Irene Ng Phek Hoong
| Irene Ng Phek Hoong | |
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| 伍碧虹 | |
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In office 25 October 2001 – 11 September 2015 |
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| Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC (Tampines Changkat) |
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| Preceded by | Aline Wong |
| Succeeded by | Desmond Choo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 December 1963 Penang, Malaysia |
| Nationality | Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Spouse(s) | Graham Berry |
Irene Ng Phek Hoong (Chinese: 伍碧虹; pinyin: Wǔ Bì Hóng; born 24 December 1963) is a former Malaysian-born Singaporean politician who represented Tampines GRC from 2001 to 2015. She is also a Writer-in-Residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS).
From 1969–1979, Ng studied at Primary Convent Primary and Convent Secondary in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. She attended Nanyang Junior College, Singapore for two years and then did her Bachelor of Arts & Social Science at the National University of Singapore, obtaining her degree in 1986.
She obtained her M.Sc in International Relations at the London School of Economics & Political Science in 1998.
Before joining politics in 2001, Ng was the Senior Political Correspondent of The Straits Times. Irene has won several journalism and writing awards. After joining politics, she worked as Director of Programmes and Senior Research Fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, and later, as a Director at National Trades Union Congress.
In the 2001 and 2006 general elections, Ng's party, the People's Action Party, were up against the Singapore Democratic Alliance over Tampines GRC. On both occasions, her team won with 73.34% and 68.51% of the votes respectively. At the 2011 general election, she was re-elected with 57.22% of the votes against the National Solidarity Party.
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