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Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry Dr Tan Wu Meng will retire from political office and return to medical practice.
The line up of the new cabinet was announced publicly by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on yesterday afternoon and among the political appointments, six new political appointees were introduced.
Dr Tan who was elected in Parliament in General Election 2015 and appointed as Senior Parliamentary Secretary in 2018, is not one of those being mentioned in the line up.
In a letter to Dr Tan, which was made public, PM Lee said, “Thank you for writing to me to explain your intention to return to medical practice. I accept your decision.”
PM Lee said Dr Tan had asked to leave the Government and return to medical practice.
In a letter to PM Lee which Dr Tan published on his Facebook page, he cited his first love “has always been personally looking after patients and people”.
However, Dr Tan will continue to serve as MP. On this Facebook page, he wrote, “I will continue to put full effort and full heart into serving residents, together with my fellow MPs in Jurong GRC, and to contributing actively in Parliament.”
https://www.onlinecitizenasia.com/2...-appointed-as-senior-parliamentary-secretary/