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In a Facebook post shortly after the announcement, Assoc Prof Faishal apologised to his residents and supporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n “I am deeply sorry to have let down my residents and supporters, who placed their trust in me,” he said.<\/p>\n “I know that this news will come as a surprise to many. I hope you will understand my decision not to say more, out of respect for my family’s privacy.”<\/p>\n He thanked residents for their support over the years, describing it as a privilege to serve them.<\/p>\n \u201cOver the years, I have had the privilege of walking alongside many of you – meeting your families, listening to your concerns, and working together to build a stronger and better Singapore,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cYour warmth, friendship and support mean more to me than I can ever express.\u201d<\/p>\n Grassroots volunteers from Nee Soon GRC, where Assoc Prof Faishal was an MP from 2011 to 2025, told CNA that their former adviser was careful in his interactions with women.\u00a0<\/p>\n “He\u2019s very careful, especially when female residents come to him for selfies,” said Mr Benny Lian, who was a grassroots volunteer at Nee Soon Central with Assoc Prof Faishal when he was an MP there.<\/p>\n “He gets someone else to be with him in the photo … he will say, ‘Benny, we come together to take’,” he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n Another grassroots volunteer, Mr Lewis Yong, said that Assoc Prof Faishal was a family-oriented person.<\/p>\n Mr Yong, who assisted Assoc Prof Faishal at Nee Soon Central from 2015 to 2025, recounted how he would often have breakfast with his wife before going to work.\u00a0<\/p>\n He also joined gatherings with grassroots leaders, such as at birthday celebrations, with his wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n “We were close enough that during our birthdays, we would come together and makan (eat), and he would send a cake and come to look for me,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Assoc Prof Faishal was also seen as selfless, often going above and beyond to help residents, recounted the grassroots volunteers.\u00a0<\/p>\n For instance, he initiated a project about 10 years ago to help lower-income residents purchase groceries at a lower price. He would often use his own car to fetch residents with mobility issues to and from their houses, said Mr Yong.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hearing about Assoc Prof Faishal’s resignation was difficult to stomach for both.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I was with him almost every day… He didn\u2019t have time for this kind of nonsense,” said Mr Yong. “I can\u2019t accept it.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Mr Lim said that Assoc Prof Faishal was “not that kind of person”.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mr Lian added: “I’m very shocked, very sad; as I tell you this, it\u2019s like I’m going to cry.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In a Facebook post shortly after the announcement, Assoc Prof Faishal apologised to his residents and supporters. “I am deeply sorry to have let down…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70424,"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-70423","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\/70423","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=70423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}GRASSROOTS VOLUNTEERS<\/h2>\n
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