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Chin Tet Yung (; born 2 August 1951) is a Singaporean former Member of Parliament for
Sembawang Group Representation Constituency The Sembawang Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the North Region, Singapore, northern area of Singapore. The GRC has five divisions: Sembawang Central, Naval Base, Woodlands, Ad ...
(GRC), and also served previously as the chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs and Law from 2002 to 2005. He had been a Member of Parliament from 23 December 1996 to 20 April 2006. He announced his retirement from politics on 10 April 2006.


Early life and education

Chin was born on 2 August 1951 in
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, Malaysia. His father was a businessman and his mother, a school teacher. Chin studied at
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(LSE) and graduated with a law degree in 1973. He also studied postgraduate in law from
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and also has a postgraduate diploma in economics from LSE.


Academic career

Chin started teaching law as a lecturer at the law faculty of the
National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national university, national Public university, public research university in Singapore. It was officially established in 1980 by the merging of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University ...
(NUS) in 1975. He served as the dean of the law faculty between 1992 and 2001. He still teaches law at NUS as an emeritus professor.


Political career

Chin joined the PAP and stood for elections in
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and
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, both in Sembawang GRC and won on both occasions.


Personal life

Chin came to Singapore in 1975 and became a Singapore citizen in 1987. Chin married a legal officer working with the Singapore government. They have a son and a daughter.


References

Members of the Parliament of Singapore Singaporean people of Hakka descent People's Action Party politicians Malaysian emigrants to Singapore People who lost Malaysian citizenship Naturalised citizens of Singapore Singaporean politicians of Chinese descent Living people 1951 births {{Singapore-politician-stub