List of National Junior College alumni

For more NJC alumni, see Category:National Junior College alumni.

The following is a list of notable alumni from National Junior College (NJC).

Politics

• Anthea Ong (1985-1986), Former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP), Founder of numerous social organisations ^[1]
• Balaji Sadasivan (1972–1973), Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Information, Communication and the Arts ^[2]
• Chen Show Mao (1978-1980), Former Member of Parliament for the Aljunied GRC (Paya Lebar) ^[3]
• Edward Chia, Member of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Founder of Timber ^[4]
• Gan Kim Yong (1976-1977), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry
• Ho Peng Kee (1971-1972), Former Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs ^[5]
• Hri Kumar Nair (1983-1984), Former Member of Parliament for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC ^[6]
• Lam Pin Min (1986-1987), Former Member of Parliament for Sengkang West SMC ^[7]
• Lee Hsien Loong (1969–1970), Senior Minister of Singapore, third Prime Minister of Singapore
• Lim Swee Say (1971–1972), Former Minister for Manpower; People's Action Party (PAP) Whip; Former Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress ^[8]
• Masagos Zulkifli (1982-1983), Minister for Social and Family Development; Second Minister for Health; Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs; PAP Vice-Chairman
• Matthias Yao (1973-1974), Deputy Speaker of Parliament; Former Mayor of the South East District; Former Member of Parliament for MacPherson ^[9]
• Ng Eng Hen (1975-1976), Minister for Defence ^[10]
• Ong Soh Khim (1987-1988), Former NMP ^[11]
• S. Iswaran (1979-1980), Former ^[12] Minister for Transport ^[13]
• Sylvia Lim (1982-1983), Member of Parliament for the Aljunied GRC; Chairman of Workers' Party ^{[14] [15]}
• Vivian Balakrishnan (1979–1980), Minister for Foreign Affairs ^[16]
• Tan See Leng (1982-1983), Minister for Manpower; Second Minister for Trade and Industry ^[17]
• Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim, Member of Parliament for Choa Chu Kang GRC (Keat Hong)

Civil and legal

• Davinder Singh (1974-1975), Former CEO of Singapore law firm Drew & Napier; Former Member of Parliament for Toa Payoh GRC, and Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC ^[18]
• Lawrence Khong (1969-1970), Senior Pastor of Faith Community Baptist Church
• Melvyn Ong (1993-1994), Lieutenant-General, Chief of Defence Force (Singapore) ^[19]

Academic, business and corporate

• Ho Ching (1970-1971), CEO and executive director of Temasek Holdings; Forbes ' 30th "Most Powerful Women in Business" as of 2020 ^[20]
• Lee Hsien Yang (1975-1976), Former president and CEO of SingTel; Current Non-Executive Director and Chairman-Designate of Fraser and Neave Limited ^{[21] [22]}
• Tan Huay Cheem (1979-1980), Director and Senior Consultant Cardiologist at National University Heart Centre, President of the Singapore Heart Foundation ^[23]

Media and entertainment

• Claire Wong, Actress and director ^[24]
• Eelyn Kok (1995-1996), Mediacorp actress
• Elvin Ng (1997-1998), Mediacorp actor and artist, model ^[25]
• Jeanette Aw (1996-1997), Mediacorp actress ^[26]
• Jean Tay (1991-1992), Playwright ^[27]
• Namiko Chan Takahashi (1991-1992), Contemporary artist ^[28]
• Tung Soo Hua (1991-1992), Mediacorp newscaster ^[29]

Others

• Dickson Yeo (1998-1999), Singaporean spy for the People's Republic of China ^{[30] [31]}

References

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24. Tan, Corrie (26 November 2014). "Charismatic actress and director Claire Wong shines on stage and behind the scenes". The Straits Times . Asiaone. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
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27. Tan, Corrie (11 March 2013). "Taking the Plunge into writing". The Straits Times . pp. C6.
28. Bell, Gary (January–June 2002). "Chan Namiko Takahashi '97" (PDF). Lawlink. 1 (1). Singapore: NUS Faculty of Law: 12–13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
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30. Yong, Charissa (9 October 2020). "Dickson Yeo, the Singaporean who spied for China in the US, due to be sentenced". The Straits Times. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
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