Ong Teng Koon | |
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王鼎昆 | |
| Member of theSingapore Parliament forMarsiling–Yew Tee GRC | |
| In office 11 September 2015 – 23 June 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | PAP held |
| Majority | 37,328 (37.46%) |
| Member of theSingapore Parliament forSembawang GRC | |
| In office 7 May 2011 – 25 August 2015 | |
| Preceded by | PAP held |
| Succeeded by | PAP held |
| Majority | 36,647 (27.8%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ong Teng Koon (1977-01-13)13 January 1977 (age 48) |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics Princeton University |
| Occupation |
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Ong Teng Koon[a] (born 13 January 1977)[1] is a Singaporean businessman and former politician. A member of the governingPeople's Action Party (PAP), he was theMember of Parliament (MP) for the Woodgrove division ofSembawang Group Representation Constituency (GRC) between 2011 and 2015 and the same division inMarsiling–Yew Tee GRC between 2015 and 2020.
Ong attendedAi Tong Primary School and received his secondary education fromRaffles Institution (RI) before attending the now-defunctRaffles Junior College (RJC).[1] In 2001, he graduated from theLondon School of Economics with a first-classhonours degree in economics; he then studied for a master's degree in finance fromPrinceton University in 2003.[1][2]
Ong is a businessman. He worked as acommodities trader atGoldman Sachs from 2003 to 2008 and atDeutsche Bank in 2009.[1][2] As of March 2015, he had been a commodities trader atMorgan Stanley since 2009.[1]
Ong began volunteering for the PAP in 2009.[2]
In April 2011, during the leadup to thegeneral election in the same year, Ong made his political debut as a PAP candidate for the five-memberSembawang GRC.[3] He became the MP for the Woodgrove division of the GRC after the PAP team defeated theSingapore Democratic Party (SDP) with 63.9% of the vote.[4][5]
During the2015 general election, the Woodgrove division was redistricted into the newly createdMarsiling–Yew Tee GRC; Ong was subsequently reassigned to said constituency alongside three other members of the PAP.[5] The PAP team defeated the SDP with 68.73% of the vote.[6]
On 28 June 2020, ahead of thegeneral election in the same year, Ong announced that he would retire from politics. The PAP replaced him withHany Soh.[7]
Ong is an only child; his father is Ong Ah Heng, former PAP MP for the defunctNee Soon Central Single Member Constituency (SMC).[2][3] He is married.[1]
This marked an improvement from 2020, when his PAP team defeated the SDP with 63.18 per cent of the votes, and from 2015, when the PAP won by 68.73 per cent.
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