Yaw Shin Leong

Yaw Shin Leong
饶欣龙
Yaw Shin Leong during his rally speech at Serangoon Stadium as a candidate of the Workers' Party of Singapore.
Member of Parliament for Hougang SMC
In office 7 May 2011 – 14 February 2012
Preceded by	Low Thia Khiang
Succeeded by	Png Eng Huat
Majority	6,780 (29.63%)
Personal details
Born	(1976-06-02) 2 June 1976 (age 40) Singapore
Nationality	Singapore
Political party	Workers' Party (June 2001 – February 2012)
Education	MBA (University of Western Sydney), BA (National University of Singapore)
Religion	Christian

Yaw Shin Leong (simplified Chinese: 饶欣龙; traditional Chinese: 饒欣龍; pinyin: Ráo Xīn Lóng; born 2 June 1976) was the Treasurer of The Workers' Party of Singapore, and was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Hougang after the 2011 Singapore General Elections until he was expelled by the Worker's Party in February 2012.

Yaw joined the Workers' Party in June 2001 and was elected into Central Executive Council (CEC) a year later. He remained in CEC until 7 February 2012 when he suddenly stepped down from the post of Treasurer.

In the 2006 Singapore General Election, Yaw was candidate and leader of The Workers' Party team that contested the Prime Minister's seat of Ang Mo Kio Group Representative Constituency. Made up largely of young, first-time candidates under the age of 35, the team was dubbed the "suicide squad" by the media, and the People's Action Party chairman Lim Boon Heng boldly predicted that the Prime Minister's team would win 80 to 85% of the votes, putting the "suicide squad" at risk of losing their deposits. However, Yaw's team managed to secure more than one-third of the votes against the PAP team led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Yaw became the Workers' Party candidate for Hougang Single Member Constituency during the 2011 Singapore General Election after the former MP, party leader Low Thia Khiang, opted to vacate his seat of 20 years to contest in Aljunied Group Representation Constituency with other Workers' Party candidates. Low gave Yaw his strong personal endorsement after explaining to the voters of Hougang that his decision to leave was one of the most difficult decisions in his life, saying that he needed to do so to break the PAP's monopoly on Parliament.