Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the eastern area of Singapore. It consists of locations such as East Coast Park, Bedok, Changi (in part), Simei, Siglap, Joo Chiat and Chai Chee.A large portion of Singapore's eastern territorial waters also belongs to the GRC. It is divided into the divisions of Bedok, Changi–Simei, Fengshan, Kampong Chai Chee and Joo Chiat, which are managed by East Coast Town Council. The current Members of Parliament (MPs) are Dinesh Vasu Dash, Jessica Tan, Hazlina Abdul Halim, Tan Kiat How and Edwin Tong from the People's Action Party (PAP). History East Coast GRC was formed in 1997 as a six-member GRC, a merger of the GRCs of Bedok and Eunos. It was downsized from six members to five following the redrawing of divisions into Marine Parade GRC in 2006. Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency was carved out of the GRC in 2001, and was later absorbed by Marine Parade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punggol West SMC
The Punggol West Single Member Constituency was a Single Member Constituency (SMC) located in the north-eastern area of Singapore. It was managed by Pasir Ris–Punggol Town Council. The constituency was absorbed into Punggol Group Representation Constituency (GRC) upon the 2025 general election. History Leading up to the 2020 general election, Punggol West SMC was carved out of Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC. It had previously been a division in said GRC. At the same election, Tan Chen Chen from the Workers' Party (WP) contested the SMC against Sun Xueling Sun Xueling ( zh, s=孙雪玲, p=Sūn Xuělíng; born Soon Sher Rene; 10 July 1979) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister of State for Social and Family Development since 2020 and Minister of State for Home Affairs since ..., the previous Member of Parliament (MP) for the Punggol West division. Sun won with 60.98% of the vote. For the 2025 general election, the SMC was absorbed into Punggol GRC as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampines GRC
The Tampines Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the eastern region of Singapore. The GRC encompasses Tampines and is managed by the Tampines Town Council, with five divisions: Tampines East, Tampines West, Tampines Central, Tampines North and Tampines Boulevard. The current members of Parliament are Baey Yam Keng, Masagos Zulkifli, Koh Poh Koon, David Neo and Charlene Chen from the People's Action Party (PAP). History Prior to 2020 From 1988 till 2020, the GRC was contested in every election in a two way fight by various opposition parties except for the 1997 general election when it was a walkover for the PAP. In both the 2015 and 2020 general elections, the PAP had more votes shares in Tampines GRC than PAP's national vote share with 72.06% against 69.9% and 66.41% against 61.2% respectively. 2020 election On 17 July 2023, it was revealed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that Cheng, who was not married, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampines
Tampines ( or ) is the Regional centre (Singapore), regional centre of the East Region, Singapore, East Region of Singapore. With a population of 284,560 living across its five subzones as of 2024, it is the most populous Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area in Singapore. It is home to approximately 5% of Singapore's population. Tampines is bordered to the west by Bedok and Paya Lebar, to the north by Pasir Ris, to the east by Changi, and to the south by the Singapore Strait, Straits of Singapore. Situated in the historical region of Tanah Merah, Singapore, Tanah Merah, its present-day terrain is particularly flat due to the large-scale sand quarrying in the 1960s. Tampines is composed of five subzones — Tampines North, Tampines East, Tampines West, Simei and Xilin. These subzones were created in the early 1990s predominantly for urban planning purposes and have no relation to the three Constituencies of Singapore, political constituencies in Tampines. Four of its subzo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sengkang Group Representation Constituency
The Sengkang Group Representation Constituency is a four-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north-eastern region of Singapore. It was created from Punggol East Single Member Constituency (SMC), Sengkang West SMC and the then-ward of Sengkang Central in Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC. Sengkang GRC consists of four divisions: Buangkok, Anchorvale, Compassvale and Rivervale. The current Members of Parliament are He Ting Ru, Jamus Lim, Abdul Muhaimin and Louis Chua from the Workers' Party (WP). Constituency profile Sengkang GRC consists of the residential parts of the planning area of Sengkang east of Sungei Punggol. The constituency is served by the MRT stations of Buangkok and Sengkang, the latter of which is also the centre of the Sengkang LRT line. It is also served by the entire East Loop of the LRT and the eastern half of the West Loop. History Formed in 2020, Sengkang GRC was created from the bulk of Sengkang West SMC, the entire Punggol East SMC and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punggol West Single Member Constituency
The Punggol West Single Member Constituency was a Single Member Constituency (SMC) located in the north-eastern area of Singapore. It was managed by Pasir Ris–Punggol Town Council. The constituency was absorbed into Punggol Group Representation Constituency (GRC) upon the 2025 general election. History Leading up to the 2020 general election, Punggol West SMC was carved out of Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC. It had previously been a division in said GRC. At the same election, Tan Chen Chen from the Workers' Party (WP) contested the SMC against Sun Xueling Sun Xueling ( zh, s=孙雪玲, p=Sūn Xuělíng; born Soon Sher Rene; 10 July 1979) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister of State for Social and Family Development since 2020 and Minister of State for Home Affairs since ..., the previous Member of Parliament (MP) for the Punggol West division. Sun won with 60.98% of the vote. For the 2025 general election, the SMC was absorbed into Punggol GRC as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Singaporean General Election
General elections were held in Singapore on Friday, 10 July 2020 to elect 93 members to the Parliament of Singapore across Constituencies of Singapore, 31 constituencies. Parliament was Dissolution of parliament, dissolved and the general election called by President of Singapore, President Halimah Yacob on 23 June, on the advice of Prime Minister of Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. It elected members of parliament to the 14th Parliament of Singapore since Singapore's independence in 1965, using the first-past-the-post electoral system. The elections were the eighteenth general elections in Singapore and the thirteenth since independence. On polling day, the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) secured its 15th consecutive term in government since 1959 Singaporean general election, 1959, winning 83 elected seats with the Workers' Party (Singapore), Workers' Party (WP) winning the remaining 10 (Aljunied GRC, Aljunied and Sengkang GRC, Sengkang GRCs and Hougang SMC) with 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Xueling
Sun Xueling ( zh, s=孙雪玲, p=Sūn Xuělíng; born Soon Sher Rene; 10 July 1979) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister of State for Social and Family Development since 2020 and Minister of State for Home Affairs since 2022. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been representing the Punggol West ward of Punggol Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2025. She had previously represented it as part of Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC from 2015 to 2020 and as Punggol West Single Member Constituency (SMC) from 2020 to 2025. Prior to entering politics, Sun had worked at the Economic Development Board, DBS Bank, Temasek International, Deutsche Bank AG and Macquarie Securities. She made her political debut in the 2015 general election as part of a six-member PAP team contesting in Pasir Ris–Punggol GRC and won 72.89% of the vote. She had previously served as Minister of State for Education between 2020 and 2022. She served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ng Chee Meng
} (born 8 August 1968) is a Singaporean politician, union leader and former lieutenant-general who has been serving as Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) since 2018 and as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency (SMC) since 2025. Prior to entering politics, Ng served in the Republic of Singapore Air Force under the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) between 1986 and 2015, and held the appointments of Chief of Air Force between 2009 and 2013 and Chief of Defence Force between 2013 and 2015. He joined politics in 2015, and left the SAF in order to contest the general election that year. Ng was the MP representing the Punggol North division of Pasir Ris–Punggol Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 2015 and 2020. During his first stint as an MP, he had also served as Minister for Education (Schools) between 2015 and 2018 and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office between 2018 and 2020. In the 2020 general el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Singaporean General Election
General elections were held in Singapore on Friday, 11 September 2015 to elect 89 members of Parliament. The outgoing Parliament had been dissolved and the general election called by President Tony Tan on 25 August, on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The elections were for the 13th Parliament since independence in 1965, using the first-past-the-post electoral system. The elections marked several first since independence: the first election where all seats were contested, including Tanjong Pagar being contested for the first time ever since the ward's formation in 1991. It was also the first election without any original Parliament MPs contesting following the death of the last active MP and the nation's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in March 2015, coinciding in Singapore's 50th anniversary celebration on 9 August that year. This was the first election (of any kind) in Singapore's history where polling day falls on a Friday instead of the traditional Sat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
