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SINGAPORE – Ms Jasmin Lau, deputy secretary (policy) at the Ministry of Health (MOH), has retired from the civil service, fuelling speculation that she may enter politics at the upcoming general election. The administrative service is the highest tier of Singapore’s civil service, comprising its leaders.Ms Lau, 42, has spent much of her career in healthcare. Senior civil servant from MOH steps down ahead of GE2025, last day on April 1


Ms Jasmin Lau could be one of the first of several resignations expected from the public service ahead of the general election. The administrative service is the highest tier of Singapore’s civil service, 


She served in MOH from 2013 to 2019, looking at healthcare finance and overseeing the development and regulation of medical and long-term care insurance in Singapore. It was during this period that the ministry launched MediShield Life, a basic national health insurance scheme for large medical bills. She returned to the ministry in November 2021 after a stint at the Economic Development Board (EDB).
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