- Ong Ye Kung
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Ong Ye Kung (Simplified Chinese:王乙康) is a Singaporean civil-servant and politician from the People's Action Party (PAP). He is currently the Assistant Secretary General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC).[1]
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Political career
Ong first stepped into the Singapore political arena in the Singapore 2011 General Election contesting as a candidate in the hottest district Aljunied GRC representing the People's Action Party as part of a 5-man team which included team leader ex-Minister George Yong-Boon Yeo, ex-Minister of State Lim Hwee Hua, Cynthia Phua and Zainul Abidin Bin Mohamed Rasheed. The incumbent PAP team faced heavy competition from Team-A of the Workers' Party which was led by veteran non-ruling parties leader party-Secretary General cum MP Low Thia Khiang together with ex-NCMP Sylvia Lim Swee Lian, Dr Chen Show Mao, Muhamad Faisal bin Abdul Manap and Pritam Singh. The PAP team could only garner 45.28%[2] of the total votes this time and lost a GRC for the first time in history to their Workers' Party peers. Thus Ong failed in his first quest to enter the Parliament of Singapore despite being tipped as a potential office holder.[3]
Political Terms of Office
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Other notable appointments held / current holding
- Director/Deputy Director at Minstry of Communications (1993–1999)
- Director of Trade at Ministry of Trade & Industry (2000–2003)
- Deputy Chief Negotiator of United States - Singapore Free Trade Agreement (2000–2003)
- Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (2002–2004)
- CEO of Workforce Development Agency (2005–2008)
- Assistant Secretary General of NTUC
- Chairman of Employment and Employability Institute
- Executive Secretary of National Transport Workers Union
- Executive Secretary Singapore Manual Mercantile Workers’ Union
- Board member of SMRT Corporation
- Board member of SPRING Singapore
- Board member of Jurong Town Corporation
- Council Member of Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Education
- MBA from International Institute for Management Development (1999)
- BSc of Economics from London School of Economics (1991)
- Raffles Junior College (1987)
- Maris Stella High School (1985)
References
- ^ http://www.pap.org.sg/uploads/ap/7972/documents/ong_ye_kung_cv.pdf People's Action Party web-site : Ong Ye Kung
- ^ http://www.elections.gov.sg/elections_results2011.html Singapore Elections Department : 2011 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS
- ^ http://www.asiaone.com/print/News/Elections/Story/A1Story20110501-276642.html AsiaOne - Aljunied GRC: The battle for 143,148 votes
Categories:- Living people
- National University of Singapore alumni
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
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