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PAP names new heads for all government parliamentary committees; appoints 19 first-term MPs as members

SINGAPORE: The People's Action Party (PAP) on Thursday (Jul 10) announced new leaders for all 12 of its government parliamentary committees (GPCs), which scrutinise various ministries' legislation and programmes. Introduced by Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong in 1987, these backbench committees also serve as an additional channel of feedback on government policies. MP for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC Alex Yam will chair the Culture, Community and Youth GPC, taking over from Mr Sitoh Yih Pin. Mr Sitoh stepped down ahead of the 2025 General Election after serving three terms. Mr Yip Hon Weng will chair the Defence and Foreign Affairs GPC, and Mr Darryl David will helm the Education GPC. Mr Saktiandi Supaat will move from Transport to head the Finance and Trade and Industry GPC, while Ms Yeo Wan Ling will chair Manpower. Mr Vikram Nair, previously the chairman for Defence and Foreign Affairs, will head Home Affairs and Law. Meanwhile, the National Development and Social and Family Development committees will be chaired by Mr Henry Kwek and Mr Xie Yao Quan respectively. The other appointments are Ms Mariam Jaafar, Sembawang GRC MP, who will take over the Health GPC from former Clementi MP Tan Wu Meng. Ms Poh Li San, MP for Sembawang West SMC, will head the Sustainability and the Environment GPC, succeeding Mr Louis Ng, former MP for Nee Soon GRC. Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC MP Tin Pei Ling will move from the Digital Development and Information GPC to chair the Transport GPC. The Digital Development and Information GPC will be headed by Mr Sharael Taha. Nineteen first-time MPs have also been appointed to the GPCs as members. They are: Charlene Chen Elysa Chen Gho Sze Kee Hazlina Abdul Halim Valerie Lee Lee Hong Chuang Cassandra Lee David Hoe Lee Hui Ying Hamid Razak Victor Lye Ng Shi Xuan Cai Yinzhou Gabriel Lam Jackson Lam Diana Pang Foo Cexiang Choo Pei Ling Shawn Loh The GPC appointments will take effect with the opening of the 15th Parliament on Sep 5.