Irene Ng (politician)

Ng Phek Hoong Irene (Chinese: 伍碧虹; pinyin: Wǔ Bìhóng; born 24 December 1963) is a Singaporean Member of Parliament who has represented Tampines GRC since 2001. She is a Writer-in-Residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS).

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 the PAP won with 73.34% and 68.51% of the votes respectively.

Ng is currently writing the second volume of the biography on Mr S. Rajaratnam, a founding leader of modern Singapore who was its first Foreign Minister. The first volume, The Singapore Lion: A Biography of S. Rajaratnam, was published in early 2010. It recently won the Excellence Award for the ‘Best Book/Best Writer’ on Asian socio-economic or media scene’ at the prestigious Asian Publishing Awards 2010.

She is in the Government Parliamentary Committees of Education, as well as of Information and the Arts.

Before joining politics in 2001, Ng was the Senior Political Correspondent of The Straits Times. She 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.

Ng has Master of Science in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In June 2006, Ng was awarded an Honorary Professorial Fellowship at the Edinburgh University. She is currently the Southeast Asian representative in the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Steering Committee.

A long-time advocate of the arts, Ng sits on the Board of Directors of The Esplanade, Singapore. She is the Patron of the Singapore Amateur Cycling Association. A member of both the Advisory Board and Council of National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA), she also plays a key role in engaging women and youth.

Ng is happily married to Graham Berry.

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