Rachel Ong Sin Yen (; born 1972)
is a Singaporean politician and businesswoman. A member of the governing
People's Action Party
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(PAP), she has been the
Member of Parliament
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(MP) representing the
Telok Blangah
Telok Blangah (, ta, தெலுக் பிளாங்கா) is a subzone region and housing estate located in the area behind Keppel Harbour in Bukit Merah, Singapore. ''Teluk Blanga'' is the district between Pasir Panjang and Tanjong Paga ...
division of
West Coast GRC
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since 2020.
Education
Ong holds a
Master of Business Administration
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degree from
INSEAD
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and
Tsinghua University
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.
Career
Ong is the chief executive of ROHEI, a learning and consulting partner operating in Singapore and
Shanghai
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.
She is also the founder and chairperson of Trybe, a registered charity aimed at helping youths.
[https://www.parliament.gov.sg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/rachel-ong-cv-sep-2020.pdf ]
Political career
Ong made her political debut in the
2020 general election when she joined a five-member
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) team contesting in
West Coast GRC
The West Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the western area of Singapore. The five divisions consists: Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh, West Coast, Boon Lay, Nanyang and Telok Blangah ...
. On 10 July 2020, the PAP team in West Coast GRC won with 51.68% of the vote against the
Progress Singapore Party
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, so Ong became a Member of Parliament representing the
Telok Blangah
Telok Blangah (, ta, தெலுக் பிளாங்கா) is a subzone region and housing estate located in the area behind Keppel Harbour in Bukit Merah, Singapore. ''Teluk Blanga'' is the district between Pasir Panjang and Tanjong Paga ...
ward of West Coast GRC.
Ong serves in the
Government Parliamentary Committees for
Defence
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,
Foreign Affairs
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and
Manpower
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. She is also a member of the Estimates Committee in Parliament, an adviser to the Telok Blangah grassroots organisations, and vice chairperson of the West Coast Town Council.
References
External links
Rachel Ongon
Parliament of Singapore
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Rachel Ongon
Instagram
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1973 births
Living people
21st-century Singaporean politicians
Singaporean people of Chinese descent
Tsinghua University alumni
People's Action Party politicians
Singaporean women in politics
Members of the Parliament of Singapore