Seah Kian Peng
Early life
Seah Kian Peng was born into a family of six, comprising of his father, a line worker in a printing firm and his mother, a housewife who took on sewing gigs to supplement the family income, and himself, the third out of the four children.[2][3] Seah studied at Raffles Institution, before being awarded with a Colombo Plan scholarship which allowed him to study at the University of New South Wales in Australia.[2]
Career
Early career
Upon graduation with a 1st class honours degree in Building,[4] Seah Kian Peng returned to Singapore to complete his National Service, then worked in a government-linked company, Indeco Engineers Pte Ltd,[5] before joining in Singapore's civil service.[3] Seah was seconded to the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) to do corporate planning and start NTUC Healthcare's chain of pharmacies.[3] Seah then went to the corporate world between 1994 and 1996 to do corporate planning, as a "bucket list item".[3][5] He returned to the public sector in 1996 to head NTUC Healthcare and NTUC Media successively, before being appointed as the chief operating officer of NTUC FairPrice in 2001, then as the chief executive officer of NTUC FairPrice in 2010.[3][5]
Seah Kian Peng is active on the community front. Seah served as a director on Centre for Fathering Limited, a non-profit organisation that aims to get fathers more involved in the lives of their children,[6] from 2004 to 2018.[5][7] Seah has been an advisor to Amalgamated Union of Public Daily Rated Workers as early as 2005.[4][8]
Political career
Seah Kian Peng was fielded as a
Personal life
Seah Kian Peng is married to Jean Yap, with two children.[4]
References
- ^ "Member's Profile - Seah Kian Peng". Archived from the original on 28 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Higher taxes on the rich and being more open to using our national reserves: MP Seah Kian Peng goes On the Record". CNA. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ a b c d e migration (2013-04-28). "Save, give, value all". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ a b c "People's Action Party Constituency Portal - People's Action Party". Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Welcome To Braddell Heights Division". Retrieved 11 June 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "A champion for the fatherless | Salt&Light". saltandlight.sg. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ "Centre for Fathering - Financial Report 2018" (PDF). Retrieved 11 June 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "This Week" (PDF). 30 August 2015. p. 10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "AsiaOne". www.asiaone.com. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ "AsiaOne - General Election 2006". www.asiaone.com. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ hermesauto (2017-12-07). "Former NSP star Nicole Seah now with WP in East Coast GRC". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ Tan, Mindy (2015-09-12). "PAP takes Marine Parade with 64% of votes". The Business Times. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ hermes (2017-08-08). "'Either deputy could take over as Speaker'". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ "SPEECH Report". www.nas.gov.sg. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ "Feedback on changes to Maintenance of Parents Act". www.asiaone.com. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ "Maintenance of Parents (Amendment) Bill" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Maintenance of Parents (Amendment) Act 2010 - Singapore Statutes Online". sso.agc.gov.sg. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
External links
- Braddell Heights constituency website
- Seah Kian Peng on Facebook
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Category:Members of the Parliament of Singapore Category:People's Action Party politicians Category:Living people Category:1961 births