Yip Hon Weng
Yip Hon Weng | |
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叶汉荣 | |
Member of the Singapore Parliament for Yio Chu Kang SMC | |
Assumed office 10 July 2020 | |
Preceded by | Koh Poh Koon (Ang Mo Kio GRC) |
Constituency | Yio Chu Kang SMC |
Majority | 5,256 (21.66%) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1977[1] Singapore |
Political party | People's Action Party |
Alma mater | Nanyang Technological University National University of Singapore Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard University |
Occupation | Politician |
Yip Hon Weng (Chinese: 叶汉荣; pinyin: Yè Hànróng; born 1977)[1] is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is a Member of the 14th Parliament and has been representing Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency (SMC) since 2020.[1]
Education[]
Yip graduated with a bachelor's degree (first class honours) in physical education, sports science and mathematics from Loughborough University under an overseas scholarship from the Public Service Commission.[2] He completed his training as a teacher and obtained a PGCE from Exeter University. Later, he completed master's degrees in administration, planning and social policy; and international education (double concentrations) at Harvard University, knowledge engineering at the National University of Singapore, and financial engineering at Nanyang Technological University with a project stint at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a Sloan Fellow and has completed a Master of Business Administration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under an Administrative Service Postgraduate Scholarship from the Singapore government.[2]
Career[]
Early career[]
Yip started his career as a physical education and mathematics teacher in Kent Ridge Secondary School.[2] He subsequently served in several leadership, management and policy related roles in the Ministries of Education, Manpower, Defence, Health and National Development.[2] He was also part of the founding team that established the Municipal Services Office announced at the National Day Rally Speech in 2014, when the OneService app was created.[2] He was Group Chief of the Silver Generation Office in the Agency of Integrated Care and concurrently Advisor (Care Integration) under the Ministry of Health prior to entering politics.
Politics[]
Yip was fielded in the 2020 general election to contest in Yio Chu Kang SMC on the People's Action Party's (PAP) ticket against the Progress Singapore Party.[3] On 11 July 2020, Yip was declared an elected Member of Parliament representing Yio Chu Kang SMC in the 14th Parliament after garnering 61% of the valid votes.[4]
Personal life[]
Yip is married and has five children.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c https://www.parliament.gov.sg/mps/list-of-current-mps/mp/details/yip-hon-weng
- ^ a b c d e "PAP new face Yip Hon Weng on having 5 kids, no TV & why he is doing improv". mothership.sg. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ Tan, Sue-Ann (30 June 2020). "Singapore GE2020: PAP new face Yip Hon Weng takes on PSP newbie in Yio Chu Kang SMC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ Yang, Calvin (11 July 2020). "GE2020 official results: PAP new face Yip Hon Weng triumphs in Yio Chu Kang SMC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ "Yip Hon Weng". People's Action Party. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
External links[]
- National University of Singapore alumni
- Nanyang Technological University alumni
- MIT Sloan School of Management alumni
- Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni
- People's Action Party politicians
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Members of the Parliament of Singapore