BRANCHING OUT
#PS I love you No, not you. The PS stands for Punggol Shore, and the line sums up Member of Parliament for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Ms Yeo Wan Ling’s warm approach to her constituency t’s all about community love and neighbourly kindness at the Punggol Shore constituency. Posters, banners and even a car decal featuring various Punggol Shore programmes are emblazoned with hearts. Its new MP, Ms Yeo Wan Ling, 44, who helms the constituency after GE2020, comes up with monthly “love notes� which are one-page newsletters to her residents put up in the lift cars across the estates. If there were a constituency tagline, it would be “PS I love you�. The PS refers to Punggol Shore, which is part of Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC. Besides being used in community hot spots such as a shipping container turned job-search facility located just outside the Punggol 21 Community Club, Ms Yeo also uses it as a hashtag for many of her
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social media posts, #PSILoveYou. As part of promoting kindness and understanding, the Punggol Shore team works with the Singapore Kindness Movement on long term constituencywide campaigns. Singa the Courtesy ‹‘Â? ‹• –Š‡ ”‡‰—Žƒ” Ƥš–—”‡ ‘Â? • Yeo’s neighbourhood walkabouts and community events. “I really hope to manage my district with love! For a community to thrive, we need lots of kindness, consideration and good old neighbourly love, especially †—”‹Â?‰ –Š‡•‡ †‹Ƽ…—Ž– –‹Â?‡•ǥdz •ƒ‹† • Yeo, who ensures that Punggol Shore’s programmes and her team’s interactions with residents are driven by the same values.
Why Punggol Shore? “We thought that a name change
was important given that Punggol is a growing town, and Punggol North is no longer in the north of our town, with the creation of the Punggol Coast ward. Hence, as a team, we took a page from the Punggol Coast and re-named ‘—”•‡Ž˜‡• —Â?‰‰‘Ž Š‘”‡ –‘ ”‡ƪ‡…– –Š‡ beautiful nature and relaxed eco vibe of Punggol Town,â€? said Ms Yeo. Ms Yeo shared that Punggol Shore is the oldest area in Punggol Town. Some of its 11 HDB districts and seven condominiums are about 20 years old. Thus, unlike the young families who populate newer areas such as Punggol Coast and Punggol West, her constituency has a good number of mature families. “While our town is still growing with the introduction of new —‹Ž†nj ‘nj ”†‡” ĆŞÂƒÂ–Â•ÇĄ ™‡ DEC 2020
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