Singapore’s influencers rub shoulders with Lawrence Wong, PAP members - is it a ‘sell-out’?

Some of these attendees, who were not privy to the inner workings of Singapore’s ruling party previously, have thousands of followers on Instagram and TikTok.

The event last Saturday was organised by the PAP to thank volunteers, following a party-wide feedback exercise, RefreshPAP, which took place over the past few months.

Wong said the PAP welcomed those who wanted to join the party and that beyond the core group of party activists, there was the wider Friends of PAP network.

Extending the invitation to individuals, corporate and social service organisations, he added: “We want to grow this network of PAP friends and partners.”

Following the event, local content creators including Simon Khung (@simonboyyyyyyy), Amy Ang (@amyy.ang), Nadia Ongkowidjaja (@nodiooo), Elizabeth Boon (@elizabethboon) and artistes from media company NoonTalk including Dasmond Koh, Michelle Tay, Yang Yan and Ann Kok, were pictured in social media posts rubbing shoulders with Wong and his parliamentary colleagues such as Deputy Prime Minister and Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong, and National Development Minister Desmond Lee.

Several of these content creators and artistes were also spotted in pictures on the party’s coverage of the event on its website.

This Week In Asia has reached out to the content creators, artistes and NoonTalk Media but none, aside from Khung who declined to comment, has responded by press time.

Koh, NoonTalk’s co-founder who has more than 102,000 followers on Instagram and over 47,000 on TikTok, posted a clip of the event on TikTok with the caption: “Glad to know that @PAPsingapore is all set to engage wider, communicate better and organise stronger to champion the diverse and evolving aspirations of our nation.