Newcomer Stephanie Tan, 37, will be the Progress Singapore Party’s (PSP) candidate for Pioneer SMC.
The full-time homemaker is set to contest against the People’s Action Party’s Patrick Tay who won 61.98 per cent of the votes in the 2020 General Election.
Tan, who holds a law degree, began her legal career at Rajah & Tan before joining the Ministry of Law as its Associate Director for Legal Policy. She later became legal counsel for Mindef.
The full-time homemaker is set to contest against the People’s Action Party’s Patrick Tay who won 61.98 per cent of the votes in the 2020 General Election.
Tan, who holds a law degree, began her legal career at Rajah & Tan before joining the Ministry of Law as its Associate Director for Legal Policy. She later became legal counsel for Mindef.
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00:10their parliamentary work in terms of research and writing.
00:14Since 2023, I have also walked the ground with the party.
00:18I have worked in both the private and public sector, so I was a litigation lawyer for some
00:24time and thereafter I was a legal policy officer at the Ministry of Law and also legal counsel
00:30at Mindef.
00:31But for the past nine years, I have been a stay-at-home mum, I have two children, I have
00:37been married for more than ten years.
00:39In addition to mental health issues and education issues for our children, another area which
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00:54So I think we need to support them better, not just in terms of their financial insecurity
01:05issues and retirement inadequacy issues, but also in terms of their mental health and how
01:12caregivers actually face a higher risk of burnout.
01:16So I think this is one area that I hope to raise awareness on.
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