GE2025: Gan Siow Huang prepared for a tough election fight in Marymount

SINGAPORE - Minister of State for Manpower and Education Gan Siow Huang said she is prepared for a tough fight as she defends her single seat of Marymount in the coming general election.But five years after the former air force general made her electoral debut, Ms Gan said on April 20 that she is confident she has built a community in Marymount, and that residents know who she is beyond her military background.Speaking to The Straits Times between a Hari Raya celebration and a temple dinner to celebrate thesea goddess Mazu’s birthday, Ms Gan said she and her team intend to step up their pace of resident outreach over the nine days of the campaign period, even as her team has been very active for the past five years.Ms Gan, 50, said she was “thankful for winning GE2020, not by a big margin” against Progress Singapore Party’s (PSP) former assistant secretary-general Ang Yong Guan. In 2020, she won 55.04 per cent of the votes against Dr Ang’s 44.96 per cent. PSP said in February that Dr A...