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CNA
20-05-2025
- Politics
- CNA
Deep Dive Podcast - PAP's Jasmin Lau on saying 'yes' to politics but staying true to herself
PAP new face Jasmin Lau, who is contesting in Ang Mo Kio GRC, went from government scholar to rising up the ranks in the civil service. She tells Otelli Edwards on this special series of the Deep Dive podcast how she copes with self-doubt and why she said yes to joining politics.
CNA
15-05-2025
- Business
- CNA
Latin American nations must diversify, avoid over-reliance on any one country: Analyst
06:58 Min Pepe Zhang, author and consultant on China-Latin America relations, tells CNA's Otelli Edwards that while US-China tensions may be easing, uncertainty will persist and Latin American nations must continue to prioritise diversification in their partnerships.
CNA
06-05-2025
- Politics
- CNA
Deep Dive Podcast: GE2025 results - A closer look at the strong PAP mandate and the opposition strategy
Voters gave the People's Action Party and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong a clear mandate in GE2025. What accounted for the result and why couldn't the opposition parties make good on gains from the last election? Steven Chia and Otelli Edwards speak to Associate Professor Eugene Tan from the Singapore Management University and Dr Reuben Ng from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Here is an excerpt from the conversation: Otelli Edwards, host: So the common perception is that 30 per cent of people would vote for the opposition no matter who is fielded. Do you think then this election has put that theory to the grave? The smaller parties lost their election deposits ... So should they merge, pack up and call it a day, or try again? Dr Reuben Ng, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy: I think we need to rethink what a protest vote is, because the protest vote used to be a vote for the opposition, but I don't think it is (now). Because if you look at the numbers in 2020 compared to 2025, there was actually a 50 per cent increase in voters who either did not vote or spoiled their vote. So I'm really, really worried about that, because that's very insidious. Is that the new protest vote? And the new protest vote is not voting or spoiling your vote. So that worries me very much. I think it is important for opposition parties maybe to focus on these potentially disillusioned or apathetic voters, because it's probably easier to convert them to support opposition parties than to convert existing PAP supporters. But this is something that we really need to watch, because it chips away at Singapore's political exceptionalism. Associate Professor Eugene Tan, Singapore Management University: You look at the small parties, did they really disrupt things? They became the subject of memes. You know, they provided (comedy). The whole air of the elections would be very different without the smaller parties but it raises questions about whether, in a very crowded and fragmented opposition landscape, whether these smaller parties serve any real purpose. I increasingly find them to be irrelevant. Even if they were not to contest in the next general election, you wouldn't feel the loss.
CNA
27-04-2025
- Politics
- CNA
Deep Dive GE2025 Podcast: PAP's Jasmin Lau on saying 'yes' to politics but staying true to herself
PAP new face Jasmin Lau, who is contesting in Ang Mo Kio GRC, went from government scholar to rising up the ranks in the civil service. She tells Otelli Edwards on this special series of the Deep Dive podcast how she copes with self-doubt and why she said yes to joining politics. Here is an excerpt from the conversation: Otelli Edwards, host: So just going back to that big decision to be in the public eye, to potentially be an office holder. Firstly, you said that you are an introvert and that it takes quite a bit out of you, for instance, to meet and greet (people) and to really open yourself up. But you have to in this position. As a matter of fact, you rejected the (PAP) a few times. Jasmin Lau, PAP candidate for Ang Mo Kio GRC: Yeah ... now people know I rejected (them) so many times. Otelli: So what was it that made you say: 'Okay yes, I'm just going to go ahead with it, although I have to make a lot of sacrifices.' Jasmin: This word about sacrifice is used very often by candidates from every party. Everybody says it's some sacrifice. Actually it's not that we as political candidates are making a much bigger sacrifice than other people. There are many others out there who make sacrifices in their life to do (their) jobs. Some do multiple jobs and they sacrifice the time away from the kids too. So I feel bad and guilty using that word because no matter what, we are still fortunate and comfortable. We live in relatively sheltered lives, even though now it's public, but there are many others who have real unseen sacrifices. So while you may frame it as a sacrifice, to me I see as this as a responsibility. If we have been blessed with either (the) skills, experience, intelligence, and you are asked to go and do something, it's responsibility and not so much of a sacrifice.
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CNA
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CNA
Deep Dive - GE2025: PAP's Jasmin Lau on saying 'yes' to politics but staying true to herself
Play PAP new face Jasmin Lau, who is contesting in Ang Mo Kio GRC, went from government scholar to rising up the ranks in the civil service. She tells Otelli Edwards on this special series of the Deep Dive podcast how she copes with self-doubt and why she said yes to entering politics. Deep Dive - GE2025: PAP's Jasmin Lau on saying 'yes' to politics but staying true to herself PAP new face Jasmin Lau, who is contesting in Ang Mo Kio GRC, went from government scholar to rising up the ranks in the civil service. She tells Otelli Edwards on this special series of the Deep Dive podcast how she copes with self-doubt and why she said yes to entering politics. 21 mins Deep Dive - GE2025: WP's Ong Lue Ping on stepping down from senior leadership at work to join the opposition When he decided to be actively involved as a Workers' Party candidate, Dr Ong Lue Ping, a senior principal child psychologist, decided to move out of a director position at the Institute of Mental Health. The WP candidate for Tampines GRC tells Steven Chia why staying could present a conflict of interest and what prompted him to join the opposition party. 20 mins Deep Dive - GE2025: PAP's Dinesh Vasu Dash on how a pivotal turning point in his career led him to politics He took a significant pay cut and declined a private sector job to join the Health Ministry to fight the pandemic. Now Dinesh Vasu Dash is running on the PAP ticket as the new face contesting in East Coast GRC in what he describes as a journey with "too many points of twists and turns". He tells Otelli Edwards on this special series of the Deep Dive podcast what he has learnt from working with seniors and lessons on raising resilient children. 20 mins
