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ST FILE PHOTOS ST GRAPHICS New faces in the House Singapore’s 13th Parliament will see 19 first-term elected MPs and two Non-Constituency MPs sworn in alongside their senior colleagues this afternoon. Here’s a snapshot of who they are. OFFICE HOLDERS NON-CONSTITUENCY MPS BACKBENCH MPS Ng Chee Meng, 47 Pasir-Ris Punggol GRC The former Chief of Defence Force is one of two newcomers to be made acting minister Acting Minister for Education (Schools) and Senior Minister of State for Transport Ong Ye Kung, 46 Sembawang GRC The former director of group strategy at Keppel Corporation was in the PAP slate that contested Aljunied GRC in 2011 Acting Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) and Senior Minister of State for Defence Chee Hong Tat, 42 Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC The former second permanent secretary for Trade and Industry was previously principal private secretary to Mr Lee Kuan Yew Minister of State for Communications and Information, and Health Koh Poh Koon, 43 Ang Mo Kio GRC The former colorectal surgeon was fielded for the first time in the Punggol East by-election in 2013 Minister of State for National Development, and Trade and Industry Amrin Amin, 37 Sembawang GRC The former corporate lawyer at Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP has been a grassroots volunteer for over 10 years Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs Cheng Li Hui, 39 Tampines GRC Deputy chief executive and executive director of engineering firm Hai Leck Holdings Cheryl Chan, 39 Fengshan SMC Head of secondary industries at gas and engineering firm The Linde Group Chong Kee Hiong, 49 Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC Chief executive of OUE Hospitality Reit Management Darryl David, 45 Ang Mo Kio GRC Deputy director of academic, planning, and development at Temasek Polytechnic’s School Of Design Desmond Choo, 37 Tampines GRC Director at NTUC’s youth development wing. Contested twice in Hougang SMC Henry Kwek, 39 Nee Soon GRC Executive director of investment, consulting and trading company Foodtraco Group Melvin Yong, 43 Tanjong Pagar GRC Director of industrial relations fieldwork at NTUC Joan Pereira, 48 Tanjong Pagar GRC Assistant general manager at Temasek Cares, charity arm of Temasek Holdings Louis Ng, 37 Nee Soon GRC Founder and chief executive of Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) Rahayu Mahzam, 35 Jurong GRC Partner at law firm Heng, Leong & Srinivasan Saktiandi Supaat, 42 Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC Head of Maybank’s forex research team in global markets Sun Xueling, 36 Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Chief executive of Business China Tan Wu Meng, 40 Jurong GRC Oncologist at Parkway Cancer Centre Yee Chia Hsing, 44 Chua Chu Kang GRC Head of catalist at CIMB Bank Dennis Tan, 45 Shipping lawyer and vice-chair of the Workers’ Party’s media team Leon Perera, 45 Chief executive of an international business research and consulting agency
