Yee Jenn Jong (; born 24 March 1965) is a Singaporean politician and a member of the Workers' Party. He is a

Non-constituency Member of Parliament A Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) is a member of an opposition political party in Singapore who, according to the Constitution and Parliamentary Elections Act, is declared to have been elected a Member of Parliament (MP) without c ...

(NCMP) of the

12th Parliament of Singapore The 12th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. The first session commenced on 10 October 2011 and was prorogued on 25 August 2015. The membership was set by the 2011 Singapore General Election on 7 May 2011 and ch ...

from 2011 to 2015.

Personal life

Yee is also a self-styled education entrepreneur and consultant, as well as the founder of ''The Learning Grid'' and ''360 Education''. He is also the author of the book, "Journey in Blue - A Peek into the Workers' Party of Singapore", published in 2020 by World Scientific.

Political career

Yee first stepped into politics in

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...

contesting in the Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency against Charles Chong from the

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). Although he lost marginally with 48.99% of the votes, he finished as the second best loser in an election was appointed to an NCMP position in the

. It was confirmed by Workers' Party on 13 May 2011 that Yee would be taking up the NCMP position. With Yee taking up the NCMP position together with

Gerald Giam Gerald Giam Yean Song ( zh, s=严燕松, p=Yán Yànsōng; born 1977) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the opposition Workers' Party (WP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bedok Reservoir– Punggol division of ...

, Workers' Party set a new record in the Singapore's post-independence political arena becoming the first non-ruling party to have 8 (6 MP + 2 NCMP) seats in parliament. Yee contested in a five-member Worker's Party team for

Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency The Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the central, eastern and north-eastern areas of Singapore. The constituency consists of a section of Bedok, Chai Chee, Geyl ...

in the 2015 general election. The team gained 35.93% of the votes losing to the

team. Yee contested in a five-member Worker's Party team for

in the 2020 general election. The team gained 42.26% of the votes losing to the

team.

Education

* PSLE, St Stephen's School * GCE O-Levels, St Patrick's School * GCE A-Levels,

Temasek Junior College Temasek Junior College (TJC) is a government-run junior college located in Bedok South, Singapore. It offers a six-year Integrated Programme alongside a two-year Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level curriculum. History Temasek Junior Coll ...

* Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (Hons),

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in th ...

* Master of Science in Computer Science,

* Master of Business Administration,

Nanyang Technological University The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a national research university in Singapore. It is the second oldest autonomous university in the country and is considered as one of the most prestigious universities in the world by various in ...

References

External links

''The Workers' Party of Singapore - Candidate Yee Jenn Jong''
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