Othman Wok

Othman Wok (born 1924) was a former Cabinet Minister in Singapore for 14 years. He was the Minister of Social Affairs from October 1963 to June 1977. After retiring from active politics, he was Singapore's ambassador to Indonesia and served on the boards of the Singapore Tourism Board and Sentosa Development Corporation. For his political, economic and social contributions to the nation building of Singapore, the Singapore President awarded him the Order of Nila Utama (2nd Class) in 1983.

Othman Wok completed national service with the rank of Major, with the People's Defence Force in 1980 and also retired from active politics in the same year. He has held the post of Director of various corporate companies and was also a Board member of Sentosa Development Corporation.

Othman Wok is married with four children. His hobbies include reading and writing ghost stories, one of his books being "Malayan Horror: Macabre Tales of Singapore and Malaysia in the 50s", a compilation of stories written by him.

External links

• Knowledgenet website
• d'Oz website
• Ourstory website

Persondata
Name	Wok, Othman
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1924
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death