Hany Soh

Hany Soh Hui Bin (Chinese: 苏慧敏; pinyin: Sū Huìmǐn; born 1987)[1] is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she is the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Woodgrove ward of Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC since 2020. She is also the vice chairwoman of the Marsiling-Yew Tee Town Council.

The Honourable
Hany Soh
苏慧敏
Soh in 2021
Member of Parliament
for Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC
(Woodgrove)
Assumed office
10 July 2020
Preceded byOng Teng Koon (PAP)
ConstituencyMarsiling-Yew Tee GRC
Majority29,081 (26.36%)
Personal details
Born1987 (age 34–35)[1]
Singapore
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Children1
Alma materTemasek Polytechnic
University of Liverpool
Occupation
  • Politician
  • lawyer
In this Chinese name, the family name is Soh.

Education

Soh attended Bendemeer Secondary School under the Normal (Academic) stream.[2][3] She then went on to complete a Diploma in Law and Management at Temasek Polytechnic[2][4][3] after her O Level, before graduating from the University of Liverpool with a Bachelor of Laws in 2011.[2][4]

Career

Soh joined MSC Law Corporation in 2016 and became its director in 2017.[2]

Political career

Following her graduation in 2011, Soh has been a volunteering member, along with other grassroots members of Bukit Panjang with the support of Teo Ho Pin, the Mayor of the North West District.[5] In 2013, she was called to the Singapore Bar as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court.[2][4] In 2014, she established the first Community Legal Clinic in a Residents' Committee centre.[2][5]

Soh joined the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and served as a member of the PAP HQ Executive Committee for a year from 2017 to 2018.[2][4]

In the 2020 general election, Soh was nominated as one of four PAP candidates running for election in Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC.[3] On 5 July, during her election campaign, she fell and fractured her foot.[6][7] She and the PAP team in Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC were eventually elected to Parliament after defeating the opposing team from the Singapore Democratic Party with 63.18% of the vote.[8]

References
  1. "MP | Parliament of Singapore".
  2. "PAP's new GE2020 candidate Hany Soh is a Normal-stream student-turned-lawyer". 24 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. "Singapore GE2020: Lawrence Wong continues to head PAP's Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC team, new face Hany Soh replaces Ong Teng Koon". 28 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. "Hany Soh". Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. "GE2020: PAP's new prospective candidates include former public servants, lawyer and banker". 24 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  6. "PAP Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC new candidate Hany Soh fractures foot during house visits". 6 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. "PAP new face Hany Soh fractures foot on house visits". 7 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  8. "GE2020 official results: PAP team led by Lawrence Wong beats SDP in Marsiling-Yew Tee with 63.18% of votes". 11 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
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