GE2025: Hong Kah North MP Amy Khor to retire from politics

Dr Amy Khor, Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment, as well as for Transport, will not contest in the 2025 General Election after over two decades of service due to 'personal reasons'.

Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong announced this in response to questions from the media at a press conference to unveil the PAP slate for Chua Chu Kang GRC and Bukit Gombak SMC on April 14, thanking Dr Khor for her many years of service.

He also paid tribute to how she brought together the community in Hong Kah North, as well as the wider area.

DPM Gan noted that the Tengah estates that were part of Hong Kah North SMC have been folded into Chua Chu Kang GRC for the upcoming election. The remaining part of the SMC was merged with Jurong GRC and Bukit Batok and Yuhua SMCs to form a new Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC.

Dr Khor has been the MP for Hong Kah North SMC since its formation in 2011, winning the seat in three general elections on the trot.

In 2020, she captured 60.98 per cent of the 27,188 votes cast in a straight fight with Gigene Wong of the Progress Singapore Party. As Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, a portfolio she has held since 2015, Dr Khor championed measures to reduce waste, especially electronic, packaging and food waste, as well as promoted hawker culture, among other issues.

Since 2020, she served as Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Transport, where she focused on improving the taxi and private hire car industry. She also pushed for more transport links to the nascent Tengah town, where connectivity had been a bugbear of its earliest residents.

Trained in real estate valuation, Dr Khor holds a doctorate in real estate from the University of Reading in Britain.

In a Facebook post on April 14, Dr Khor expressed gratitude for the opportunity to serve in the Hong Kah North area for the last 24 years over five terms of government. She said that she is ready and happy to make way for party renewal, and thanked grassroots volunteers and residents.

"It has been a privilege and honour to be able to engage and work with (Hong Kah North) residents to understand their needs and concerns and help improve their lives and living environment. I am most thankful for their strong support all these years."

She added: "As I close this very precious and memorable chapter of my life I look forward to the next chapter where I will continue to look for opportunities to serve and contribute to the community to the best of my ability."