Yong Nyuk Lin

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yong.
Yong Nyuk Lin
杨玉麟
Yong in 1965
Minister for Communications
In office
16 April 1968 – 31 July 1975
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLim Kim San
Minister for Health
In office
18 October 1963 – 15 April 1968
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byKenneth Michael Byrne
Succeeded byChua Sian Chin
Minister for Education
In office
5 June 1959 – 18 October 1963
Prime MinisterLee Kuan Yew
Preceded byLim Yew Hock
Succeeded byOng Pang Boon
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Singapore
In office
2 November 1963[1] – 9 August 1965
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Geylang West SMC
In office
30 May 1959 – 22 January 1979
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byTeh Cheang Wan
Personal details
Born(1918-06-24)24 June 1918
Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died29 June 2012(2012-06-29) (aged 94)
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party (1959–1980)
Spouse
Kwa Geok Lan
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(m. 1939)​
Children2
Alma materRaffles College
OccupationPolitician

Yong Nyuk Lin (Chinese: 杨玉麟; pinyin: Yáng Yùlín; 24 June 1918 – 29 June 2012) was a Singaporean former politician who served as the Minister for Communications between 1968 and 1975, Minister for Health between 1963 and 1968, and Minister for Education between 1959 and 1963.[2]

A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Geylang West SMC between 1959 and 1979. Yong also served as Singapore's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom between 1975 and 1977.[3]

  1. ^ "PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES DEWAN RA'AYAT (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES) OFFICIAL REPORT" (PDF). Dewan Rakyat. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Yong Nyuk Lin, member of Singapore's first Cabinet, dies". Channel NewsAsia. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Cabinet Changes Over The Decade" (PDF). National Archives of Singapore. Retrieved 9 July 2015.