SINGAPORE - Mr Abdul Samad Abdul Wahab, vice-president of the National Trades Union Congress, has been put up as the labour movement's choice for Nominated MP. The 48-year-old is also general secretary of the Union of Power and Gas Employees, which he first joined in 2003. He was elected as a union leader in 2006, and has held his current post since 2015. That year, he also became part of NTUC's central committee. He was appointed vice-president last year. In a statement on Friday (Nov 20), NTUC said Mr Samad has worked to forge strong labour-management relations over the years. It highlighted that he was instrumental in the formation of the Market Development and Resilience Scheme launched by the Energy Market Authority in 2018, which helped secure bonuses, increments and training funds for workers in the industry. An advocate for workers' training and skills upgrading, Mr Samad also played a key role in setting up company training committees with employers to implement training plans for workers in the power and gas industry. NTUC president Mary Liew spoke of him as an "experienced, caring and dedicated" union leader who understands the importance of tripartism in Singapore. "His...