Denise Phua
| Denise Phua Lay Peng | |
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| Mayor of Central Singapore District | |
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Assumed office 27 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Sam Tan |
| Member of Parliament | |
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Assumed office 7 May 2011 |
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| President | Tony Tan |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Constituency | Moulmein-Kallang GRC |
| Member of Parliament of Jalan Besar GRC | |
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In office 6 May 2006 – 18 April 2011 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 December 1959 Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore, Golden Gate University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Christianity |
Denise Phua Lay Peng (Chinese: 潘丽萍; pinyin: Pān Lìpíng, born 9 December 1959) is a Singaporean politician and disability rights activist. After a successful corporate career spanning two decades, she became the president of the Autism Resource Centre (Singapore) and co-founded Pathlight School. She is currently a member of parliament (MP) representing the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) in Moulmein-Kallang GRC. She was previously a MP representing Jalan Besar GRC from 6 May 2006 to 18 April 2011. As a MP, she has focused on developing programmes for the disabled and special needs communities in Singapore.
Phua studied at Balestier Girls' Primary School,Raffles Girls' School and Hwa Chong Junior College. She graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Golden Gate University. In a career spanning two decades, she held management positions at Hewlett-Packard and the Wuthelam Group. She then founded a regional leadership training firm, the Centre of Effective Leadership.
Her son was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. As Phua consulted professionals and did research on how to help him, she thought about how she could help other autistic children. She subsequently founded WeCAN, a charity which helps caregivers of autistic people and offers early intervention programmes for autistic preschoolers.
In 2005, Phua left the corporate world to be a full-time special needs volunteer. She and her partners sold the Centre of Effective Leadership to Right Management, a Manpower Inc. subsidiary. Phua then became president of the Autism Resource Centre. She often wrote to newspapers and government agencies on issues affecting the special needs community.
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