Rachel Ong Sin Yen (; born 1972) is a Singaporean politician and businesswoman. A member of the governing

People's Action Party The People's Action Party (PAP) is a major Conservatism, conservative political party in Singapore and is the governing contemporary political party represented in the Parliament of Singapore, followed by the opposition Workers' Party of Singap ...

(PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the

Telok Blangah Telok Blangah ( , , ) is a subzone region and housing estate located in the area behind Keppel Harbour in Bukit Merah, Singapore. Telok Blangah is represented by three contiguous subzones of Bukit Merah in Urban Redevelopment Authority, URA maste ...

division of

Tanjong Pagar GRC The Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in Central Region, Singapore, Central and West Region, Singapore, Western Singapore. The five divisions consists: Buona Vista, Telok Bl ...

since 2025, and previously the Telok Blangah division of

West Coast GRC The West Coast Group Representation Constituency was a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the western and central areas of Singapore. The five divisions consisted of: Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh, West Coast, Boon Lay, Nanyang ...

between 2020 and 2025.

Education

Ong holds a

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...

degree from

INSEAD INSEAD ( ; French: ''Institut européen d'administration des affaires'') is a non-profit business school with locations in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and North America (San Francisco, USA ...

and

Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (THU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Constructio ...

Career

Ong is the founder of ROHEI, a learning and consulting partner operating in Singapore. She is also patron of Trybe, a registered charity aimed at helping youths. In 2021, Ong began to chair The Purple Parade, Singapore's largest movement to support inclusion and celebrate abilities of Persons with Disabilities.

Political career

Ong made her political debut in the 2020 general election when she joined a five-member

(PAP) team contesting in

. On 10 July 2020, the PAP team in West Coast GRC won with 51.68% of the vote against the

Progress Singapore Party The Progress Singapore Party (abbreviation: PSP) is a political party in Singapore. It was one of the three political parties represented in 14th Parliament, alongside the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and the other opposition Workers' ...

, so Ong became a Member of Parliament representing the

ward of West Coast GRC. Ong serves in the Government Parliamentary Committees for

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and

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. She is also a member of the Estimates Committee in Parliament, an adviser to the Telok Blangah grassroots organisations, and vice chairperson of the West Coast Town Council. She is also the co-Chairperson of the PAP Mental Health Group launched in Oct 2024.

References

External links

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Parliament of Singapore The Parliament of Singapore is the unicameralism, unicameral legislature of the Singapore, Republic of Singapore, which governs the country alongside the President of Singapore. Largely based upon the Westminster system, the Parliament is made ...

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ong, Rachel 1973 births Living people 21st-century Singaporean politicians Singaporean politicians of Chinese descent Tsinghua University alumni People's Action Party politicians Singaporean women in politics Members of the Parliament of Singapore