Yong Nyuk Lin

Singaporean politician

杨玉麟

Yong in 1965

Minister for CommunicationsIn office
16 April 1968 – 31 July 1975Prime MinisterLee Kuan YewPreceded byOffice establishedSucceeded byLim Kim SanMinister for HealthIn office
18 October 1963 – 15 April 1968Prime MinisterLee Kuan YewPreceded byKenneth Michael ByrneSucceeded byChua Sian ChinMinister for EducationIn office
5 June 1959 – 18 October 1963Prime MinisterLee Kuan YewPreceded byLim Yew HockSucceeded byOng Pang BoonMember of the Malaysian Parliament
for SingaporeIn office
2 November 1963^[1] – 9 August 1965Preceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byPosition abolishedMember of the Singapore Parliament
for Geylang West SMCIn office
30 May 1959 – 22 January 1979Preceded byConstituency establishedSucceeded byTeh Cheang Wan Personal detailsBorn(1918-06-24)24 June 1918
Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, British Malaya (now Malaysia)Died29 June 2012(2012-06-29) (aged 94)
SingaporePolitical partyPeople's Action Party (1959–1980)Spouse

Kwa Geok Lan

(m. 1939)

Children2Alma mater Raffles CollegeOccupationPolitician

Yong Nyuk Lin (Chinese: 杨玉麟; pinyin: Yáng Yùlín; 24 June 1918 – 29 June 2012) was a Singaporean politician who served as Minister for Communications between 1968 and 1975, Minister for Health between 1963 and 1968, and Minister for Education between 1959 and 1963.^[2]^[3] A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Geylang West SMC between 1959 and 1979. Yong also served as Singapore's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom between 1975 and 1977.^[4]

Early life and career

Yong was born in Seremban, Negri Sembilan, Malaysia on 24 June 1918 and studied in Singapore.^[5]

He was the general manager of Overseas Assurance Company for 18 years before he resigned to stand for the 1959 general election in Singapore.^[6]

References

^ "PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES DEWAN RA'AYAT (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES) OFFICIAL REPORT" (PDF). Dewan Rakyat. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
^ "Yong Nyuk Lin, member of Singapore's first Cabinet, dies". Channel NewsAsia. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
^ Duncan Sutherland (2017). "Yong Nyuk Lin". nlb.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019.
^ "Cabinet Changes Over The Decade" (PDF). National Archives of Singapore. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^ "Two newcomers in straight fight in Geylang West". The Straits Times. 19 May 1959. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
^ "Insurance firm manager quits to work for PAP". The Straits Times. 1 March 1959. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

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Speeches by Yong Nyuk Lin

Political offices
Preceded by new post	Minister for Education 1959-1963	Succeeded by Ong Pang Boon
Preceded by Kenneth Michael Byrne	Minister for Health 1963-1968	Succeeded by Chua Sian Chin
Preceded by new post	Minister for Communications 1968-1975	Succeeded by Lim Kim San
Preceded by ?	High Commissioner to the United Kingdom 1975-1977	Succeeded by Jek Yeun Thong
Parliament of Singapore
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Geylang West SMC 1959-1980	Succeeded by Teh Cheang Wan