Cynthia Phua

Cynthia Phua Siok Gek (Chinese: 潘惜玉; pinyin: Pān Xī Yù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phoaⁿ Sioh-gio̍k, born 19 August 1958) is a Singaporean business executive and former politician.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Phua.
Honourable Minister

Cynthia Phua Siok Gek
潘惜玉
Member of Parliament
for Aljunied GRC
(Paya Lebar)
In office
25 October 2001 – 18 April 2011

She was a Member of Parliament of Aljunied GRC (Paya Lebar Ward) who represented the People's Action Party (PAP) from 25 October 2001 to 19 April 2011. She was part of the PAP team led by former Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo which failed to get elected in Aljunied GRC in 2011 Singapore general election resulting losing her Member of Parliament seat.

Career

Phua was the general manager of NTUC Fairprice Co-operative's real estate business unit and the managing director of estate management company SLF Management Services. She had also served as Chief Executive Officer of Bishan–Toa Payoh Town Council and Chairman of Aljunied Town Council.[1]

In the 2011 general elections, she was part of a team of five candidates that lost the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency to the Workers' Party of Singapore (WP). It was the first time a group representation constituency has been lost to an opposition party since the GRC system was introduced in 1988.[2] Of the 143,148 registered voters in Aljunied GRC, 72,165(54.7%) voted for the WP while 59,732(45.3%) chose the PAP.[2]

Phua retired from politics after her electoral loss.[3] She joined real estate consultancy Knight Frank Singapore in 2013 as its executive director of retail services.[1] Phua was appointed as a director of Viking Offshore And Marine in 2015.[4][5]

References
  1. "Ex MP Cynthia Phua joins Knight Frank - STProperty". www.stproperty.sg. Archived from the original on 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  2. "Reasons behind Aljunied swing". www.asiaone.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-29. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  3. "Life after GE: Cynthia Phua". www.asiaone.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-29. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  4. "Viking Offshore And Marine appoints Cynthia Phua Siok Gek as director". Singapore Business Review. Archived from the original on 2015-10-22. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  5. "Phua Siok Gek, Knight Frank Pte Ltd: Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2017-09-19.


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