Png Eng Huat
Singaporean politician
Png Eng Huat (born 9 December 1961) is a Singaporean politician and businessman. A member of the Workers' Party (WP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hougang Single Member Constituency (SMC) between 2012 and 2020.
Early life and education
Png grew up living in the Tanjong Pagar area of Singapore. He was educated at Peck Seah Primary School and Raffles Institution, before going on to the Singapore Polytechnic, where he completed a Diploma in Electrical engineering in 1983. He then studied radio, television and film at the University of Texas at Austin in the United States, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1989.
Career
After completing his university studies, Png worked for various organisations including Philips Singapore and NTUC Income, before setting up some of his own businesses.
Political career
Png joined the Workers' Party in 2006.
At the 2011 general election, Png stood in a five-member Workers' Party team in the East Coast GRC. The Party was defeated by the governing People's Action Party (PAP) by 49,429 votes (45.2%) to 59,992 (54.8%). This was third-highest percentage of the votes garnered by losing opposition candidates, which therefore entitled the Workers' Party to nominate a member of the team to become a Non-constituency Member of Parliament (the party nominated Png's teammate Gerald Giam).
On 10 May 2012, the Workers' Party announced that Png would be the party's candidate in the 2012 Hougang by-election.
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