Cynthia Phua Siok Gek ( zh, c=潘惜玉, p=Pān Xīyù, born 19 August 1958) is a Singaporean business executive and former politician. She was a Member of Parliament of
Aljunied GRC for the Paya Lebar Ward from 25 October 2001 to 19 April 2011.
Career
Phua was the general manager of
NTUC Fairprice
NTUC FairPrice is the largest supermarket chain in Singapore. The company is a co-operative of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). The group has 100 supermarkets across the island, with over 160 outlets of Cheers convenience stores isl ...
Co-operative's real estate business unit and the managing director of estate management company SLF Management Services. She had also served as Chief Executive Officer of
Bishan–Toa Payoh Town Council and Chairman of
Aljunied Town Council.
She was a
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
of
Aljunied GRC (Paya Lebar Ward) who represented the
People's Action Party (PAP) from 25 October 2001 to 19 April 2011.
In the
2011 general elections, she was part of a team of five candidates, led by Foreign Affairs Minister
George Yeo
George Yeo Yong-Boon ( zh, s=杨荣文, p=Yáng Róngwén; born 13 September 1954) is a Singaporean former politician and brigadier-general who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs between 2004 and 2011.
Yeo served in the Singapore Army an ...
, which contested the same GRC again. Their team lost the elections to the
Workers' Party (WP) team led by
Low Thia Khiang. It was the first time a
group representation constituency has been lost to an opposition party since the GRC system was introduced in 1988.
Of the 143,148 registered voters in Aljunied GRC, 72,165(54.7%) voted for the WP while 59,732(45.3%) chose the PAP.
Phua retired from politics after her electoral loss. She joined real estate consultancy Knight Frank Singapore in 2013 as its executive director of retail services.
Phua was appointed as a director of Viking Offshore And Marine in 2015.
References
External links
Singapore Parliament CVs of MPsPAP supporters try to clarify incident involving Cynthia PhuaTOC breaking news: Aljunied GRC Facebook site alleges defamation?
1958 births
Living people
Singaporean people of Teochew descent
Members of the Parliament of Singapore
People's Action Party politicians
National University of Singapore alumni
Catholic Junior College alumni
Singaporean women in politics
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