| Ong Teng Cheong 王鼎昌 |
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| In office August 28, 1993 – September 1, 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Goh Chok Tong (1990-2004) |
| Preceded by | Wee Kim Wee |
| Succeeded by | Sellapan Ramanathan |
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| Born | January 22, 1936 Singapore |
| Died | February 8, 2002 (aged 66) Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Spouse | Ling Siew May (died 1999) |
| Profession | Architect |
| Religion | Buddhism |
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Ong Teng Cheong, GCMG (Chinese: 王鼎昌; pinyin: Wáng Dǐngchāng; January 22, 1936 - February 8, 2002) was the first directly elected President of Republic of Singapore. The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The President of the Republic of Singapore is Singapore 's Head of state. Singapore He was the nation's fifth President, in office from August 28, 1993 to September 1, 1999. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
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Life
He studied in Chung Cheng Primary School and The Chinese High School (1950-1955), and is arguably the school's most famous alumnus. The Chinese High School ( formerly Singapore Nanyang Overseas Chinese Middle School ( was founded by philanthropist Tan Kah Kee on March 21, 1919
Politics
As chairman of the People's Action Party (PAP) and secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress, Ong was considered a firm Lee Kuan Yew loyalist. The People's Action Party ( abbrev: PAP; Chinese: 人民行动党 Pinyin: Rénmín Xíngdòngdǎng Malay: Parti Tindakan Rakyat Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC, also known as the Singapore National Trades Lee Kuan Yew, GCMG, CH ( born September 16 1923 also spelled Lee Kwan-Yew) is a Singaporean of Chinese immigrant background In January 1986, he sanctioned a strike in the shipping industry, the first for about a decade in Singapore, without telling the cabinet. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Shipping is physical process of Transporting goods and Cargo. Singapore He said that he did not inform the cabinet or the government because they would probably stop him from going ahead with the strike. There was a major corporate and Cabinet backlash against his decision; however, the strike lasted only two days, and a deal was struck. [1]
During his tenure as the Minister of National Development, Ong was a proponent of the Mass Rapid Transit system. The Mass Rapid Transit or MRT (大众快速交通 or more commonly known as 地铁 Malay: Sistem Pengangkutan Gerak Cepat; Tamil: சிங்கை He later became the 2nd Deputy Prime Minister in 1985. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar)
Presidency
Ong ran for the presidency in 1993 under PAP's endorsement. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) He ran against a reluctant Chua Kim Yeoh, a former accountant general, for the post. A total of 1,756,517 votes were polled. Ong received 952,513 votes while Chua had 670,358 votes, despite the former having a higher public exposure and a much more active campaign than Chua. There was a swing of support over to Chua's side, especially in the educated class. The reason was because of the issue of whether they wanted a PAP man as president to check on a PAP government or whether it would be better to have a neutral independent like Chua.
However, soon after his election to the presidency in 1993, he became embroiled in a dispute with the government over the access of information regarding Singapore's financial reserves. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The government said it would take 56 man years to produce a dollar-and-cents value of the immovable assets. Ong discussed this with the accountant general and the auditor general and came to a compromise that the government needed to give him only a listing of all the properties that the government owns. It took the government a few months to produce the list. But even then the list was not complete. In all, it took the government three years to come up with the information about the reserves that Ong requested. [1] The government also tried to submit a bill to parliament for the sale of the Post Office Savings Bank (POSB), a statutory board whose reserves are to be protected by the president, to the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS), without first informing Ong during the last year of his presidency. DBS Bank Limited ( is a Bank incorporated in Singapore. It was previously known as The Development Bank of Singapore Limited (新加坡发展银行 Ong's office had to inform the government that the procedure was wrong. [1]
Due to health reasons, he decided not to run for a second term as president in 1999. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
Death
Ong Teng Cheong's wife, Ling Siew May, died in August 1999 after a cancer relapse. Ong Teng Cheong died on February 8, 2002, at the age of 66 from lymphoma in his home at about 8:14 pm SST after he had been discharged from hospital a few days earlier. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Lymphoma a type of Neoplasm that originates in Lymphocytes (a type of White blood cell in the vertebrate Immune system) Singapore uses a time zone eight hours in advance of UTC, ( UTC+8)
Among the four former presidents who had passed away, Ong Teng Cheong was the only one who did not receive a state funeral. [2]
References
- ^ a b c 'I Had a Job to Do' Whether the government liked it or not, says ex-president Ong, Asiaweek, 26 9, 10 Mar 2006. Asiaweek, the English edition was a News magazine focusing on Asia, published weekly by Asiaweek Limited a subsidiary of Time Inc
- ^ The mess that is our Presidency. Yawning Bread. Alex Au Waipang, also known by his Internet nom de plume as Yawning Bread, is thought by many to be the founding father of the Singapore gay equality Retrieved on 2008-02-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy
External links
- Ong Teng Cheong - In Memory of Singapore's first Elected President, Mr. Ong Teng Cheong (1936 - 2002)
- In Memoriam of Ong Teng Cheong - ChannelNewsAsia
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by S Rajaratnam |
Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore 1985-1993 |
Succeeded by Lee Hsien Loong |
| Preceded by Wee Kim Wee |
President of Singapore 1993-1999 |
Succeeded by Sellapan Ramanathan |
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Presidents of Singapore |
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Yusof bin Ishak | Benjamin Henry Sheares | C.V. Devan Nair | Wee Kim Wee | Ong Teng Cheong | S.R. Nathan |
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