S. Vasoo | |
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Member of Parliament for Bo Wen Constituency | |
In office 22 December 1984 –17 August 1988 | |
Preceded by | constituency established |
Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
Member of Parliament for Tiong Bahru Group Representation Constituency (Henderson) | |
In office 4 September 1988 –31 August 1991 | |
Preceded by | constituency established |
Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency (Radin Mas) | |
In office 21 August 1991 –3 November 2001 | |
Preceded by | constituency established |
Succeeded by | division abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Sushilan Vasoo 1941 (age 82–83) Nee Soon,Singapore |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of Singapore University of Hong Kong |
Awards | Outstanding Lifetime Volunteer Award,2024 |
Sushilan Vasoo (born 1941),commonly known as S. Vasoo,is a Singaporean former politician and social worker. A former member of the People's Action Party (PAP),he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Bo Wen Constituency from 1984 to 1988,the MP of Tiong Bahru Group Representation Constituency representing the Henderson division from 1988 to 1991,and the MP of Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency representing the Radin Mas division from 1991 to 2001.
Vasoo grew up in a village in Nee Soon,his father was a sub-contractor. The village was largely populated by Chinese residents,which led him to learn Mandarin. [1]
After he finished secondary school in 1959,he worked in Kluang,Malaysia as a trainee factory supervisor at a rubber plantation. Vasoo later moved back to Singapore and worked in psychiatric nursing at the Ministry of Health (MOH),he was posted to Woodbridge Hospital (now the Institute of Mental Health). [2]
He later went and got a diploma at the University of Singapore after he obtained a bursary from the Children's Society and from 1971 to 1972,he worked as a tutor at the University of Singapore. In 1973,he joined the Council of Society Services as a deputy director and was later given an educational grant to go to Hong Kong to get a master's degree in social work at the University of Hong Kong. [1]
Before getting into politics,Vasoo worked as a university lecturer at the Social Work department of the National University of Singapore. [3]
In 1984,Vasoo was invited to join the People's Action Party (PAP) by then-Member of Parliament (MP) for Toa Payoh Constituency Eric Cheong. [4] In the 1984 Singaporean general election,he contested for Bo Wen Constituency. During his rally speech,he spoke in English,Malay,Tamil,Mandarin,and Hokkien. [5] He became the MP for Bo Wen Constituency after beating Sh Ahmad Salim of United People's Front's 25.30% with his 74.70%. [6]
During the 1988 Singaporean general election,after the dissolution of Bo Wen Constituency, [7] Vasoo contested for the Henderson division of the Tiong Bahru Group Representation Constituency along with Ch'ng Jit Koon and Chng Hee Kok against the Workers' Party (WP) group of Low Thia Khiang,Lim Lye Soon,and Gopalan Nair. [8] Vasoo and his team won with 57.84% of the vote against the WP's 42.16%. [8]
In the 1991 Singaporean general election,Vasoo contested for the Radin Mas division of Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency with his team of Koo Tsai Kee,Lee Kuan Yew,and Lim Hng Kiang and were elected unopposed. [9]
In 1993,Vasoo held a defamation suit against Singapore Democratic Party's Chee Soon Juan over allegedly defamatory remarks made about him and was paid S$210,000 in damages. [10] [11]
In the next general election,Vasoo contested for the Radin Mas division of Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency again with his team of Lim Swee Say,Ow Chin Hock,Chay Wai Chuen,Koo Tsai Kee,and Lee Kuan Yew. They were elected unopposed again. [12] In 2001,Vasoo retired from politics. [13]
In 2024,Vasoo was awarded the Outstanding Lifetime Volunteer Award by Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli. [14]
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