Edwin Tong Chun Fai

Born on 12 August 1969, Edwin Tong Chun Fai is concurrently holding these posts, appointed from 27 July 2020 onwards:

Jul 2020 - Minister for Culture, Community and Youth
Jul 2020 - Second Minister for Law

Edwin Tong Chun Fai
Personal details
唐振辉

Current Role	• • • •
Party	PAP

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In his capacity as the Second Minister for Law, he has instructed the following POFMA directions to be issued:

16 Jul 2023 - issued Correction Direction to Kenneth Jeyaretnam for his post on 2 Jul 2023 (Ridout Road saga)
16 Jul 2023 - issued Correction Direction to Thamil Selvan for his post on 1 Jul 2023 (Ridout Road saga)
16 Jul 2023 - issued Correction Direction to Jom for their publication on 7 Jul 2023 (Ridout Road saga)
25 Jul 2023 - issued Correction Direction to Lee Hsien Yang for his post on 23 Jul 2023 (Ridout Road saga)
2 Aug 2023 - issued Correction Direction to Kenneth Jeyaretnam for his post on 27 Jul 2023 (Ridout Road saga)
22 Aug 2023 - issued Correction Direction to Kenneth Jeyaretnam for his post on 18 Aug 2023 (Arrest of foreign nationals, CPIB investigation of S Iswaran and Ridout Road Saga)
30 Aug 2023 - issued Correction Direction to Kenneth Jeyaretnam for his post on 21 Aug 2023 (Majulah Package, Pioneer Generation Package, and Merdeka Generation Package disbursements. manpower statistics, Ridout Road Saga, money laundering and foreign tax evasion)
18 Feb 2024 - issued Correction Direction to Kenneth Jeyaretnam for his post on 16 Feb 2024 (Ridout Road saga)
18 Feb 2024 - issued Correction Direction to Gutzy Asia for their publication on 16 Feb 2024 (Ridout Road saga)
18 Feb 2024 - issued Correction Direction to The Online Citizen for their publication on 16 Feb 2024 (Ridout Road saga)
29 May 2024 - issued Correction Direction to Kenneth Jeyaretnam for his post on 25 May 2024 (Performance bonuses paid to High Court Judges)

Political Career

As Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, he is chairing the following council/committees:

National Integration Council
Singapore Cares Steering Committee
National Youth Council
National Steering Committee on Racial and Religious Harmony

Starting November 2020, he also chairs:

Chinese Community Liaison Group

Previously, he was served from 1 July 2018 to 26 July 2020 as:

2018~2020 - Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Law
2018~2020 - Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Health

He was first elected into Parliament in 2011 as MP in the Moulmein-Kallang GRC. Subsequently, he was elected twice as MP for the Marine Parade GRC.

Besides the above-mentioned appointments, he also held the following position in a volunteer capacity:

2013 ~ 2020 - Vice President of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS)

Career before joining politics

worked at Allen & Gledhill LLP, handling corporate and commercial disputes, restructuring and insolvency matters, and international arbitration.
appointed Senior Counsel in 2015

Early Life and Education

He is an alumnus of

St. Joseph’s Institution (SJI)
Raffles Junior College (RJC)
studied law at the National University of Singapore (NUS)

Controversy

Income-Allianz deal

sparked criticism because of concerns that it would detract from Income's mission to provide affordable insurance for lower-income workers
during its corporatisation in 2022, Income Insurance had been granted an exemption from Section 88 of the Co-operative Societies Act
14 October 2024 - after public outcry and repeated appeals from ex-Income CEOs, notably Former NTUC Income CEO Tan Suee Chieh, govt finally blocked the deal ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Taylor Swift concert

Geylang Serai Bazaar Rents

14th Parliament

MP	:	Ang Wei Neng ● Baey Yam Keng ● Cheryl Chan Wei Ling ● Chan Chun Sing ● Chee Hong Tat ● Cheng Li Hui ● Edward Chia Bing Hui ● Chong Kee Hiong ● Desmond Choo ● Chua Kheng Wee Louis ● Eric Chua ● Darryl David ● Christopher de Souza ● Foo Mee Har ● Grace Fu Hai Yien ● Gan Kim Yong ● Gan Siow Huang ● Gan Thiam Poh ● Gerald Giam ● Derrick Goh ● He Ting Ru ● Heng Chee How ● Heng Swee Keat ● Shawn Huang Wei Zhong ● Indranee Rajah ● S Iswaran ● Janil Puthucheary ● Amy Khor Lean Suan ● Koh Poh Koon ● Kwek Hian Chuan Henry ● Desmond Lee ● Lee Hsien Loong ● Liang Eng Hwa ● Lim Biow Chuan ● Jamus Jerome Lim ● Sylvia Lim ● Lim Wee Kiak ● Low Yen Ling ● Mariam Jaafar ● Masagos Zulkifli Bin Masagos Mohamad ● Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman ● Mohd Fahmi Bin Aliman ● Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap ● Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim ● Murali Pillai ● Nadia Ahmad Samdin ● Ng Eng Hen ● Ng Ling Ling ● Louis Ng Kok Kwang ● Rachel Ong ● Ong Ye Kung ● Joan Pereira ● Leon Perera ● Denise Phua Lay Peng ● Poh Li San ● Pritam Singh ● Raeesah Khan ● Rahayu Mahzam ● Saktiandi Supaat ● Seah Kian Peng ● K Shanmugam ● Sharael Taha ● Sim Ann ● Sitoh Yih Pin ● Hany Soh ● Sun Xueling ● Alvin Tan ● Carrie Tan ● Tan Chuan-Jin ● Dennis Tan Lip Fong ● Desmond Tan ● Jessica Tan Soon Neo ● Tan Kiat How ● Tan See Leng ● Tan Wu Meng ● Patrick Tay Teck Guan ● Teo Chee Hean ● Josephine Teo ● Tharman Shanmugaratnam ● Tin Pei Ling ● Edwin Tong Chun Fai ● Vikram Nair ● Vivian Balakrishnan ● Wan Rizal ● Don Wee ● Lawrence Wong ● Xie Yao Quan ● Alex Yam Ziming ● Yeo Wan Ling ● Yip Hon Weng ● Melvin Yong Yik Chye ● Zaqy Mohamad ● Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim
NCMP	:	Leong Mun Wai ● Hazel Poa

References

[1] ttps://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2024/12/17/the-collapse-of-the-allianz-income-insurance-deal-a-cash-out-exercise-disguised-as-growth/

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20250221195856/https://www.mccy.gov.sg/about-us/news-and-resources/speeches/2024/Oct/Pre-conditional-voluntary-general-offer-by-Allianz-for-Income-Insurance

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20250221195908/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ntuc-income-allianz-deal-singapore-government-edwin-tong-4675491

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