Tin Pei Ling
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The Honourable Tin Pei Ling MP |
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| 陈佩玲 | |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for MacPherson SMC |
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Assumed office 11 September 2015 |
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| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Marine Parade GRC |
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In office 7 May 2011 – 24 August 2015 |
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23 December 1983 Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ng How Yue |
| Children | Ng Kee Hau |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Buddhism |
Tin Pei Ling (simplified Chinese: 陈佩玲; traditional Chinese: 陳佩玲; pinyin: Chén Pèilíng; born 23 December 1983) is a Singaporean People's Action Party (PAP) Member of Parliament (MP) in the MacPherson Single Member Constituency.
Besides being the youngest MP in Parliament, Tin was also the PAP's youngest candidate in the Singapore general election, 2011. She is currently serving as the Chairperson of the Ulu Pandan Youth Executive Committee for the Young PAP (YPAP), the PAP's youth wing, and a member of the Community Development Welfare Fund Committee.
Tin is married to Ng How Yue, Second Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry and formerly a Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Tin Pei Ling has a baby that was born on 5 August 2015, and was named Ng Kee Hau.
Tin attended Crescent Girls' School and Hwa Chong Junior College during her adolescent years. She attended the National University of Singapore to major in psychology.
Prior to the formation of the 17th Young PAP Executive Committee marked by the 2011 elections, Tin was formerly assistant treasurer for Young PAP and a representative for the Ulu Pandan branch.
In the 2011 general election, Tin was selected as a candidate for the Marine Parade GRC alongside former prime minister Goh Chok Tong among others. Having been a member of the Ulu Pandan branch of the Young PAP for 7 years, she was fielded by the PAP as a candidate to attract the "unpredictable" youth vote through social networking sites. On election day, the PAP took Marine Parade GRC with 56.65% of the votes, defeating National Solidarity Party's team led by Cheo Chai Chen Goh Chok Tong admitted after the election that Tin's youth and negative image perceived by the public was a "factor" for the People's Action Party's weaker performance this election compared to their 72.9% win in 1992. On 1 June 2011, Tin announced on her Facebook account that she had resigned from her Senior Associate position in Ernst & Young, where she had worked for four years. She said the decision was made in order to focus on her responsibilities as full-time MP in her MacPherson ward and the Marine Parade GRC.
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