Edwin Tong

The Honourable
Edwin Tong
SC
The Honourable Edwin Tong SC
唐振辉
	Tong in 2019
Minister for Law
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 23 May 2025

Last updated August 25, 2025

↑ "PARL | MP". www.parliament.gov.sg.
↑ "Parliament of Singapore : MP Edwin Tong Chun Fai's CV". Parliament of Singapore. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
↑ Goh, Samantha (5 January 2015). "Four lawyers join elite senior counsel scheme | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
↑ Auto, Hermes (23 April 2021). "Singapore's Cabinet reshuffle: Edwin Tong takes over as People's Association deputy chairman | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
↑ anthony_chia (14 May 2024). "PMO | Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (May 2024)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
1 2 3 4 5 "PMO | Mr Edwin TONG". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 16 March 2021.
↑ Au-Yong, Rachel (24 April 2018). "Cabinet reshuffle: New Senior Minister of State Edwin Tong makes up power quartet from same Raffles JC batch". The Straits Times.
↑ "Members of the Sentencing Advisory Panel - Edwin Tong". Sentencing Advisory Panel.
↑ "Mr Edwin Tong Chun Fai". Parliament of Singapore. Government of Singapore. 6 February 2012. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
↑ "Accused in CHC case hire elite lawyers". Asiaone News Portal. 25 July 2012. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
↑ "AGC has written to man who posted 'fake news' about lawyer who defended City Harvest Church leaders". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
↑ "Moulmein-Kallang GRC MP Edwin Tong attends Marine Parade national day celebration". The Straits Times. 2 August 2015. ISSN 0585-3923 . Retrieved 14 July 2025.
↑ "GE2015: PAP unveils its slate for Marine Parade GRC". The Straits Times. 26 August 2015. ISSN 0585-3923 . Retrieved 14 July 2025.
↑ "GE2015: PAP wins Marine Parade GRC with 64.1 per cent of votes". The Straits Times. 12 September 2015. ISSN 0585-3923 . Retrieved 14 July 2025.
↑ "Thanks to ESM Goh, our respect for Minister Edwin Tong went up several notches". sg.news.yahoo.com. 9 August 2018.
↑ "Mixed results since Blair's 'dangerous' Freedom of Information Act launched". the Guardian. 20 September 2011.
↑ "Select Committee hearings slammed for misquoting attendees, being hardly consultative". mothership.sg.
↑ "GE2025: PAP wins 58.76% of votes against WP in East Coast, takes Mountbatten with 63.84%". The Straits Times. 4 May 2025. ISSN 0585-3923 . Retrieved 14 July 2025.
↑ "K Shanmugam to be Coordinating Minister for National Security, Edwin Tong taking over Ministry of Law". mothership.sg. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
↑ "S'pore 'proactively' courted Taylor Swift even before international tour dates announced: Edwin Tong".
↑ "Edwin Tong led multi-agency team to US to help bring Taylor Swift to S'pore for 6 concerts". The Straits Times. March 2024.
↑ Mao, Frances (1 March 2024). "Bad blood over Singapore Taylor Swift tour subsidies". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
↑ Tan, Fiona (1 March 2024). "'Sour grapes': Bilahari Kausikan applauds STB's 'Swift' deal, says S'pore can't hold back if neighbours 'slow'". Mothership. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
↑ "Govt subsidies for Taylor Swift's exclusive Singapore deal 'nowhere as high' as speculated: Edwin Tong".
↑ "Thai PM claims S'pore paid Taylor Swift up to S$4M/Show for exclusivity in Southeast Asia". 18 February 2024.
↑ "PAP Marine Parade GRC candidate Edwin Tong tells us about being Kong Hee's lawyer, being uprooted & more". mothership.sg.

Notes

↑ Chinese :唐振辉; pinyin :Táng Zhènhuī; Jyutping :Tong⁴ Zan³ Fai¹. In this Chinese name, the family name is Tong. In accordance with custom, the Western-style name is Edwin Charles Tong and the Chinese-style name is Tong Chun Fai.

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Edwin Tong on Parliament of Singapore

Political offices
Preceded by Grace Fu	Minister for Community, Culture and Youth 27 July 2020 – present	Incumbent
Parliament of Singapore
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Moulmein–Kallang GRC 2011 – 2015 Served alongside: Denise Phua, Yaacob Ibrahim, Lui Tuck Yew	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Seah Kian Peng Fatimah Lateef Tan Chuan-Jin Tin Pei Ling Goh Chok Tong	Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC 2015 – 2025 Served alongside: (2015 - 2020): Seah Kian Peng, Fatimah Lateef, Tan Chuan-Jin, Goh Chok Tong (2020 - 2025): Seah Kian Peng, Fahmi Aliman, Tan Chuan-Jin, Tan See Leng	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Heng Swee Keat Jessica Tan Cheryl Chan Tan Kiat How Maliki Osman	Member of Parliament for East Coast GRC 2025 – present Served alongside: (2025 – present): Jessica Tan, Dinesh Vasu Dash, Hazlina Abdul Halim, Tan Kiat How	Incumbent

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[Parliament_Profile-2] "PARL | MP". www.parliament.gov.sg.

[CV-3] "Parliament of Singapore : MP Edwin Tong Chun Fai's CV". Parliament of Singapore. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

[4] Goh, Samantha (5 January 2015). "Four lawyers join elite senior counsel scheme | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 9 February 2025.

[5] Auto, Hermes (23 April 2021). "Singapore's Cabinet reshuffle: Edwin Tong takes over as People's Association deputy chairman | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

[6] thony_chia (14 May 2024). "PMO | Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (May 2024)". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. Retrieved 19 May 2024.

[auto-7] 1 2 3 4 5 "PMO | Mr Edwin TONG". Prime Minister's Office Singapore. 16 March 2021.

[8] Au-Yong, Rachel (24 April 2018). "Cabinet reshuffle: New Senior Minister of State Edwin Tong makes up power quartet from same Raffles JC batch". The Straits Times.

[9] "Members of the Sentencing Advisory Panel - Edwin Tong". Sentencing Advisory Panel.

[10] "Mr Edwin Tong Chun Fai". Parliament of Singapore. Government of Singapore. 6 February 2012. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.

[11] "Accused in CHC case hire elite lawyers". Asiaone News Portal. 25 July 2012. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

[12] "AGC has written to man who posted 'fake news' about lawyer who defended City Harvest Church leaders". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

[13] "Moulmein-Kallang GRC MP Edwin Tong attends Marine Parade national day celebration". The Straits Times. 2 August 2015. ISSN 0585-3923 . Retrieved 14 July 2025.

[14] "GE2015: PAP unveils its slate for Marine Parade GRC". The Straits Times. 26 August 2015. ISSN 0585-3923 . Retrieved 14 July 2025.

[15] "GE2015: PAP wins Marine Parade GRC with 64.1 per cent of votes". The Straits Times. 12 September 2015. ISSN 0585-3923 . Retrieved 14 July 2025.

[16] "Thanks to ESM Goh, our respect for Minister Edwin Tong went up several notches". sg.news.yahoo.com. 9 August 2018.

[17] "Mixed results since Blair's 'dangerous' Freedom of Information Act launched". the Guardian. 20 September 2011.

[18] "Select Committee hearings slammed for misquoting attendees, being hardly consultative". mothership.sg.

[19] "GE2025: PAP wins 58.76% of votes against WP in East Coast, takes Mountbatten with 63.84%". The Straits Times. 4 May 2025. ISSN 0585-3923 . Retrieved 14 July 2025.

[20] "K Shanmugam to be Coordinating Minister for National Security, Edwin Tong taking over Ministry of Law". mothership.sg. Retrieved 14 July 2025.

[21] "S'pore 'proactively' courted Taylor Swift even before international tour dates announced: Edwin Tong".

[22] "Edwin Tong led multi-agency team to US to help bring Taylor Swift to S'pore for 6 concerts". The Straits Times. March 2024.

[BBCTS-23] Mao, Frances (1 March 2024). "Bad blood over Singapore Taylor Swift tour subsidies". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

[24] Tan, Fiona (1 March 2024). "'Sour grapes': Bilahari Kausikan applauds STB's 'Swift' deal, says S'pore can't hold back if neighbours 'slow'". Mothership. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

[25] "Govt subsidies for Taylor Swift's exclusive Singapore deal 'nowhere as high' as speculated: Edwin Tong".

[26] "Thai PM claims S'pore paid Taylor Swift up to S$4M/Show for exclusivity in Southeast Asia". 18 February 2024.

[27] "PAP Marine Parade GRC candidate Edwin Tong tells us about being Kong Hee's lawyer, being uprooted & more". mothership.sg.

[1] Chinese :唐振辉; pinyin :Táng Zhènhuī; Jyutping :Tong⁴ Zan³ Fai¹. In this Chinese name, the family name is Tong. In accordance with custom, the Western-style name is Edwin Charles Tong and the Chinese-style name is Tong Chun Fai.