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Ms Joan Pereira Designation: Member of Parliament Constituency: Tanjong Pagar GRC Party: People's Action Party Year of Birth: 1967 Member of Parliament 11 September 2015 to 22 June 2020 10 July 2020 to Current Tanjong Pagar GRC Select Committee Standing Orders Committee, Member, 13th Parliament.
Committees Member, Hope Appeals Committee Government Party Committee, Defence and Foreign Affairs & Defence, Vice-Chairman, Mar 2016 – June 2020 Government Party Committee, Culture, Community & Youth, Member Member, Mar 2016 - June 2020 Town Council Tanjong Pagar Town Council, Vice-Chairman Joan Pereira, 52, is Director (Community Liaison), Temasek Foundation Cares.

She works with organisations in the community to develop and implement models of care for the less fortunate.
She engages with partners to develop suitable care models for the less fortunate, implements and follows through with the programmes.

Joan started her career in 1990 at the Queenstown Community Centre (CC), implementing programmes to foster community bonding among residents of all ages.

In 2000, she moved on to organising social development programmes, and promoting family life in the community.
From 2007 to 2015, she implemented the Wellness Programme in all 87 constituencies by working closely with grassroots organisations, voluntary welfare organisations and religious groups, encouraging the elderly to form social networks, stay active, healthy and engaged in the community.

She studied at the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus and Catholic Junior College, and obtained a general degree in Bachelor of Arts from the National University of Singapore.
Joan, a mother of two grown-up children, loves people and enjoys interacting with them, especially the elderly.

She has gained strong interpersonal and communication skills, which will help her in connecting and engaging with the residents, and serving them to the best of her ability.