Yip Hon Weng

Yip Hon Weng (simplified Chinese: 叶汉荣; traditional Chinese: 葉漢榮; pinyin: Yè Hànróng; born 1977/1978) s a Singaporean politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yio Chu Kang SMC since July 2020 after being elected in the 2020 Singaporean general election.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yip.
Yip Hon Weng
叶汉荣
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Yio Chu Kang SMC
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Preceded byKoh Poh Koon (Ang Mo Kio GRC)
Personal details
BornSingapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
EducationNanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University
OccupationPolitician, teacher, civil servant

Education

Yip Hon Weng graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Physical Education, Sports Science and Mathematics.[1] Yip subsequently read his master's degrees, education at Harvard University, financial engineering at National University of Singapore, knowledge engineering at Nanyang Technological University, and business administration at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]

Career

Early career

After graduating, Yip Hon Weng was a Physical Education and Mathematics teacher at Kent Ridge Secondary School.[1] After two years, Yip held policy-related positions in the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Health.[1] After reading his master's degrees, Yip was roped in to set up the Municipal Services Office, where the OneService app was created.[1]

Politics

Yip Hon Weng was fielded in 2020 Singaporean general election to contest in Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency on People's Action Party's ticket against Progress Singapore Party.[2] On 11 July 2020, Yip was declared to be elected to represent Yio Chu Kang SMC in the 14th Parliament of Singapore, garnering 61% of the valid votes.[3]

Personal life

Yip is married and has five children.[4]

References
  1. "PAP new face Yip Hon Weng on having 5 kids, no TV & why he is doing improv". mothership.sg. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "Yip Hon Weng". People's Action Party. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
Parliament of Singapore
New constituency Member of Parliament
for Yio Chu Kang SMC
2020 – present		 Incumbent
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