Minister of State for Communications and Information
In office 2 January 1985 – 17 February 1986
Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew
Minister
Yeo Ning Hong
Minister of State for Education
In office 1 April 1981 – 12 September 1988
Prime Minister
Lee Kuan Yew
Minister
Tony Tan
Member of the Singapore Parliament for Eunos GRC (Tampines North)
In office 3 September 1988 – 5 August 1993
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Member of the Singapore Parliament for River Valley SMC
In office 23 December 1980 – 2 September 1988
Preceded by
Tan Eng Liang (PAP)
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Tay Eng Soon
(1940-01-20)20 January 1940 Singapore, Straits Settlements
Died
5 August 1993(1993-08-05) (aged 53) Singapore
Political party
People's Action Party
Education
Anglo-Chinese School
Alma mater
University of Bristol (BS) University College London (PhD) University of Singapore
In this Chinese name, the family name is Tay.
Tay Eng Soon (Chinese: 鄭永順; pinyin: Zhèng Yǒngshùn; 20 January 1940 – 5 August 1993) was a Singaporean academic and politician who served as Senior Minister of State for Education from 1988 until his death in 1993.
TayEngSoon (Chinese: 鄭永順; pinyin: Zhèng Yǒngshùn; 20 January 1940 – 5 August 1993) was a Singaporean academic and politician who served as Senior Minister...
Zulkifli bin Mohammed in 1988 and Sidek bin Saniff in 1991. One of the MPs, TayEngSoon died of a heart failure in 1993. No by-election was called to fill in...
August 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2024. Ng, Wei Joo (6 August 1993). "Dr TayEngSoon dies of acute heart failure". The Straits Times. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February...
alleged dubious financial circumstances; in response Minister of State TayEngSoon went to lead their PAP team for Eunos. Despite losing by a narrow margin...
days, the killer, 21-year-old TayEng Whatt (郑永发 Zhèng Yǒngfā), was arrested and charged with murder. On 23 July 1976, Tay was found guilty and sentenced...
in Tay attacking Tan. Word of the attack spread to Tan's sons Tan Eng Poh, Tan Eng Geok, Tan Eng Chye (or Tan Eng Chai), their brother-in-law Ng Eng Guan...
In 1908, he began a church in Seletar with land provided by Teo Eng Hock. In 1906, Tay joined the Tongmenghui in Singapore and was more active in revolutionary...
Wong Hong Toy 8,590 46.22 River Valley 13,481 People's Action Party TayEngSoon Uncontested Rochore 14,164 People's Action Party Toh Chin Chye Uncontested...
Education TayEngSoon 2 January 1985 13 September 1988 Health Yeo Cheow Tong 9 February 1985 31 December 1986 Communications and Information TayEngSoon 2 January...
engineers who had excelled in their university studies that was headed by TayEngSoon, then a university lecturer. The group worked on Project Magpie, a secret...
and the Singapore Democratic Party retained Potong Pasir SMC and won Nee Soon Central SMC and Bukit Gombak SMC. This marked the largest representation...
Heiss, American figure skater Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician TayEngSoon, Singaporean politician (d. 1993) January 21 – Jack Nicklaus, American...
Payoh GRCs were vacated after the death of Member of Parliament (MP), Dr TayEngSoon and inauguration of former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong as Singapore's...
On 18 October 1976, two armed robbers, Tay Cher Kiang (郑芝强 Zhèng Zhīqiáng) and Chang Bock Eng (庄木荣 Zhuāng Mùróng), held several people hostage at a paint...
Teo Eng Hock (Chinese: 张永福; 1872 - 5 April 1959) was a rubber tycoon and the founder of the Singaporean branch of the Tongmenghui and later the Kuomintang...
Wong Hong Toy 6,356 35.93 River Valley 14,950 People's Action Party TayEngSoon Unopposed Rochore 14,705 People's Action Party Toh Chin Chye Unopposed...
Development Lee Boon Yang 13 September 1988 27 November 1990 Education TayEngSoon 13 September 1988 27 November 1990 Home Affairs Lee Boon Yang 13 September...
GRC. The PAP team contesting the election included Chew Heng Ching and TayEngSoon. The election in Eunos GRC was the closest in the 1988 General Election...
June that year. On 24 March 1990, the school was officially opened by TayEngSoon, Senior Minister of State for Education, and Member of Parliament for...
3 June – Yeoh Ghim Seng, Speaker of Parliament (b. 1918). 5 August – TayEngSoon, Senior Minister of State (Education) (b. 1940). 1 December – John Chia...
Debates, Official Report (22 February 1990), vol. 54, col. 1073. Dr. TayEngSoon (Eunos GRC), speech during the Second Reading of the Maintenance of Religious...
Radin Mas Mohamed Kassim Abdul Jabbar People's Action Party River Valley TayEngSoon People's Action Party Rochore Toh Chin Chye People's Action Party Sembawang...
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