WP's Ong Lue Ping on stepping down from IMH senior leadership to join opposition | Deep Dive podcast

When he decided to be actively involved as a Workers’ Party candidate, senior principal child psychologist Dr Ong Lue Ping decided to move out of his then-director position at the Institute of Mental Health. The WP candidate for Tampines GRC tells Steven Chia why staying could have presented a conflict of interest, and what prompted him to join the opposition party. 00:00 Intro 00:47   Ong Lue Ping in 3 words 06:03   Gaps in special needs education 07:17   Why he joined Workers’ Party 08:08   Why his wife disagreed with him joining politics 09:50   He cautions against blindspots 13:05   Parenting through a psychologist’s lens 14:58   His teenage son is his social media agent 16:49   Why he stepped down from IMH senior management 20:15   Call for empathy towards invisible disabilities 22:01   Measuring social KPIs over GDP Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia