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Irene Ng was born on 24 December, 1963 in Penang, Malaysia, is a Singaporean politician. Discover Irene Ng's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 24 December, 1963
Birthday 24 December
Birthplace Penang, Malaysia
Nationality Singapore

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1963

Irene Ng Phek Hoong (born 24 December 1963) is a former Malaysian-born Singaporean politician who represented Tampines Group Representation Constituency from 2001 to 2015.

She is also a Writer-in-Residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS).

1969

From 1969–1979, Ng studied at Primary Convent Primary and Convent Secondary in Bukit Mertajam, Penang.

1986

She attended Nanyang Junior College, Singapore for two years and then did her Bachelor of Arts & Social Science at the National University of Singapore, obtaining her degree in 1986.

In 1986, Ng was the editor of Kyoto Publication and later joined the Straits Times Press as a journalist.

1998

She obtained her M.Sc in International Relations at the London School of Economics & Political Science in 1998.

2001

Before joining politics in 2001, Ng was the Senior Political Correspondent of The Straits Times.

Irene has won several journalism and writing awards.

After joining politics, she worked as director of programmes and senior research fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, and later, as a director at National Trades Union Congress.

In the 2001 and 2006 general elections, Ng's party, the People's Action Party, were up against the Singapore Democratic Alliance over Tampines GRC.

On both occasions, her team won with 73.34% and 68.51% of the votes respectively.

2006

In 2006, Irene was awarded an honorary professorial fellowship at the Edinburgh University.

2007

Ng was married in her mid-twenties but got an annulment, and subsequently married Graham Berry, the chief executive of the Scottish Arts Council in 2007.

2010

The first volume, The Singapore Lion: A Biography of S. Rajaratnam, was published in early 2010.

It recently won the Excellence Award for the ‘Best Book/Best Writer’ on Asian socio-economic or media scene’ at the prestigious Asian Publishing Awards 2010.

2011

At the 2011 general election, she was re-elected with 57.22% of the votes against the National Solidarity Party.

Ng is currently writing the second volume of the biography on S. Rajaratnam, Singapore's first Foreign Minister.

On 11 August 2011, she produced another book, The Short Stories and Radio Plays of S. Rajaratnam, which she edited with an introduction.

It was launched by President SR Nathan.

The collection is now used as text in the National Arts Council’s Literary Arts Programme's Literart Arts Programme for schools.

2012

She served as a faculty member of the Salzburg Global Seminar 2012.

Later that year, she was a visiting senior fellow at East–West Center, Hawaii.

2013

A telemovie titled +65 based on the book was aired on MediaCorp Channel 5 in March 2013.

Irene is in the Government Parliamentary Committees (GPC) of Foreign Affairs and Defence, Education, as well as of Information and the Arts.

She graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts and Social Science, studying sociology, English language and philosophy.

She has a Master of Science in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.