Rachel Ong

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The Honourable
Rachel Ong
王心妍
Rachel Ong.jpg
Official portrait, 2021
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Tanjong Pagar GRC
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 May 2025

Rachel Ong Sin Yen [a] (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 Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency since 2025. She had previously represented said division of West Coast Group Representation Constituency between 2020 and 2025. [1] [2]

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Education

Ong holds a Master of Business Administration degree from INSEAD and Tsinghua University. [3] [4]

Career

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

In 2021, Ong began to chair The Purple Parade, Singapore's largest movement for the inclusion of the disabled and the celebration of their abilities. [5]

Political career

Ong made her political debut in the 2020 general election when she joined a five-member PAP team contesting in West Coast GRC. Said team won with 51.68% of the vote against the Progress Singapore Party (PSP). [6]

Prior to the 2025 general election, Ong's Telok Blangah division was redrawn into Tanjong Pagar GRC; she shifted to said GRC, where the five-member PAP team defeated the People's Alliance for Reform (PAR) with 81.03% of the vote. [7]

GPC membership

Ong has been a member of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Defence and Foreign Affairs since 2020 and the vice-chairperson of that for Social and Family Development; she also served in that for Manpower from 2020 to 2025. [8] She is also a member of the Estimates Committee in Parliament, [9] and a co-chairperson of the PAP Mental Health Group, launched in October 2024. [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ Chinese :王心妍; pinyin :Wáng Xīnyán

References

  1. 1 2 "MP | Parliament of Singapore".
  2. ↑ "Rachel Ong Sin Yen". People's Action Party. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Singapore GE2020: Profiles of PAP's new candidates". 25 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Rachel Ong is a Member of Parliament for the West Coast GRC and serves in the Government Parliamentary Committees of Defence, Foreign Affairs and Manpower" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Rachel Ong Sin Yen Profile".
  6. ↑ "Singapore GE: PAP narrowly wins West Coast GRC with 51.69pc of the vote". 11 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "GE2025: Strong showing for PAP as it wins Tanjong Pagar, Radin Mas and Queenstown". The Straits Times. 4 May 2025. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Government Parliamentary Committees". People's Action Party. 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Estimates Committee". Parliament of Singapore. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "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
2020–2025
Served alongside: Foo Mee Har, Desmond Lee, Ang Wei Neng, S. Iswaran 		Constituency abolished
Preceded by Member of Parliament for
Tanjong Pagar GRC
2025 – present
Served alongside:
(2025-present): Chan Chun Sing, Joan Pereira, Foo Cexiang, Alvin Tan 		Incumbent
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