Ang Wei Neng (; born 31 March 1967) is a Singaporean politician and business leader. A member of the governing

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(PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Nanyang division of West Coast–Jurong West GRC since 2025. He had previously represented Nanyang as part of

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between 2020 and 2025 and the Jurong Central division of

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between 2011 and 2020.

Education

Ang was educated at The Chinese High School and

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before graduating from the

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with a

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degree and a

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s with honours degree under a scholarship conferred by the Public Service Commission (PSC). He subsequently went on to complete a

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degree at the

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Career

Ang started his career in the

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and was Head of Operations and Training at the Ang Mo Kio Police Division. After that, he joined

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as a profit centre manager. Later he joined Bexcom as an assistant vice president before leaving to be a senior manager in Hiap Moh Corporation. In 2004, Ang joined

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and held various positions in the organisation, including General Manager of District Operations, before rising to Head of Bus Operations and Senior Vice President. On 1 May 2017, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Taxi Business in

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and has been in that position until 2022. On 1 April 2022, he was appointed to run SMRT's taxi business, Strides Taxi, and was appointed CEO after Strides Taxi was merged with Premier Taxi to form Strides Premier.

Political career

Ang made his political debut in the 2011 general election when he joined a five-member

(PAP) team contesting in

. After the PAP team won with 66.96% of the vote against the National Solidarity Party, Ang became a Member of Parliament representing the Jurong Central ward of Jurong GRC. He retained his parliamentary seat in the 2015 general election after the five-member PAP team contesting in Jurong GRC won with 79.28% of the vote against SingFirst. During the 2020 general election, Ang switched to join the five-member PAP team contesting in

and they won with 51.68% of the vote against the

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. Ang thus became a Member of Parliament representing the Nanyang ward of West Coast GRC. Ang was appointed as Vice-Chairperson of West Coast Town Council (WCTC) since 2020. In Parliament, Ang was a member of the Public Accounts Committee between 2015 and 2020, and has been a member of the Estimates Committee since 2011 before he became its chairman in 2020. He is a member of the Government Parliamentary Committees for

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and

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, and the chairman of the Singapore-America Regional Parliamentary Group. He is the chairman of the Jurong Town Council and vice chairman of the

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. During a parliamentary debate on 1 March 2022, Ang shared an idea of having a time stamp on Singapore's university degree and university graduates in Singapore will be required to attend upgrading courses once every five years. It drew criticism by locals, and some commented Ang's inability to distinguish between a university degree and job training. Ang later apologised for his remarks, he also made a post on

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clarifying that his suggestion on having a time stamp on degree certificates was not meant to be a policy recommendation.

Personal life

Ang is a member of the management committee of Grace Orchard School, a school for students with special educational needs. In 2019, he was the chairman of the organising committee of the River Hongbao, an annual event held at Marina Bay during the

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. He was also a former president of the Volleyball Association of Singapore.

References

External links

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on

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