Liang Eng Hwa ( zh, s=连荣华, p=Lián Rónghuá; born 1964) is a Singaporean politician and banker. A member of the governing

People's Action Party The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major conservative centre-right political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the opposition Workers' Party (WP) and ...

(PAP), he has been the

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representing Bukit Panjang SMC since 2020 and previously the Zhenghua division of Holland–Bukit Timah GRC between 2006 and 2020.

Education

Liang attended Bukit Panjang English School and

Anderson Secondary School Anderson Secondary School (ANDSS) is a co-educational government autonomous school in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore offering education for Secondary 1 to Secondary 5. It became an autonomous school in 1994 and was one of the pioneer autonomous schools in ...

before graduating from

Singapore Polytechnic Singapore Polytechnic (SP) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. Established in 1954, the institution is the first and oldest polytechnic in Singapore and is ...

in 1984 with a diploma in

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

. He subsequently went on to complete a

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with first class honours degree at the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb no ...

Career

Liang was a managing director at

DBS Bank DBS Bank Limited, often known as DBS, is a Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered at the Marina Bay Financial Centre in the Marina Bay district of Singapore. The bank was previously known as The De ...

and a board member of the

Urban Redevelopment Authority The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is the national urban planning authority of Singapore, and a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Government of Singapore. Mission The authority was established on 1 April ...

from 2009 to 2018.

Political career

Liang started serving as a Member of Parliament in 2006 after he joined a

(PAP) team contesting in Holland–Bukit Timah GRC during the 2006 general election and the PAP team won by an uncontested walkover. During the 2011 general election, he joined a four-member PAP team contesting in Holland–Bukit Timah GRC again and won with 60.08% of the vote against the

Singapore Democratic Party The Singapore Democratic Party ( abbreviation: SDP) is a politcal party in Singapore. The party was founded on 6 August 1980 by Chiam See Tong. During the 1991 general election, Ling How Doong and Cheo Chai Chen won Bukit Gombak SMC and Ne ...

. Liang was declared as a Member of Parliament for his second term on 9 May 2011.http://www.elections.gov.sg/gazette%5CG_ParE2011%5C2011-05-09%20Candidates%20declared%20to%20have%20been%20elected.pdf#zoom=100 ''Singapore Elections Department – Gazette Notification on Candidates declared to have been elected Members of Parliament (for contested constituencies) – 2011'' He was also appointed chairman of the Finance, Trade & Industry Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) in the 14th Parliament.

Personal life

Liang is a

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Liang Eng Hwa
on Parliament of Singapore * {{DEFAULTSORT:Liang, Eng Hwa 1964 births Living people Singaporean people of Hokkien descent Members of the Parliament of Singapore University of Melbourne alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Singaporean Buddhists