GE2025: Former MDDI director Goh Hanyan spotted in Nee Soon GRC

[SINGAPORE] Goh Hanyan, a former director at the Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI), was spotted on April 7 at a Meet-the-People session at the PAP’s Nee Soon Central branch.

She was accompanied by former Nee Soon South MP Lee Bee Wah, who served three terms before retiring from politics in 2020. The pair arrived at about 7.50pm and greeted residents before entering the branch office in Yishun Street 61.

Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam arrived some 10 minutes later, followed by Jackson Lam, another PAP new face and the party’s former Hougang branch chairman.

The Nee Soon Central branch is helmed by Minister of State for Home Affairs and National Development Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, who has in recent weeks been spotted at Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC. The Straits Times did not see him at the branch office.

Goh was a director in the Smart Nation Strategy Office and the national artificial intelligence group for policy and strategy at MDDI. The Straits Times understands that she left the service on April 3.

She is one of several high-ranking civil servants known to have stepped down ahead of the general election.

On April 6, Goh was spotted for the first time at a movie screening held at Yishun Town Square.

The following day, she shared photos of herself on her Instagram page interacting with residents alongside Shanmugam. In her post, she said: “Met so many happy families and cheerful little ones at Nee Soon Central’s screening of the movie. The community spirit was in full force.” THE STRAITS TIMES

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