Hazlina Abdul Halim

Hazlina Abdul Halim

Hazlina Abdul Halim Member of the Singapore Parliament for East Coast GRC

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Party	People's Action Party

Hazlina Abdul Halim (born 1985) is a Singaporean politician and former broadcast journalist. A member of the governing People’s Action Party (PAP), she was elected to the 15th Parliament in 2025 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for East Coast GRC (Fengshan) . Before entering politics, Hazlina had a 15-year media career and later served as CEO of Make-A-Wish Singapore and President of the Singapore Muslim Women’s Association (Persatuan Pemudi Islam Singapura, PPIS) .

Early Life and Education

Hazlina was born in Singapore. She is ethnically Malay and is bilingual in English and Malay. Hazlina earned a Diploma in Mass Communication from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, then a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and Political Science at the University of Western Australia in 2006. In 2010, she completed a Master of Film and Television (with Distinction) at Curtin University in Perth . (She has also indicated speaking basic Mandarin from her media background.)

Career

Hazlina Abdul Halim began her career in broadcasting and journalism. She spent about 15 years presenting Malay-language news and programmes on MediaCorp (such as the Suria channel) and later became an assignments editor at Channel NewsAsia . During this time she worked as a radio and television presenter and news editor at Mediacorp . After leaving journalism, Hazlina moved into the public and social impact sector. She has served on the board of the Singapore Muslim Women’s Association (Persatuan Pemudi Islam Singapura, PPIS) since 2012 and was elected its President (Chair) in December 2020 . In that role she steered PPIS through the COVID-19 pandemic and launched its Rise Above halfway house for women offenders – Singapore’s first secular halfway house for female ex-offenders . Hazlina also became CEO of Make-A-Wish Singapore (a children’s charity) and later took on a senior role (Senior Vice‑President) at global consulting firm .

In parallel, Hazlina has held numerous community and volunteer positions. She chairs 7Oaks Preschools (early childhood education) and serves on boards including the Singapore Business Federation Foundation, MigrantWell, Yayasan Mendaki, the Singapore Kindness Movement, the National Council Against Drug Abuse (NCADA), and Community Chest . She has volunteered as a District Councillor with the Southeast Community Development Council and co-chaired the People’s Association’s Communications & Engagement . For her public service she was awarded the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat in 2024 . Internationally, Hazlina has represented Singapore at the United Nations – speaking at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (2023) and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Geneva (2024) – to advocate for women’s .

Political Career

Hazlina Abdul Halim became active in politics through grassroots volunteering. In 2024 she assisted then-MP Tin Pei Ling in outreach work in the MacPherson area (now part of Marine Parade GRC) . On 12 April 2025 Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr Maliki Osman announced he would not contest East Coast GRC and that Hazlina would replace him on the PAP ticket for the East Coast constituency . Her nomination as a PAP candidate was formally confirmed on Nomination Day, 23 April 2025 . She stood in the Fengshan division of East Coast GRC as part of a five-member PAP team led by Minister Edwin Tong (with incumbents Jessica Tan and Tan Kiat How and new candidate Dinesh Vasu Dash) .

In the 4 May 2025 General Election the PAP team won East Coast GRC with 58.76% of the vote . Hazlina thus became the Member of Parliament for the Fengshan ward of East Coast GRC, with her term starting on 4 May 2025 . She was appointed Vice-Chairman of the East Coast Town Council . In Parliament and the community, Hazlina has focused on social and family issues. For example, as a leader of the Ministry of Social and Family Development’s Alliance for Action on strengthening marriages and families, she welcomed the 2023 review of the Maintenance of Parents Act to better protect abuse survivorstodayonline.com. Drawing on her background in social service, she has also emphasised empowerment of women and vulnerable children as key policy themes. Her stated goal is to build “strong families, caring communities, and a kinder Singapore” by connecting resources across government, private and people sector .