Ong Soh Khim - Citizendia

Associate Professor Ong Soh Khim (Chinese: 王素琴; pinyin: Wáng Sùqín) was a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) in Singapore from January 2005 to April 2006. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use A Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP is an unelected MP that does not represent any Electoral district in the Parliament of Singapore. The unicameral Parliament of Singapore is the Legislature of Singapore with the President as its head She was appointed by Singapore’s President S R Nathan in December 2004. Singapore Sellapan Ramanathan ( Tamil: செல்லப்பன் ராமநாதன் born 3 July 1924 is the sixth and current President of the Republic of Singapore

1 Background
2 Nominated Member of Parliament
- 2.1 Bad Language in House
3 Other roles
4 Awards
5 External links

Background

Born and raised in a working class family in Singapore, Ong studied at Beatty Primary School, Ang Mo Kio Primary School and Ang Mo Kio Secondary School, and did her A levels at National Junior College. Singapore Ang Mo Kio Secondary School ( Abbreviation: AMKSS) is a government mixed secondary school located in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, The National Junior College ( Abbreviation: NJC) is a junior college (JC in Singapore, located in the Bukit Timah neighbourhood

After enrolling at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1988, Ong received her B. The National University of Singapore ( Abbreviation: NUS;; Abbreviated 国大 Malay: Universiti Kebangsaan Singapura; Tamil: The National University of Singapore ( Abbreviation: NUS;; Abbreviated 国大 Malay: Universiti Kebangsaan Singapura; Tamil: Eng. (Honours in Mechanical Engineering) in 1992. She later got her Ph. D. from NUS in 1996. The National University of Singapore ( Abbreviation: NUS;; Abbreviated 国大 Malay: Universiti Kebangsaan Singapura; Tamil: She is currently an associate professor at NUS’ Department of Mechanical Engineering. The National University of Singapore ( Abbreviation: NUS;; Abbreviated 国大 Malay: Universiti Kebangsaan Singapura; Tamil: She is also a member of the NUS Senate Delegacy.

She is teaching and researching in the area of manufacturing processes and technologies in the department’s Manufacturing Division. She specializes in virtual manufacturing, augmented reality application in manufacturing and design.

She has served as an invited reviewer of technical papers for 17 international journals and 14 international conferences, and has served as a member of 14 international conferences’ organizing/scientific committees. She is the assistant editor of World Scientific Book Series on "Manufacturing Systems and Technology".

Nominated Member of Parliament

Ong was appointed as a Nominated Member of Parliament (10th Parliament, Second Session) by the president of Singapore in December 2004. A Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP is an unelected MP that does not represent any Electoral district in the Parliament of Singapore. The following is a historical list of members for the current and past ten Parliaments of Singapore: See Also 1st Parliament of Singapore Singapore She has participated actively and has been vocal in issues such as corporatisation of public universities in Singapore, fee hikes in university education, casino debate, among others.

Bad Language in House

In March 2005, she made front page news on local Straits Times newspaper for uttering “un-parliamentary” words during the session. The Straits Times ( Chinese: 海峡时报 is an English language Broadsheet Newspaper based in Singapore, currently She reportedly uttered the word ‘shit’ once and ‘rubbish’ several times at a close of a debate on the budget of Ministry of Education. The Ministry Of Education ( Abbreviation: MOE; Chinese: 新加坡教育部 Malay: Kementerian Pelajaran; Tamil: கல்வி This matter was brought into the notice of the Speaker by other members of the parliament. The Speaker called her behaviour “unparlimentary” amounting to dishonourable conduct. She later apologised to the House saying that she was new to Parliament and unaware of unsuitable language in the House.

Other roles

She is a Resource Panel Member of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Resource Panel for advising Women’s Workgroups on Women and Leadership, Work, Life Skills and Socio-Community Development, and a member of the Assistive Technology Workgroup, Society for Physically Disabled.

Awards

In November 2003, she was awarded the 2004 M. Eugene Merchant Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME is dedicated to bringing people and information together to advance manufacturing knowledge The award recognises individuals 35 years or younger who display outstanding leadership and achievements in the field of manufacturing engineering. She is honoured to be the first female from an ASEAN country to receive this award since its inception in 1979. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly referred to as ASEAN, ˈɑːsiːɑːn AH-see-ahn in English (the Official language

She is also a recipient of the 2004 Singapore Youth Award for the Science & Technology Category.

In 2005, she was elected a Corresponding Member of CIRP, The International Academy for Production Engineering, one of the most exclusive associations for manufacturing researchers in the world, she is the first female person in the Asia Pacific region to be elected.

In 2006, she received the Honoree Award for The Outstanding Young Person of Singapore award.

External links

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