On April 18, 2025, the Workers' Party (WP) presented four more potential candidates ahead of Singapore’s upcoming General Election. Introduced at the party’s headquarters, these new faces are Dr Ong Lue Ping, Mr Jimmy Tan Khim Teck, Ms Alexis Dang Pei Yuan, and Mr Andre Low Wu Yang. Party secretary-general Pritam Singh and chair Sylvia Lim led the introductions.
This announcement follows the launch of WP’s 122-page manifesto released a day earlier. Mr Singh declined to reveal the constituencies the new candidates would be fielded in, stating that these details would be shared in the coming days. He also confirmed that the WP had not held discussions with other opposition parties about possible multi-cornered contests.
Dr Ong Lue Ping, 48, is a senior principal clinical psychologist at the Institute of Mental Health, specialising in treating children and adolescents with mood, anxiety, and developmental disorders. Prior to 2025, he held senior leadership roles at IMH, including a stint as director of allied health from 2022 to 2024. A father of three, Dr Ong joined WP as a volunteer in November 2023, supporting Meet-the-People Sessions (MPS) in Hougang and helping with community events. He said that his decision to resign from his leadership role in the public health sector to enter politics was a deliberate one, motivated by his desire to serve Singapore in a different capacity.
Jimmy Tan Khim Teck, 53, co-founded Immanuel Engineering, a family business providing explosion safety equipment. A resident of Tampines, he began volunteering in Aljunied’s Eunos division in 2020. In 2023, he became Mr Singh’s secretarial assistant and later assumed a paid position as his legislative assistant in early 2025. He has also led volunteer teams and conducted door-to-door outreach in Tampines since 2018. Mr Tan shared that his political awakening came in 2017 when an amendment passed in Parliament despite opposition objections. This spurred him to seek a more balanced and democratic political system.
Alexis Dang Pei Yuan, 39, currently works as a senior director in publisher business development at media company Teads. Her professional background spans wealth management and private banking before moving into ad technology. She holds a business degree from the National University of Singapore and is pursuing a master’s in business administration at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, expected to complete it by July 2025. Ms Dang has been volunteering with WP since the 2020 General Election. Her contributions include house visits, MPS casework, event planning, and translating newsletters and speeches. She believes in amplifying ground-up perspectives in Parliament as part of Singapore’s civic evolution.
Andre Low Wu Yang, 34, began his career as a disputes lawyer with Drew & Napier under Senior Counsel Davinder Singh. He later transitioned into the tech sector, holding roles in legal-tech, urban mobility, and health-tech startups, eventually joining Amazon Web Services. Currently, he works as a staff product manager at a global fintech firm. A graduate of University College London with first-class honours in law, Mr Low also holds an MBA from Insead. He is a key member of WP’s media team and previously assisted Sengkang GRC MP Louis Chua in grassroots work and policy research for over three years. Mr Low said he was motivated to step forward by a desire to represent underrepresented voices and promote diverse perspectives in policymaking.
These four candidates join a growing WP slate for GE2025. On April 17, WP introduced tech entrepreneur Kenneth Tiong and property manager Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Malik, both 36, as candidates for Aljunied and Sengkang GRCs respectively. Lawyer Siti Alia Abdul Rahim Mattar, 43, and ex-diplomat Eileen Chong Pei Shan, 33, were also named without confirmation of their electoral divisions.
At the last election in 2020, WP fielded 21 candidates. While that number may increase this year, Mr Singh has indicated the party will contest fewer than one-third of the 97 parliamentary seats.
Ms Sylvia Lim addressed questions about leadership renewal, noting that political rejuvenation has always been integral to WP's strategy. Reflecting on her 22 years as party chair, she acknowledged the need for succession, adding that both she and Mr Singh were deliberately absent from the manifesto launch to showcase the younger MPs. Mr Singh also commented on the possibility of forming a shadow Cabinet, saying a more structured approach could emerge if WP secures more parliamentary seats, but any effort would be grounded in substance, not performance.
Singaporeans will go to the polls on May 3, with Nomination Day set for April 23.
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