Kenneth Tiong

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The Honourable
Kenneth Tiong
张文杰
Member of Parliament
for Aljunied GRC
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 May 2025

Kenneth Tiong Boon Kiat [a] (born 1989) [1] is a Singaporean politician and businessman. A member of the opposition Workers' Party (WP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Serangoon division of Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2025.

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Education

Tiong attended Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College. In 2014, he graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics-Computer Science and Philosophy. [2] [1]

Career

Tiong worked at McKinsey & Company from 2014 to 2016 as a business analyst, and at Millennium Management from 2016 to 2018 as a quantitative analyst. He later became head quant developer and portfolio manager at Brahman Capital and worked there until 2022. [2]

In 2022, Tiong co-founded a technology startup and served as its chief technology officer until 2023. Since 2023, he has been the director of Sensemake.ai, a news intelligence platform. [2]

Political career

Tiong first volunteered with the WP in 2023, contributing to its policy team and assisting party activities in East Coast GRC and Aljunied GRC. He joined the party in late 2023. In May 2024, he became the legislative assistant of Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh, and, in January 2025, the party's coordinator for activities in the Serangoon division of Aljunied GRC. [1] [3] In April 2025, he was spotted at an Aljunied GRC event, causing speculation that he would run in the 2025 general election. [4]

On Nomination Day, 23 April, Tiong was officially announced as a WP candidate for Aljunied GRC. [5] He was assigned to the Serangoon division after the WP defeated the governing People's Action Party (PAP) with 59.71% of the vote. [6] [7] [8]

Central Executive Committee

In June 2025, Tiong was co-opted to the WP's Central Executive Committee (CEC) as the party's deputy treasurer. [9]

Personal life

Tiong is married with two children. [2] He enjoys food and previously maintained a blog on it. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Chinese :张文杰; Pe̍h-ōe-jī :Tiong Bûn-kia̍t

References

  1. 1 2 3 Oh, Tessa (17 April 2025). "Singapore election 2025: 'Don't fly back to the same old answers' – Workers' Party newcomer Kenneth Tiong wants to offer fresh ideas" . The Business Times . Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Mr Kenneth Tiong" (PDF). Parliament of Singapore . Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Kenneth Tiong". www.wp.sg. Archived from the original on 5 May 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "GE2025: WP new face Kenneth Tiong spotted at Aljunied community event". The Straits Times. 12 April 2025. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "GE2025: WP team in Aljunied GRC to be led again by party chief Pritam Singh". CNA. Archived from the original on 22 July 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "GE2025: WP retains strongholds in Aljunied and Hougang despite national swing to PAP". The Straits Times. 4 May 2025. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "ELD | 2025 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "'You just have to be yourself': WP's Kenneth Tiong on replacing Leon Perera in Aljunied GRC". mothership.sg. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "WP co-opts 4 rookie MPs into CEC, NCMP Eileen Chong to head youth wing". The Straits Times. 18 June 2025. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 11 July 2025.
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