Politics
Tanjong Pagar is mainly located in the Tanjong Pagar division of Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency. Since the electoral ward was created in 1955, its Member of Parliament has been former Prime Minister and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, but due to the old age, Indranee Rajah took over the ward for assisting people including all the meet-the-people sessions. In 1991, much of the ward became a division within the Tanjong Pagar GRC while Lee Kuan Yew's meet-the-people sessions were replaced by Koo Tsai Kee before 2011. The remaining area forms part of the Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng Division, whose Member of Parliament is Lily Tirtasana Neo, within the Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency. Both two MPs will be replaced in 2016, with Tessa Tan Si Ying (Dunman High School) and John Lim (Tampines Secondary School Alumni).
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