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Gan Siow Huang
Minister of State, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Manpower“Leave the world a little better than you found it.” These words from the founder of Scouts,
Lord Robert Baden-Powell, resonate with MOS Gan, whose growing-up years as a
Girl Guide inspired her sense of community service and spirit for adventure.
Since being elected to represent Marymount SMC in 2020, building a caring and sustainable
community has been MOS Gan’s key focus. She seeded the Marymount Care and Green
Plans under which various ground-up projects have sprouted, such as food rescue, support for
caregivers, free TCM massage therapy for seniors, and tree planting to celebrate new births.
MOS Gan believes that good policies require communication, teamwork and collaboration
to create positive impact on the ground. Her work in the Ministry of Education and Ministry
of Manpower has been hectic but rewarding as she listens and exchanges views with many to
improve jobs and employability of Singaporeans. Through the SkillsFuture movement, skills
upgrading and lifelong learning programmes have been enhanced to benefit more mid-career
Singaporeans. On the manpower side, companies are encouraged to do more to adopt
progressive workplace practices - fostering greater diversity, flexible work arrangements,
work life harmony and mental wellbeing support for workers.
MOS Gan continues to advocate for the empowerment of women. She supports back-to-
work women as she feels that women can contribute much more with sufficient support at
home and at work. MOS Gan is constantly powered by her passion for her family and
work, and hopes to see more women stepping forward to take on leadership roles. Besides
being a proud member of Girl Guides Singapore and Young Women’s Leadership
Connection, she mentors young women who are starting on their first careers.