Han Hui Hui | |
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韩慧慧 | |
![]() Han in 2025 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1992 (age 32–33) |
Citizenship | Singaporean |
Political party | People's Alliance for Reform (2025–present) |
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Han Hui Hui (Chinese :韩慧慧; pinyin :Hán Huì Huì; born 1992) is a Singaporean activist and politician who is best known for her stance regarding the Central Provident Fund scheme. [1] [2] A perennial candidate, she has never secured more than 20% of the vote in any electoral contest. She is also a fellow at the Centre for Applied Human Rights of the University of York. [3]
Han grew up and was educated in Singapore. [4]
Han began her protests at Hong Lim Park in 2013. [5] On 27 September 2014, Han was arrested along with other activists, including Roy Ngerng for causing public nuisance and disrupting a charity carnival. [6] She was later convicted and fined $3,100 on 27 June 2016. [7]
In the 2015 general election, Han contested in Radin Mas Single Member Constituency (SMC) as an independent candidate, in a three-cornered contest against Kumar Appavoo of the Reform Party and Sam Tan of the People's Action Party (PAP). [8] Han's campaign slogan was "Return our CPF" (Central Provident Fund), and she campaigned largely on CPF and housing issues. [9]
Throughout the campaign, Han was accused by Reform Party secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam of being sponsored by the defunct Socialist Front. Han would refute the accusations, instead criticising Jeyaretnam for losing his deposit in the 2013 Punggol East by-election. [10] Jeyaretnam would also say that Han was not fielded as a candidate for the Reform Party due to her "creative approach to truth". [11]
Han was heavily defeated on election night, only receiving 10.03% of the vote in comparison to Appavoo's 12.72% and Tan's 77.25%. As such, she lost her $14,500 election deposit. [12] [13]
In the 2025 general election, Han was unveiled as a People's Alliance for Reform (PAR) candidate on Nomination Day, contesting in Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency (GRC). [14] [15] In her speech that day, she criticised hecklers and blamed the PAP for what she described as "Singapore's problems." [16]
Throughout the campaign, Han adopted the "3H" slogan, which stood for housing, healthcare and human rights, as the central focus of her platform. However, her team suffered a heavy defeat on election night, securing only 18.98% of the vote in Tanjong Pagar GRC to the PAP's 81.02%, marking the PAP's largest victory margin in a GRC in Singapore's history. [17] [18] [19]