SINGAPORE – The four remaining Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC MPs will split up the responsibilities for the Kembangan ward while awaiting a new grassroots adviser, said one of the MPs and Speaker of Parliament Seah Kian Peng on Aug 2.
Each of them – Seah, Goh Pei Ming, Tin Pei Ling and Diana Pang – will take charge of one area in Kembangan for now, he said, adding that all of them will attend certain major events.
“Whatever help next time that we have, that person, him or her, will obviously spend even more time (in the ward), but all of us will still be looking after the residents and working alongside… our grassroot leaders as well as the new person,” he told media during the Kembangan National Day Lunch.
Former acting minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Faishal Ibrahim – who was looking after residents in Kembangan – resigned on July 20 from political office and as an MP over a “lapse of judgment” in handling his interactions with a female member of the public.
PAP chairman Desmond Lee, who is also Education Minister, had said then that the PAP will provide, in time to come, more details about how it plans to “strengthen the team”.
Noting Faishal’s contributions to public service and the constituency, Seah acknowledged that residents will “certainly have a sense of loss”.
He added that not having a Malay/Muslim adviser is “not desired” and he hopes to have the role filled.
Seah said that the MPs are looking into how to plug this gap and are in their own ways doing their best to hold the ground. He added that while they hope to have more resources, their commitments remain “on track” and at least one member of the team has been present at Kembangan events.
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