Ng Pock Too (Chinese: 吴博韬; pinyin: Wú Bótāo) is a former Singaporean politician. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Nee Soon Central from 1988 to 1991.
Career edit
Ng began his career at Singapore's Economic Development Board (EDB) in 1968.[1] He served as deputy director of board from 1980 to 1982.
Ng joined Singapore's Trade Development Board in 1982, and became its chief executive officer in January 1984.
In May 1984, Ng was appointed the political secretary to Singapore's prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew. He served in this role until Lee stood down as prime minister in November 1990.
Ng also served as executive secretary of the Singapore Port Workers' Union from 1986 to 1990, deputy secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) from 1987 to 1990, president of the Sembawang Group from 1990 to 1994, and chairman of the board of directors of NTUC Income from 1990 to 2005.[2]
Political career edit
Ng first stood for Parliament at the 1984 general election in the constituency of Anson, where he was defeated by the incumbent MP, the leader of the Workers' Party, J.B. Jeyaretnam, by 7,533 votes (43.2%) to 9,909 (56.8%).[3]
At the 1988 general election, Ng was elected as the MP for Nee Soon Central. He won 13,396 votes (57.6%), defeating the candidate of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), Cheo Chai Chen, who earned 8,944 votes (38.5%), and Giam Lai Cheng of the United People's Front (UPF), who garnered 914 votes (3.9%).[4]
During his term in Parliament, Ng served as the chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Defence and Foreign Affairs.
At the 1991 general election, Ng was defeated in Nee Soon Central in a surprise result by the SDP's Cheo Chai Chen (who he had previously defeated at the 1988 general election). In a very close result, Cheo won with 12,709 votes (50.3%) to Ng's 12,541 (49.7%).[5]
Education edit
Ng attended the University of New Brunswick in Canada as a Colombo Plan Scholar, where he earned a degree in mechanical engineering in 1968. In 1976, he completed the Programme for Management Development at the Harvard Business School.
References edit
- ^ Ng Pock Too appointed President, Sundstrand Asia Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, thefreelibrary.com, retrieved 22 January 2012
- ^ "Portrait of Mr. Ng Pock Too, former Executive Secretary of the Singapore PortWorkers' Union". Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ Parliamentary General Election 1984 – Anson Archived 2012-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, singapore-elections.com, retrieved 22 January 2012
- ^ Parliamentary General Election 1988 – Nee Soon Central Archived 2011-09-03 at the Wayback Machine, singapore-elections.com, retrieved 22 January 2012
- ^ Parliamentary General Election 1991 – Nee Soon Central Archived 2012-01-02 at the Wayback Machine, singapore-elections.com, retrieved 22 January 2012