Acting Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs Faishal Ibrahim has sung praises for Singapore’s public transport system, just two weeks after Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh and Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong were spotted riding the MRT and LRT respectively.
In a Facebook post on April 25, Associate Professor Faishal said he had been caught in a traffic jam while on his way to the launch of the newly revamped Malay Heritage Centre (MHC), but “made a quick switch to the train” and still arrived on time.
Assoc Prof Faishal, who is also Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs, praised the train system for running “smoother than my morning kopi”.
Photos shared in the post showed him riding a crowded Downtown Line train, dressed in a green baju melayu and holding his phone.
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He was later seen alongside Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at the reopening of the MHC, which had been closed since 2022 for restoration works.
According to Instagram Stories posted by the MHC, Assoc Prof Faishal also performed Malay spoken word poetry — pantun — at the event, drawing cheers from the audience.
