{"id":44007,"date":"2026-04-13T03:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=44007"},"modified":"2026-04-13T03:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:07:35","slug":"dpm-gan-kim-yong-seen-on-lrt-after-pritam-singhs-photo-on-mrt-went-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=44007","title":{"rendered":"DPM Gan Kim Yong seen on LRT after Pritam Singh&#8217;s photo on MRT went viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>DPM Gan Kim Yong on LRT after photo of Pritam on MRT goes viral<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier this week, Workers\u2019 Party secretary-general Pritam Singh was seen on the MRT, heading towards City Hall. A photo of the moment has since gone viral across multiple social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday (April 10), Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Gan Kim Yong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/26665460496440836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted a Facebook clip of himself on the Punggol East LRT loop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside him were the Punggol GRC Members of Parliament (MPs), <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\">Janil Puthucheary<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\">Sun Xueling<\/span><\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\">Yeo <\/span><\/span><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\">Wan <\/span><\/span><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\">Ling<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h3>Photos of politicians taking public transport go viral<\/h3>\n<p>The timing of DPM Gan\u2019s post has not gone unnoticed, with some online noting that it came shortly after Mr Singh\u2019s photo gained traction.<\/p>\n<p>The attention follows comments made by DPM Gan on 7 April, when he encouraged Singaporeans to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/gan-kim-yong-inflation-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take public transport and use fans instead of air conditioning<\/a> to cope with the rising costs of electricity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_718360\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-718360\" class=\"wp-image-718360 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gan-kim-yong-lrt-1.jpg\" alt=\"gan kim yong lrt photo\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gan-kim-yong-lrt-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gan-kim-yong-lrt-1-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gan-kim-yong-lrt-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gan-kim-yong-lrt-1-113x150.jpg 113w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1080px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1080\/1440;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-718360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: @wakeupsingapore on Instagram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A couple of days later, the photo of Mr Singh on the MRT began circulating online. In it, Mr Singh stood in the middle of the train cabin reading a newspaper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DW8E5b4EQJT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wake Up Singapore\u2019s post on Instagram has since garnered over 26,000 likes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA leader who walks the talk,\u201d the caption said.<\/p>\n<p>Comments for Mr Singh were largely positive, with many applauding his actions.<\/p>\n<p>Several netizens even mentioned that they had bumped into him during their public transport commute as well.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<iframe id=\"answers-client-69dbe90d7ae08\" class=\"answers-client\" src=\"\" height=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_718361\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-718361\" class=\"wp-image-718361 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gan-kim-yong-lrt-2.png\" alt=\"gan kim yong lrt clip\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gan-kim-yong-lrt-2.png 720w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gan-kim-yong-lrt-2-338x600.png 338w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gan-kim-yong-lrt-2-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gan-kim-yong-lrt-2-84x150.png 84w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 720\/1280;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-718361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Gan Kim Yong on Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Just a day later, DPM Gan Kim Yong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/26665460496440836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared clips of him and his team taking the LRT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned that they were rolling out a new generation of Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) to be launched in 2028.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_718365\" style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-718365\" class=\"wp-image-718365 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gan-kim-yong-lrt-6.jpg\" alt=\"gan kim yong lrt comment 2\" width=\"330\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gan-kim-yong-lrt-6.jpg 330w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gan-kim-yong-lrt-6-310x600.jpg 310w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gan-kim-yong-lrt-6-78x150.jpg 78w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 330px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 330\/638;\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-718365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the comments section, opinions were split.<\/p>\n<p>One user suggested having them experience the public transport chaos daily during peak hours, while others commended the politicians for \u201cwalking the talk\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js?ver=6.8.3#xfbml=1&amp;version=v3.2\" id=\"facebook-js\"><\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '1213643350275810');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/gan-kim-yong-lrt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DPM Gan Kim Yong on LRT after photo of Pritam on MRT goes viral Earlier this week, Workers\u2019 Party secretary-general Pritam Singh was seen on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}