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Wan Soon Bee ( zh, s=阮顺美, p=Ruǎn Shùnměi) is a Singaporean former politician. 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), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Coast Constituency, Pasir Panjang Group Representation Constituency (GRC), Brickworks GRC and
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 ...
.


Early life and education

Born in 1939, Wan completed his pre-tertiary education at
Raffles Institution Raffles Institution (RI) is an independent educational institution in Singapore. Founded in 1823, it is the oldest school in the country. It provides secondary education for boys only from Year 1 to Year 4, and pre-university education for both b ...
and later graduated with a doctorate
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from the
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, Italy.


Political career

As he entered politics, Wan eventually became promoted to become political secretary 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 ...
from October 1982 to September 1983 and later became the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office from September 1983 to 1985. In the 1988 general election, Wan and his team contested in Pasir Panjang GRC gaining 61.57% of the cast votes in his first contested election and thereby defeating the only other fielded opposing party. He has since retired from politics as of 2001.


Other office positions held

Wan joined the
National Trades Union Congress The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), also known as the Singapore National Trades Union Congress (SNTUC) internationally, is the sole national trade union centre in Singapore. NTUC leads the labour movement of Singapore, comprising 59 affilia ...
as deputy director for industrial relations in May 1981 and became deputy secretary general in August. He would serve till 1987. Wan served as chairman of NTUC Comfort, and later the Comfort Group (1986-1998); was the first advisor to Union of Telecoms Employees of Singapore (1985-1992); the manager at Olivetti (Singapore) Private Limited (Apr 1970-Feb 1981); and the independent director of the Lian Beng Group till 2015.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wan, Soon Bee Singaporean people of Hokkien descent Members of the Cabinet of Singapore Members of the Parliament of Singapore 1939 births Living people People's Action Party politicians