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Singapore— Progress Singapore Party member Kayla Low, who contested Yio Chu Kang SMC in last year’s general election, has stepped down as the party’s treasurer. 

Ms Peggie Chua, a member of PSP’s Central Executive Committee, will replace her, said  PSP Secretary-General Francis Yuen when he Ms Low’s resignation in a Facebook post on PSP’s page late Monday night (Oct 25).

Thanking Ms Low for her contributions to the party, Mr Yuen said she had stepped down because of “heavy work commitments in her new job”.

 

Ms Low, a chartered accountant and entrepreneur by profession,  said ina Facebook post on Monday night addressed to her supporters

“I am stepping down as Treasurer of Progress Singapore Party because my new job requires me to travel quite extensively and I will be away on long business trips.”

The nature of her new job, she said, would make it difficult to “attend to party’s treasury matters in an efficient and effective way” but she would remain with the party as an active volunteer and continue to support  Yio Chu Kang SMC’s residents.

Ms Low said she had joined the party to serve Singaporeans, calling her time with the PSP “indeed a fulfilling journey” wherein her life was touched by many residents.

“In my journey in standing up for Singaporeans, I am very thankful for the guidance and mentorship of Dr Tan Cheng Bock. He was instrumental in encouraging me to be a voice for Singaporeans,” she added.

She thanked the party’s volunteers in Yio Chu Kang  as they enabled her to “make an impact to residents’ lives.”

“Let’s continue to work together for a better Singapore. You will still see me on the ground helping the community,” she wrote.

PSP thanked Ms Low in a separate post, calling her a “symbol of putting the needs of others before self” and wishing her the best.

In last year’s GE, she gained a respectable 39.17 per cent of votes in the newly-created SMC, losing to the People’s Action Party’s Yip Hon Weng.

In April this year, Mr Terence Soon, who had headed  PSP’s youth wing, quit the party as a member in order to pursue “employment opportunities overseas”.

According to a Straits Times online article, Mr Soon, who was previously introduced as a Singapore Airlines pilot, was still employed by the national carrier but took up a temporary gig  as most flights remained grounded because of the pandemic. That role required him to be free of political affiliation. /TISG

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