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Dr NG Eng Hen

Dr NG Eng Hen
Minister for Education and
Second Minister for Defence

     
Born: Singapore, Dec 10 1958
 
Education: 1964 - 1974 Anglo-Chinese School
  1975 - 1976 National Junior College
  1977 - 1987 National University of Singapore
  • (1982) M.B.B.S. with distinctions in Social Medicine and Public Health
  • (1987) Master in Medicine (Surgery)
Professional Training and Memberships: 1986 Fellow Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
  1989 New York Hospital - Cornell University Medical Centre Research Fellow, Laboratory of Surgical Metabolism
  1990 University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre Clinical Fellow, Surgical Oncology (First Prize Winner - Clinical Research)
  1990 Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
  1992 American Society of Surgical Oncology
  1998 Founder Member, Breast Cancer Foundation, Singapore
  1999 American Society of Clinical Oncology
 
Work and Appointments: 1992 - 1997
Consultant Surgeon, Singapore General Hospital
  1997 - 2001 Private Practice, Mount Elizabeth Hospital
  Nov 2001 Member of Parliament, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
  2002 Minister of State, Education and Manpower
  2003 Acting Minister for Manpower & Minister of State for Education
  2004 Minister for Manpower & Second Minister for Education
  July 2005 Minister for Manpower & Second Minister for Defence
May 2006     Re-elected Member of Parliament, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
May 2006


Apr 2007

Apr 2008
Re-appointed Minister for Manpower & Second Minister for Defence

Deputy Leader of the House

Minister for Education and Second Minister
for Defence
 
Political Activities: 2002 - 2006
  • Member, Remaking Singapore Committee
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on Enhancing Human Capital, Economic Review Committee
  • Chairman, University Restructuring Committee MOE
  • Chairman, Jobs Task Force, MOM
  • Chairman, Inter-Ministerial Committee on Low Wage Workers
  2003 - 2006
  • Organizing Secretary (Special Duties)
  • Secretary, Refreshing PAP Committee
  • SARS Ministerial Committee and Combat Unit
  • Member, Central Executive Committee, PAP (2005)
Family: 1982                               Married Ivy Lim Swee Lian (MBBS,M Med
                                        (Paed), FRCP (Edin) - pediatrician and
                                        geneticist 

         2 sons, 2 daughters
  • Jonathan Ng Yuan En (1984)
  • Jill Ng Hui Wen (1988)
  • Joel Ng Yuan Ming (1990)
  • Jeanne Ng Li Wen (1994)
Recreation: Jogging, golf, reading.


April 2008

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