Rachel Ong

The Honourable
Rachel Ong
王心妍
Ong in 2024
Member of Parliament
for West Coast GRC
(Telok Blangah)
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Preceded byLim Hng Kiang (PAP)
Majority4,662 (3.36%)
Personal details
Born1972[1]
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma materINSEAD
Tsinghua University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • businesswoman
In this Chinese name, the family name is Ong.

Rachel Ong Sin Yen (Chinese: 王心妍; pinyin: Wáng Xīnyán; born 1972)[1] is a Singaporean politician and businesswoman. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Telok Blangah division of West Coast GRC since 2020.[1]

Education

Ong holds a Master of Business Administration degree from INSEAD and Tsinghua University.[2][3]

Career

Ong is the founder of ROHEI, a learning and consulting partner operating in Singapore.[2][4] She is also patron of Trybe, a registered charity aimed at helping youths.[2][4][3]

In 2021, Ong began to chair The Purple Parade, Singapore's largest movement to support inclusion and celebrate abilities of Persons with Disabilities.[5]

Political career

Ong made her political debut in the 2020 general election when she joined a five-member People's Action Party (PAP) team contesting in West Coast GRC.[6] On 10 July 2020, the PAP team in West Coast GRC won with 51.68% of the vote against the Progress Singapore Party,[7] so Ong became a Member of Parliament representing the Telok Blangah ward of West Coast GRC.[1]

Ong serves in the Government Parliamentary Committees for Defence, Foreign Affairs and Manpower.[8] She is also a member of the Estimates Committee in Parliament,[9] an adviser to the Telok Blangah grassroots organisations, and vice chairperson of the West Coast Town Council.[10] She is also the co-Chairperson of the PAP Mental Health Group launched in Oct 2024. [11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "MP | Parliament of Singapore".
  2. ^ a b c "Singapore GE2020: Profiles of PAP's new candidates". 25 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b https://www.parliament.gov.sg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/rachel-ong-cv-sep-2020.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ a b "GE 2020: PAP introduces 4 more new candidates, including first female general". 26 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Rachel Ong Sin Yen Profile".
  6. ^ "West Coast GRC To Be Contested By PAP's S. Iswaran & Desmond Lee, To Face PSP A-Team". 30 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Singapore GE: PAP narrowly wins West Coast GRC with 51.69pc of the vote". 11 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Government Parliamentary Committees". People's Action Party. 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Estimates Committee". Parliament of Singapore. 23 Sep 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Our Members of Parliament". West Coast Town Council. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Youth mental health: PAP group wants age of consent for services to be lowered to 18". The Straits Times.
Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by Member of Parliament for West Coast GRC (Telok Blangah)
2020 – present 		Incumbent