SINGAPORE \u2013 Lawyer Ahmad Firdaus Daud will take over former acting minister-in-charge of Muslim affairs Faishal Ibrahim\u2019s grassroots responsibilities in Kembangan, The Straits Times has learnt.<\/p>\n
From Sept 1, the General Election 2025 PAP reserve candidate will be second grassroots adviser in the ward formerly overseen by Faishal, Speaker of Parliament Seah Kian Peng said on Aug 28 in response to queries from The Straits Times.<\/p>\n
Seah, who is also MP for Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC, said Firdaus is not new to grassroots work and his addition will \u201ccertainly strengthen the team\u201d.<\/p>\n
Firdaus has already met the GRC\u2019s other MPs and key grassroots leaders, he added.<\/p>\n
Seah said Firdaus will also have a key role in matters concerning the Malay\/Muslim community in Kembangan.<\/p>\n
Party volunteers were told at an outreach event on Aug 23 that Firdaus will take over Faishal\u2019s grassroots responsibilities in September, said a volunteer who asked to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n
In a Facebook post on Aug 27, Seah posted a photo of Firdaus along with the constituency\u2019s other four remaining MPs at that event \u2013 a National Day voucher distribution in Kembangan.<\/p>\n
Seah said in the post that it was \u201cgood to be out together as a GRC team and also with our volunteers last weekend, distributing National Day vouchers to our Kembangan residents\u201d.<\/p>\n
He added that it was a good opportunity to come together, get to know one another better and work as a team to look after residents in Kembangan.<\/p>\n
Firdaus, 42, was a reserve candidate for the PAP during the 2025 General Election. After the election, he was made second grassroots adviser in Punggol under Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong and has been involved in grassroots work there.<\/p>\n
Seah told ST that Firdaus will continue as second grassroots adviser in Punggol for the time being, but will relinquish that role to focus on Kembangan \u201csooner rather than later\u201d. Seah added that he has worked out the arrangement with Gan.<\/p>\n
The GRC\u2019s four MPs \u2013 Seah, Goh Pei Ming, Tin Pei Ling and Diana Pang \u2013 will continue to support work in Kembangan, and are looking forward to Firdaus\u2019 appointment, he said.<\/p>\n Lawyer Ahmad Firdaus Daud speaking during the PAP Awards and Convention 2025 at Expo on Nov 9, 2025.<\/p>\n ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n This comes about a month after Faishal\u2019s resignation from political office, Parliament and the PAP on July 20<\/span><\/a> over inappropriate interactions with a female member of the public. Faishal also left his position as grassroots adviser in Kembangan, a role usually held by the sitting PAP MP.<\/p>\n Since Faishal\u2019s resignation, the four remaining Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC MPs have split responsibilities for his Kembangan ward within the GRC, while awaiting a new grassroots adviser.<\/p>\n Seah told the media earlier in August that not having a Malay\/Muslim grassroots adviser was \u201cnot desired\u201d and he hoped to have the role filled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 Lawyer Ahmad Firdaus Daud will take over former acting minister-in-charge of Muslim affairs Faishal Ibrahim\u2019s grassroots responsibilities in Kembangan, The Straits Times has…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80304,"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-80303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80303","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=80303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/picture><\/div>
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