Tan Chuan-Jin

Tan Chuan-Jin 陈川仁
Party Affiliation	ex-PAP
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• 2017 to 2023 - Speaker of the Parliament
• 2011 to 2023 - MP for Marine Parade GRC
• 2014 to 2015 - Minister for Manpower
• 2015 to 2017 - Minister for Social and Family Development

Early Life and Education

• attended Anglo-Chinese School
• went to Raffles Junior College
• graduated from the London School of Economics with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics under the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship
• completed a Master of Arts degree in defence studies at King's College London
• 2008 - obtained a Master of Public Administration degree at the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in 2008

Controversies

Affair with fellow MP while holding post of Speaker of Parliament

• Tan Chuan-Jin resigned 17 July 2023 after Lee Hsien Loong revealed that the former, a married man and father of two, had been having an affair with fellow PAP MP Cheng Li Hui of Tampines GRC, who is single, since at least 2020
• despite being spoken to and counseled, most recently in February 2023, both he and Cheng Li Hui carried on with their "inappropriate relationship".
• both tendered their resignation on the same day
• post scandal, Tan Chuan-Jin stepped down as president of the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) and as an adviser to the National Council of Social Service (NCSS). He also left his roles as patron of the Centre for Fathering and chairman of the NUS Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum's advisory committee.
• As he was also the patron for DADs for Life and MUMs for Life, both affiliated to the Centre for Fathering, it is believed he also stepped down from these two groups.
• In 2018, he was appointed chairman of Healthway Medical Corporation's advisory board. When asked if Tan Chuan-Jinwill continue in his role, a spokesperson said: "The advisory board of Healthway Medical Corporation, of which Tan Chuan-Jin is the chairman, will continue until the end of its current term." It is noted as of Mar 2025, the Advisory Board page on the group's website does not list any members.
• Of greater interest is the fact that Healthway Medical Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively the "Healthway Medical Group") were founded by Tan See Leng, who was also the group's CEO from 1993 to 2002.
• Both Tan See Leng and Tan Chuan-Jin were MPs in the same Marine Parade GRC in GE2020.

“Fxxking populist" comment as Speaker of Parliament

• called another Member of Parliament a “fxxking populist”, apparently made in response to a speech by Associate Professor Jamus Lim, Member of Parliament for Seng Kang GRC from the Workers’ Party.
• despite "unparliamentary" behaviour, was not censured

Old people collect cardboard as form of 'exercise'

• Jul 2015 - Youth Corp members highlighted the plight of some cardboard collectors in Singapore
  • as Minister of Social and Family Development, he commented that "Some prefer to earn extra monies, treat it as a form of exercise and activity rather than being cooped up at home."
  • roundly criticised by public for being out-of-touch and putting a spin on the lives of the elderly aunties and uncles who pick cardboards for a living and that his remarks were insensitive and amounted to whitewashing a sad situation.

Latest Update

• May 2024 - he stirred up public scrutiny again when he was scheduled to reappear publicly at a masterclass series by the Singapore Manufacturing Federation on 10 July 2024. The three session masterclass cost S$1,000, and received ridicule from some quarters.

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  Tan Chin Tuan Foundation's LinkedIn post on 26 Jun 2024

• on 26 Jun 2024, a Tan Chin Tuan Foundation's LinkedIn post indicated that Tan Chuan-Jin was working as their "consultant." It is noted that Tan Chuan-Jin is the nephew of Singapore's ex-president, Tony Tan. Tan Chin Tuan was a Singaporean banker and philanthropist who served as the chairman of OCBC Bank from 1966 to 1983 and purportedly uncle of Tony Tan. (to check whether Tan Seng Hwee & Tan Chin Tuan half brothers/adopted son of Tan Cheng Siong)

• as of 2025, he refers to himself as " Leader", "Consultant", "Advisor", "Board Member", "Mentor", "Speaker" on his Linkedin page.

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  Tan Chuan-Jin's latest post dated Jan-Feb 2025

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 • 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