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 (MCCY)
• Jul 2020 - Second Minister for Law (MOL)
• Sep 2015 - from 11 September 2015 until current, MP for Marine Parade GRC

Edwin Tong Chun Fai 唐振辉
Party Affiliation	PAP
Current Role	• Minister for Culture, Community and Youth • Second Minister for Law • MP for Marine Parade GRC
Past Roles	• Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Law • Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Health • MP for Moulmein-Kallang GRC
Others	• Senior Counsel • Lawyer at Allen & Gledhill LLP
Background
Education	• SJI • RJC • NUS
Personal Details
Age	55
Others	Married with three daughters

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For the full list of positions, refer to [PARL link]

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

1. 16 Jul 2023 - issued Correction Direction to Kenneth Jeyaretnam for his post on 2 Jul 2023 (Ridout Road saga)
2. 16 Jul 2023 - issued Correction Direction to Thamil Selvan for his post on 1 Jul 2023 (Ridout Road saga)
3. 16 Jul 2023 - issued Correction Direction to Jom for their publication on 7 Jul 2023 (Ridout Road saga)
4. 25 Jul 2023 - issued Correction Direction to Lee Hsien Yang for his post on 23 Jul 2023 (Ridout Road saga)
5. 2 Aug 2023 - issued Correction Direction to Kenneth Jeyaretnam for his post on 27 Jul 2023 (Ridout Road saga)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. 18 Feb 2024 - issued Correction Direction to Kenneth Jeyaretnam for his post on 16 Feb 2024 (Ridout Road saga)
9. 18 Feb 2024 - issued Correction Direction to Gutzy Asia for their publication on 16 Feb 2024 (Ridout Road saga)
10. 18 Feb 2024 - issued Correction Direction to The Online Citizen for their publication on 16 Feb 2024 (Ridout Road saga)
11. 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
• the inclusion of the S$1.85 billion capital extraction in the deal remained undisclosed until the government intervened
• 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

Shuttle Service Landmark Controversy

• "There are pictures of other Marine Parade landmarks, including Wisma Geylang Serai, Old Market (sic) Old Airport Road. And these all help our residents, the residents who would like familiarity with these landmarks and people who are familiar to them, to identify the buses." - Alvin Tan, 7 Aug 2024 Parliament Session

• Alvin Tan also said the 'free shuttle bus service' in Marine Parade cluster costs S$1 million a year, mostly funded through donations

• Alvin Tan also mentioned that over 10,000 residents have registered for the shuttle service, with more than 40% being seniors aged 65 and above.

• However, residents there have verified that ridership for the shuttle bus was very low. CNA reported some routes having close to zero passengers at certain times but others having over 20 passengers.

• The MPs who formed part of the landmarks on this shuttle bus include from left to right:
  1. Lim Biow Chua, Mountbatten SMC
  2. Mohd Fahmi Bin Aliman, Marine Parade GRC
  3. Tan See Leng, Marine Parade GRC
  4. Edwin Tong, Marine Parade GRC
  5. Seah Kian Peng, Marine Parade GRC
  6. Tin Pei Ling, MacPherson SMC

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  Free shuttle bus service with caricatures of MPs as 'landmarks'

Taylor Swift concert

• Pending

Geylang Serai Bazaar Rents

• Pending

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