GE2025: Maliki Osman set to be replaced by new face Hazlina Abdul Halim in East Coast GRC

Dr Maliki Osman has asked grassroots leaders to put their support behind new face Hazlina Abdul Halim. ST FILE PHOTOS

Goh Yan Han

UPDATED Apr 12, 2025, 12:43 AM

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SINGAPORE - Second Minister for Education and Foreign Affairs Maliki Osman will not be part of the PAP slate for East Coast GRC in the upcoming general election, The Straits Times has learnt.

It is not clear if Dr Maliki, who has been in politics since 2001, will be fielded elsewhere or retire.

He has asked grassroots leaders to put their support behind new face Hazlina Abdul Halim, who has been seen at East Coast GRC walkabouts in recent weeks.

Dr Maliki, who is also Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, had gathered more than 100 grassroots leaders on April 11 for an evening meeting at Siglap Community Club to tell them the news.

There had been speculation that the 59-year-old, who started his political career as an MP for Sembawang GRC, would be retiring from politics at the end of the current term. He has helmed the Siglap ward in East Coast GRC for three terms since 2011.