Yip Hon Weng

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The Honourable
Yip Hon Weng
叶汉荣
Yip Hon Weng.jpg
Official portrait, 2021
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Yio Chu Kang SMC
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Personal details
BornYip Hon Weng
1977 (age 48–49)
Singapore
Party People's Action Party
Alma mater Loughborough University
University of Exeter
Harvard University
National University of Singapore
Nanyang Technological University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation
  • Politician
  • civil servant
  • teacher

Yip Hon Weng [a] (born 1977) [1] is a Singaporean politician and former Administrative Service officer in the Singapore Civil Service. He is currently working in Temasek. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yio Chu Kang Single Member Constituency (SMC) since 2020. [1]

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Education

Yip graduated from Loughborough University with a bachelor's degree with First class Honours in Physical Education, Sports Science and Mathematics under Public Service Commission (PSC) overseas scholarship. [2]

He obtained a PGCE from the University of Exeter. He worked in the Ministry of Education before being subsequently absorbed into the elite Administrative Service.

He subsequently went on to complete master's degrees in; Administration, Planning & Social Policy and International Education (Double Concentrations) at Harvard University; Knowledge Engineering at the National University of Singapore; and Financial Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University, as well as a stint at Carnegie Mellon University working on Computational Finance.

Yip is also a Sloan Fellow and has completed a Master of Business Administration degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the Administrative Service Postgraduate Scholarship conferred by the Singapore Government. [2]

Career

Early career

Yip started his career in the Ministry of Education, both as a teacher as well as a higher education policy officer. [2]

He subsequently served in several senior leadership, management and policy related roles in Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), Ministry of Health (MOH), the Ministry of National Development (MND) as well as the Prime Minister's Office. [2]

He was also part of the founding team that established the Municipal Services Office announced during the 2014 National Day Rally Speech, when the OneService app was created. [2] He was Group Chief of the Silver Generation Office in the Agency of Integrated Care and concurrently Advisor (Care Integration) under the Ministry of Health, prior to entering politics.

He is currently working in Temasek. He used to work on early-stage deep tech investments and is now looking at human capital ecosystem strategies.

Politics

Yip was fielded in the 2020 general election as a solo PAP candidate contesting in Yio Chu Kang SMC against the Progress Singapore Party (PSP). [3]

On 11 July 2020, Yip was declared an elected Member of Parliament (MP) representing Yio Chu Kang SMC in the 14th Parliament after garnering almost 61% of the vote against PSP's Kayla Low. [4]

In the 2025 general election, Yip ran for reelection in Yio Chu Kang SMC against People's Alliance for Reform's candidate Michael Fang Amin. [5] [6] [7]

On 4 May 2025, Yip was re-elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) representing Yio Chu Kang SMC in the 15th Parliament after garnering 78.73% of the vote against Fang's 21.27%. [8]

Yip is the Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Defence and Foreign Affairs. He is the Vice Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Health. He is in the Public Accounts Committee in Parliament.

Personal life

Yip is married and has five children. [9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Chinese :叶汉荣; Jyutping :Jip6 Hon3 Wing4

References

  1. 1 2 "PARL | MP". www.parliament.gov.sg.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "PAP new face Yip Hon Weng on having 5 kids, no TV & why he is doing improv". mothership.sg. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Tan, Sue-Ann (30 June 2020). "Singapore GE2020: PAP new face Yip Hon Weng takes on PSP newbie in Yio Chu Kang SMC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Yang, Calvin (11 July 2020). "GE2020 official results: PAP new face Yip Hon Weng triumphs in Yio Chu Kang SMC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "GE2025: PAP fields Yip Hon Weng again to defend his seat in Yio Chu Kang SMC". CNA. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "GE2025: Yio Chu Kang SMC sees straight fight between PAP's Yip Hon Weng and PAR's Michael Fang". CNA. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "GE2025: People's Alliance for Reform to contest in Yio Chu Kang SMC". CNA. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "PAP's Yip Hon Weng wins Yio Chu Kang SMC with 78.73% votes over PAR's Michael Fang". AsiaOne. 4 May 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Yip Hon Weng". People's Action Party. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
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