Minister for Community Development and Sports
Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs
Ward
East Coast GRC (Walkover)
Brief History
April 2000
post of Minister for Community Development renamed
to Minister for Community Develpment and Sports
1997
returned unopposed as one of six MPs in East Coast
GRC
1996
promoted to Minister for Community Development and
relinquished post of Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs
1995
appointed Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs,
remaind Acting Minister for Community Development and Minister-in-charge
of Muslim Affairs, but relinquished post at Ministry of the Environment
1994
concurrently appointed Acting Minister for Community
Developmment
1993
appointed Minister of State for Ministry of the Environment
and Minister-in-charge of Muslim affairs
1991
elected one of four MPs in Bedok GRC
1989 -1993
Deputy Speaker of Parliament
1988
re-elected in Siglap Constituency
1984
returned unapposed as MP for Siglap Constituency
1984 - 1993
Research Manager with Singapore Press Holdings Ltd
1980 - 1984
Leader/Feature Writer, then Associate News Editor with
the Straits Times
1980
left Ministry of National Development to join the private
sector
1972
returned to Ministry of National Development
1972
received post-graduate Diploma in Urban Studies (Merit)
1971
awarded the Commonwealth Scholarship to pursue a postgraduate
diploma course at the Centre of Urban Studies, University College,
University of London
1970
joined Planning Department of Ministry of National
Development as an Urban Sociologist
1969
graduated from University of Singapore with a Bachelor
of Social Science (Honours)
