Yaw Shin Leong

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name = Yaw Shin Leong


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Yaw Shin Leong (Chinese: 饶欣龙) (born 1976) is currently the Organising Secretary of The Workers' Party of Singapore.

In 2006 Singapore Parliamentary General Election, Shin Leong was Candidate and Leader of The Workers' Party's Ang Mo Kio Group Representative Constituency Team that secured more than one-third of the votes against the incumbent People's Action Party's Team headed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Shin Leong is the Managing Partner of Easto Global LLP. Concurrently he is the Executive Director of NSW Asia Pte Ltd (Singapore). Graduated with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Western Sydney, he also holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA, Merit) degree in Political Science & Sociology from National University of Singapore.

Shin Leong joined WP in June 2001 and is currently also the Chairman of WP Central Area Committee. He is a firm believer in National Defence and serves as a company combat medic in his National Service (NS) battalion. A Christian, he subscribes to Proverbs 31: 8-9.

Controversy

Yaw Shin Leong was embroiled in a controversy when he revealed in his blog that he voted for the ruling People’s Action Party candidate in the 2006 General Election despite being an opposition candidate himself. In his blog that he revealed he voted for the PAP’s Teo Ho Pin who was contesting the single-member constituency (SMC) against Singapore Democratic Party chairman and former opposition MP Ling How Doong.For this controversial action, he was called a political opportunist and hypocrite. He was also criticised him for sending conflicting signals. Critics argued he could have spoilt the vote by neither voting for the ruling People’s Action Party or the Singapore Democratic Party.

Two weeks after the controversy surfaced, Yaw changes his position and regreted the voting for PAP candidates. In his blog, he said it contradicted the opposition's efforts in urging voters to value the choice provided by opposition candidates. Yaw added he would not vote for his MP, Dr Teo Ho Pin, at the next election, and urged Singaporeans to 'vote in solidarity to deny the PAP'.

Notes

* [http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_237831.html/ I voted for PAP in 2006 elections: WP candidate, The Straits Times, May 16, 2008]

* [http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20080518-65765.html/ I knew because he told me: Dr Teo Ho Pin, AsiaOne, May 18, 2008]

* [http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_247265.html/ WP leader now regrets voting for PAP candidate, The Straits Times, June 13, 2008]