Gan Siow Huang

“Leave the world a little better than you found it.” These words from the founder of Scouts, Lord Robert Baden-Powell, resonate with Gan Siow Huang, 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 Siow Huang’s key focus. She seeded the Marymount Care Plan and Green Plan, 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.

 

She finds her work in the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Manpower rewarding as she listens and exchanges views with many to improve jobs and employability of Singaporeans. Through the SkillsFuture movement, skills upgrading programmes have been enhanced to benefit more mid-career Singaporeans. Siow Huang also supports progressive workplace practices - diversity, flexible work arrangements, work-life harmony and mental well-being support for workers.

 

Siow Huang 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. Siow Huang is 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 member of Girl Guides Singapore and Young Women’s Leadership Connection, she mentors young women who are starting on their first careers.