Chan Chun Sing
Chan Chun Sing MP | |
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.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} 陈振声 | |
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| Minister for Trade and Industry | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 1 May 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Lim Hng Kiang (Trade) S. Iswaran (Industry) |
| Minister in Prime Minister's Office | |
In office 9 April 2015 – 30 April 2018 Serving with Josephine Teo | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Lim Swee Say |
| Succeeded by | Ng Chee Meng Indranee Rajah |
| Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress | |
In office 4 May 2015 – 30 April 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Lim Swee Say |
| Succeeded by | Ng Chee Meng |
| Deputy chairman for People's Association (Singapore) | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 1 October 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Lim Swee Say |
| Minister for Social and Family Development | |
In office 1 September 2013 – 3 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Succeeded by | Tan Chuan-Jin |
| Second Minister, Ministry of Defence | |
In office 1 September 2013 – 8 April 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Lui Tuck Yew |
| Acting Minister, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports | |
In office 21 May 2011 – 31 October 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by | Vivian Balakrishnan |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence Wong (as Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth) |
| Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Defence | |
In office 1 August 2012 – 31 August 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Ng Eng Hen |
| Preceded by | Lawrence Wong |
| Succeeded by | Maliki Osman |
| Minister of State, Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts | |
In office 21 May 2011 – 31 July 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Hsien Loong |
| Minister | Yaacob Ibrahim |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence Wong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1969-10-09) 9 October 1969 Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Singapore Army |
| Years of service | 1987–2011 |
| Rank |  Major-General |
| Commands | 2nd Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment, 10th Singapore Infantry Brigade, 9th Division, Chief Infantry Officer, Chief of Staff – Joint Staff, Chief of Army |
Chan Chun Sing (simplified Chinese: 陈振声; traditional Chinese: 陳振聲; pinyin: Chén Zhènshēng; Jyutping: Can4 Zan3-sing1; Tamil: சன் சுன் செங்; born 9 October 1969) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is currently the Minister for Trade and Industry and the Minister-in-Charge of the Public Service. On 1 October 2015, Chan was appointed Deputy Chairman of the People's Association.[1] He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency since the 2011 general election. Prior to entering politics, he served in the Singapore Armed Forces, where he rose to the rank of Major-General and served as Singapore's Chief of Army from 2010 to 2011.
Contents
1 Education
2 Career
2.1 Military career
2.2 Early political career
2.3 Minister for Social and Family Development
2.4 Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
2.5 Minister of Trade and Industry
3 Personal life
4 References
5 External links
Education
Chan Chun Sing was educated at Raffles Institution (1982–85) and Raffles Junior College (1986–87). Chan was one of the top four scorers from Raffles Junior College for the GCE A Levels in 1987.[2][3]
In 1988, Chan was awarded a President's Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship to study in the University of Cambridge,[4] where he completed a degree in economics at Christ's College and graduated with First Class Honours.
In 2005, Chan completed the Sloan Fellows programme at the MIT Sloan School of Management under a Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship.[5]
Career
Military career
Chan served in the Singapore Army from 1987 to 2011. His appointments included Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment (1998–2000), Army Attaché in Jakarta (2001–03), Commander of the 10th Singapore Infantry Brigade (2003–04), Head of the Joint Plans and Transformation Department (2005–07), Commander of the 9th Division / Chief Infantry Officer (2007–09),[6] and Chief of Staff – Joint Staff (2009–10).
Chan excelled as a student at the US Army Command and General Staff College in 1998, and was the first foreign student to be conferred the "Distinguished Master Strategist Award" in the same year.[7]
Chan was appointed the Chief of Army on 26 March 2010 (replacing Major-General Neo Kian Hong). He left the Singapore Armed Forces on 25 March 2011 in order to stand for Parliament (and was replaced as Chief of Army by Brigadier-General Ravinder Singh).[8]
Early political career
Chan was a PAP candidate in the Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency at the 2011 general election, representing the Buona Vista ward previously held by Lim Swee Say.[9][10] The PAP's team in the constituency was led by former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, and was declared elected on Nomination Day (27 April 2011) in a walkover.[11] During the election campaign, Chan used the Hokkien phrase "kee chiu" (meaning "hands up") at a rally to engage the crowd, and the term became a well-known nickname for him in Singapore.[12]
Following the general election, Chan was appointed the Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, and the Minister of State at the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts. At the age of 42 then, Chan was one of the youngest ministers to be appointed to the Singapore Cabinet.
On 31 July 2012, Chan relinquished his appointment in MICA and was appointed as Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF). Following a restructuring of government ministries in November 2012, he began heading the newly created Ministry of Social and Family Development as Acting Minister.[13] He was promoted to full Minister in September 2013,[14] and concurrently serves as Second Minister for Defence.
On 23 January 2015, Chan joined the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) on a part-time basis; He was appointed as NTUC's deputy secretary-general on 27 January 2015 and will join NTUC full-time from April.[15]
On 1 October 2015, following the 2015 election, Chan is appointed the Deputy Chairman of the People's Association[1] Chan is seen as one of the frontrunners for the top position of the fourth-generation of PAP leaders.[16][17]
Minister for Social and Family Development
Chan has announced three key priorities for his Ministry in the Committee of Supply debate 2014.[18][19] These priorities are: (i) to maintain the currency and adequacy of Singapore's social support policies, (ii) to deliver integrated social services and (iii) to develop manpower for the social service sector.
He launched the first of 23 Social Service Offices to bring social assistance touch points closer to the populace.[20]
The tender evaluation process was revised for commercial childcare centres. The joint effort by ECDA and Housing Development Board aimed to keep rental costs in HDB estates manageable, and in turn keep childcare programmes affordable.[21]
More infrastructure support to benefit non-Anchor Operators (AOP) setting up preschools in high demand areas and workplaces. Non-AOPs who provide quality and affordable programmes can tap on a Teaching & Learning Resources Grant of up to $4,000 per year for materials and equipment.[22]
During a Parliament session in 2017, responding to a raised question, he replied that there will be no change to an existing policy, that single mothers will continue to get only eight of the 16 weeks paid maternity leave that married mothers are entitled to, and will still not be entitled to claim a child relief tax incentive.[23]
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
Chan was a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office[24] and Secretary General of the National Trade Union Congress. He is widely seen as a contender to be the fourth-generation Prime Minister of Singapore. [25]
Minister of Trade and Industry
On 24 April 2018, it was announced that Chan would succeed Lim Hng Kiang and S. Iswaran as the new Minister for Trade and Industry, and would relinquish his NTUC chief portoflio to then-Minister of Education Ng Chee Meng, effective from 1 May.[26] He also took over responsibility for the Public Service Division on the same day. [27]
On 23 November, Chan succeeded Tharman Shanmugaratnam as the People's Action Party's second Assistant Secretary-General (alongside Minister of Finance Heng Swee Keat).[28]
Personal life
Chan grew up in a single parent household.[3] His mother Kwong Kait Fong was a machine operator and he has a sister Siew Yin.[2] He lived in a 3-room HDB flat in MacPherson (with his mother, grandparents, auntie and sister) until he was 30 years old.[29] Chan is married with a daughter and two sons.[30]
References
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^ ab "Chun Sing: 'Ridiculous dream' comes true". The Straits Times. 20 August 1988. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ ab "Thanks, Mum". The Straits Times. 8 March 1988. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ "'Hardworking' scholars' night of glory". The Straits Times. 27 August 1988. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ "Change in Chief of Defence Force and Chief of Army". Ministry of Defence. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
^ "5 President's Scholars this year". The Straits Times. 20 August 1988. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
^ "Chan Chun Sing enters US Army college's hall of fame". AsiaOne. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
^ "New chief for Singapore Army". AsiaOne. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
^ Yen, Feng (15 April 2011). "Coming GE is critical for renewal: Ng Eng Hen". The Straits Times. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
^ "Ex-Army Chief to contest in Buona Vista". AsiaOne. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
^ "MM Lee disappointed with no contest in Tg Pagar". The Straits Times. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
^ Seow, Joanna (24 January 2015). "Chan Chun Sing: I'm a very simple person". The Straits Times. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
^ "MCYS, MICA to be restructured". AsiaOne. 31 July 2012.
^ "Chan Chun Sing becomes full minister in Cabinet promotion". AsiaOne. 28 August 2013.
^ "Minister Chan Chun Sing joins NTUC, likely to take over as labour chief". The Straits Times. 23 January 2015.
^ "Who can step up as Singapore's next leader?". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ hermes (4 September 2016). "The next Prime Minister: 6 men to watch". The Straits Times. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ "Opening Speech at Committee of Supply debate 2014". Ministry of Social and Family Development. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
^ "Closing Speech at Committee of Supply debate 2014". Ministry of Social and Family Development. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
^ "Launch of Social Service Office". Ministry of Social and Family Development. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
^ "Revised Tender Evaluation Process for Commercial Child Care Centres in HDB Premises". Ministry of Social and Family Development. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
^ "More support for Non-Anchor Operators". Ministry of Social and Family Development. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
^ "Parliament: No change to paid maternity leave for single mums". AsiaOne. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
^ Singapore, Prime Minister's Office (3 January 2019). "PMO | Press Statement from the Prime Minister on Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments". Prime Minister's Office Singapore.
^ hermesauto (26 January 2018). "Singapore's 4G leaders need more time to gain exposure and experience: Analysts". The Straits Times. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
^ "Incoming NTUC leader Ng Chee Meng says he will listen to workers to chart future direction". The Straits Times. 1 May 2018.
^ "Changes to Cabinet and Other Appointments (Apr 2018)" (Press release). Singapore. Prime Minister's Office. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
^ "Heng Swee Keat to be PAP 1st assistant secretary-general, and next PM: Party sources". TODAYOnline. 22 November 2018.
^ "《有话要说2》陈振声部长 – 加长版（上） – 8频道新闻及时事节目". Channel 8 News. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^ "Chan Chun Sing: 'I do my best at the task I'm given'". The New Paper. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chan Chun Sing. |
- Chan Chun Sing at cabinet.gov.sg
- Chan Chun Sing at parliament.gov.sg
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Vivian Balakrishnan | Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Acting 21 May 2011 – 31 October 2012 | Succeeded by Redesignated as Acting Minister for Social and Family Development |
| Preceded by Himself as Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports | Minister for Social and Family Development 1 September 2013 – 4 May 2015 Acting: 1 November 2012 – 31 August 2013 | Succeeded by Tan Chuan-Jin |
| Preceded by Lim Swee Say | Minister in the Prime Minister's Office 4 May 2015 – 30 April 2018 | Succeeded by Ng Chee Meng Indranee Rajah |
| Preceded by Lim Hng Kiang | Minister for Trade and Industry 1 May 2018 – present | Incumbent |
Parliament of Singapore | ||
| Preceded by Lim Swee Say as MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC (Buona Vista) | Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC (Buona Vista) 2011 – present | Incumbent |
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| Preceded by Teo Ser Luck | Chairman of Young PAP 2008–2017 | Succeeded by Janil Puthucheary |
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| Preceded by Lim Swee Say | Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress 2015–2018 | Succeeded by Ng Chee Meng |
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