Education
Primary and Secondary, Anglo-Chinese School
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering,
Master of Science in International Political Economy, Nanyang Technological University.
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Gerald Giam
Edit Profile严燕松, 嚴燕松
Career
He was previously an editor of The Online Citizen, an anti-establishment alternative media. lieutenant was confirmed by Workers" Party on 13 May 2011 that Gerald from the team would be taking up the NCMP position. As a result of not being allowed to take up the NCMP seat, the WP GRC team leader and party veteran, Eric Tan quit the party.
In a 2013 debate on Ministerial Salary, Gerald led the WP Member of Parliament team in rejecting the benchmark that a review committee headed by Mr Gerard Ee had recommended.
He counterproposed using the MX9 Superscale salary grade for civil servants. However, in an embarrassing climb-down during the debate against Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, he subsequently revealed he did not know what the MX9 Superscale grade was.
He admitted, "..it"s impossible for me to have known what the MX9 is, that it"s pegged to a certain wage level of senior civil servants.".
Politics
Gerald first stepped into the political world in 2011 contesting as one of 5 members, of a Workers" Party team led by Eric Tan Heng Chong which included Png Engineer Huat, Glenda Han Su May and Mohamed Fazli bin Talip, in the East Coast Group Representation Constituency (East Coast GRC). Although, the Workers" Party team fell short obtaining a credible 45.17% of the votes, they nevertheless were entitled to an NCMP position as third best loser in an election whereby less than 9 non-ruling party Members of Parliament (MPs) made it to parliament. With Gerald taking up the NCMP position together with Yee Jenn Jong, Workers" Party set a new record in the Singapore"s post-independence political arena becoming the first non-ruling party to have 8 (6 Member of Parliament + 2 NCMP) seats in parliament.
This led to accusations that WP was exploiting the NCMP to its political advantage, as a "revolving door" to showcase its politicians. That"s despite the party"s public position against the NCMP scheme.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Workers" Party