Being put through a different sort of test, some first-term Members of Parliament (MPs) are having to find time to be present for their children, as they grow accustomed to having puffy eyes while juggling the demands of work. Mr Louis Ng, MP for Nee Soon GRC, and Non-Constituency MP (NCMP) Daniel Goh are just a few of the backbenchers who are serving in Parliament for the first time. Speaking to TODAY, Mr Ng, 39, who was elected as an MP in the 2015 General Election (GE) with the ruling People’s Action Party, said that the greatest challenge he faces is trying to balance his time for his family and for his work as an MP, town council chairman and chief executive of the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres). Associate Professor Goh, 44, an NCMP with the Workers’ Party (WP), also gets by with less sleep these days. Determined to be an involved father, the sociology lecturer at the National University of Singapore (NUS) does not wish to sacrifice quality time with his young sons, who are both below the age of six. He has cut back instead on his academic publishing ambitions.