People’s Action Party MPs suspend physical Meet-the-People Session amid spike in COVID-19 community cases

Several Members of Parliament (MPs) from the People’s Action Party (PAP) have suspended their physical Meet-the-People Session (MPS) with their GRC/SMC residents, amid the recent surge in Singapore’s COVID-19 community cases.

Singapore recorded the first double-digit daily in months on 29 Apr, with 16 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, which is a sharp increase from just three cases the day before.

As of Monday (3 May), the city-state reported 10 infections in the community, all of whom are either patients and staff at Tan Tock Seng Hospital or close contacts of previous cases who had already been placed on quarantine.

Following that, the PAP has advised its branches to hold MPS virtually or by phone in a bid to minimise exposure of residents and volunteers.

“The health and safety of our residents and volunteers is paramount. These measures, though inconvenient, are a reassurance of that,” it wrote in a statement on Monday.

A number of PAP MPs have also announced on their Facebook page the suspension of their MPS until further notice, while some said that they will not be holding physical MPS for at least two weeks.

MP Louis Ng for Nee Soon GRC (East)

MP Cheng Li Hui for Tampines GRC

MP Cheryl Chan for East Coast GRC (Fengshan)

MP Chong Kee Hiong for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC (East)

MP Rahayu Mahzam for Jurong GRC (Bukit Batok East)

MP S Iswaran for West Coast GRC

MP Desmond Choo for Tampines GRC

MP Zaqy Mohamad for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC

MP Gan Siow Huang for Marymount SMC

MP Nadia A. Samdin for Ang Mo Kio GRC (Cheng San – Seletar)

MP Amy Khor for Hong Kah North SMC

MP Yip Hon Weng for Yio Chu Kang SMC

MP Tan See Leng for Marine Parade GRC

MP Heng Chee How for Jalan Besar GRC (Whampoa)

MP Lim Biow Chuan for Mountbatten SMC

MP Ang Wei Neng for West Coast GRC (Nanyang)

MP Liang Eng Hwa for Bukit Panjang SMC

MP Patrick Tay for Pioneer SMC

MP Edward Chia for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC (Zhenghua)

MP Hany Soh for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC (Woodgrove)

MP Carrie Tan for Nee Soon GRC (South)

MP Mariam Jaafar for Sembawang GRC (Woodlands)

MP Yeo Wan Ling for Pasir-Ris Punggol GRC

MP Janil Puthucheary for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC (Punggol Coast)

MP Alex Yam for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC 

MP Don Wee for Chua Chu Kang GRC (Brickland)

MP Masagos Zulkifli for Tampines GRC (West)

MP Joan Pereira for Tanjong Pagar GRC (Henderson-Dawson)

MP Sun Xueling for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC (Punggol West)

MP Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim for Chua Chu Kang GRC (Keat Hong)

MP Koh Poh Koon for Tampines GRC

MP Melvin Yong for Radin Mas SMC

MP Jessica Tan for East Coast GRC

MP Tan Chuan Jin for Marine Parade GRC

MP Tan Kiat How for East Coast GRC 

MP Seah Kian Peng for Marine Parade GRC

MP Desmond Tan for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC

MP Alvin Tan for Tanjong Pagar GRC