Tan Cheng Bock is a Singaporean politician and medical practitioner.
A former member of the governing People’s Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayer Rajah SMC between 1980 and 2006.
As a member of Progress Singapore Party (PSP), he served as Secretary-General of PSP between 2019 and 2021 and served as PSP Chairman since 2021.
Who is Tan Cheng Bock ?
Tan Cheng Bock was born on 26 April 1940 in Singapore. He came from a Hokkien-speaking family.
Tan attended Radin Mas Primary School and Raffles Institution (RI). He graduated from the University of Singapore in 1968 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery.
Tan Cheng Bock has been the medical director of Ama Keng Medical Clinic in Jurong since 1971.
He has served as the Chairman of the Society of Private Practice, as a Council Member of the College of General Practitioners, as Committee Member on the Council of the Singapore Medical Association (SMA), as Chairman of the SMA Trust Fund, as board member of SMA’s Ethics Committee, as SMA’s Representative on the Ministry of Health’s Committee on the Regulation of Medical Clinics, and as a part-time clinical teacher in general practice at the National University of Singapore.
Tan entered politics during the 1980 general election under the People’s Action Party’s banner, and became the Member of Parliament-elect for the Ayer Rajah SMC with a vote of 83%.
Tan’s subsequent election results with an average of 77% was perceived as one of the best-performing candidates in Singapore, with his best-ever score being his last election in 2001, with 88%.
While in Parliament, he served as the Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committees (GPCs) for Education (1987–90), National Development (1991–95) and the Environment (1995–97), and was the Co-ordinating Chairman for all GPCs between 1987 and 1988.
He was also a member of the GPCs for Communications (1997–2000) and Defence and Foreign Affairs (2001–06). Tan was the Leader of the Singapore-European Parliamentary Group between 1991 and 1996 and Singapore-SEA Parliamentary Group between 1997 and 2006.
From 1987 to 1996, he was an elected member of the PAP Central Executive Committee,[5] the highest ruling committee within the PAP. Tan stepped down as a Member of Parliament at the 2006 general election.
He also served as Chairman of the Jurong East Town Council from 1989 to 1991, Chairman of the West Coast–Ayer Rajah Town Council from 2001 to 2004, Chairman of the Bukit Timah Community Development Council from 1997 to 2000, and Chairman of the Feedback Unit at the Ministry of Community Development from 1985 to 1989.
He left politics ahead of the 2006 general election, while his constituency was redrawn to the nearby West Coast GRC (Ayer Rajah division has since held by S Iswaran (which was absorbed alongside Iswaran’s West Coast), and later Foo Mee Har since the 2011 general election).
Tan Cheng Bock Wife: Who is Tan Cheng Bock married to?
Tan Cheng Bock is married to Cecilia Lee Choon Lian, However, there’s no additional information about his wife’s identity.
Tan Cheng Bock Children
TTan Cheng Bock is a doting father to two children, son Joshua Tan, daughter Tan Ming Li .
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