Peter Sung ( zh, c=宋彼得, p=Song Bide; born 1940) is a former Singaporean politician and was a member of the

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). He was a Minister of State, 1988 to 1991, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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(SMC), 1988 to 1997.

Education

Sung attended

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and the

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Career

Sung became Tuan Sing chairman in 1992 until 2005.

Political career

Sung became a Member of Parliament (MP) for Buona Vista SMC in 1988 and served for two terms until 1996. In the 1991 General Election, he scored PAP's highest percentage increase in votes, winning 79.4% of the valid votes, up from 61.8% in 1988. He was the Minister of State for the Ministry of National Development, 1 November 1988 to 31 August 1991, and the

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, 28 November 1990 to 31 August 1991.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sung, Peter 1940 births Members of the Parliament of Singapore People's Action Party politicians Living people Victoria School, Singapore alumni University of Singapore alumni