Tony Tan Lay Thiam
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Not to be confused with Tony Tan Keng Yam
, the 7th President of Singapore.
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) is a member of the National Solidarity Party.
In 1999, he joined Smartlab Education Centre Pte Ltd.
slated to represent them in the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for 2011. However, he and other members resigned from the Reform Party in February 2011. Differences of opinion were cited as the cause for the resignation.
Following his resignation, he joined the NSP for whom he contested Chua Chu Kang GRC
as part of a 5-person team.
Tony Tan
Tony Tan may refer to:*Tony Tan Keng Yam, seventh and current President of Singapore*Tony Tan Caktiong, founder of Jollibee*Tony Tan Lay Thiam, member of Singapore's National Solidarity Party...
, the 7th President of Singapore.
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Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
) is a member of the National Solidarity Party.
Biography
- Attended Victoria Junior CollegeVictoria Junior CollegeVictoria Junior College is a Pre-University co-educational institution in Singapore. It was established to replace the Pre-University classes of Victoria School in 1984. It stands on Marine Vista, about 5-minute walk to the East Coast Park. It in the East Region of Singapore...
- Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Merit Scholarship to read Engineering at Cambridge University
- Graduated at age 23 with 1st class honours
- Promoted to rank of major in the SAF at 27
- Concluded 9 years of work in the civil service at 31
In 1999, he joined Smartlab Education Centre Pte Ltd.
Political career
Tony Tan was one of the six members of the Reform PartyReform Party (Singapore)
The Reform Party is a political party in Singapore. It was founded in 2008 by the late Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, and is currently headed by his son Kenneth Jeyaretnam, who succeeded him as party secretary-general after the elder Jeyaretnam died in 2008...
slated to represent them in the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for 2011. However, he and other members resigned from the Reform Party in February 2011. Differences of opinion were cited as the cause for the resignation.
Following his resignation, he joined the NSP for whom he contested Chua Chu Kang GRC
Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency
Choa Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore....
as part of a 5-person team.