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Tang Liang Hong
Tang Liang Hong (simplified Chinese: 邓亮洪; traditional Chinese: 鄧亮洪; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāng Liāng-hông; 2 October 1935 – 15 September 2025) was a Singaporean politician and lawyer. He was a candidate for the opposition Workers' Party (WP) in Cheng San Group Representation Constituency (GRC) during the 1997 general election; the WP team was defeated by the governing People's Action Party (PAP).
Tang was born in Singapore during British colonial rule on 2 October 1935. He was one of eight children in his family. Tang attended Ching Primary School in 1949. Tang enrolled in The Chinese High School in 1951. He would later study at Nanyang University in 1962 before moving to the University of Singapore to study law the following year. He graduated in 1967 and joined the bar a year later at the age of 33.
Tang opened a law firm in 1968.
Tang served for several years as the chairman of the Nanyang Fine Arts Foundation, and also sat on the board of management of The Chinese High School. He was also part of the management committee for Hwa Chong Junior College and River Valley High School.
In 1991, Tang was part of the 18 founding members of a group to promote Chinese language and culture among Chinese Singaporeans. Among the founding members were a former Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry president, retired academics Wu Teh Yao and Lau Wai Har, Chinese-language writer and Cultural Medallion recipient Wong Meng Voon. The group was formed after Member of Parliament (MP) for Leng Kee Single Member Constituency, Ow Chin Hock, asked the Chinese community to form a committee and report on the future of the Chinese community. The group would later submit a memorandum to prime minister Goh Chok Tong with recommendations for the new streaming system for primary school students, on how English and Chinese should be taught, to be implemented in 1992.
In 1992, Tang was nominated to be a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) by the Chinese community but was not chosen by the government. Prime minister Goh said that the NMP scheme was not for representation for ethnic or linguistic lines and that the group representation constituency (GRC) system ensured representation of the minority groups.
During the 1997 general election, Tang, alongside WP's leader J. B. Jeyaretnam, as part of a five-member team contested Cheng San GRC. Tang came under fire from the PAP after he raised the issue of the Hotel Properties Limited apartment sales in 1995 during the election campaign. This issue arose after the Stock Exchange of Singapore had previously criticised Hotel Properties Ltd for its "tardiness" in disclosing details of sales of its condominium units to directors and their family members, which included senior minister Lee Kuan Yew, who had purchased a unit and whose brother was a director of the company.
On polling day, the WP's team in Cheng San GRC lost to the PAP's team by 44,132 votes (45.18%) to 53,553 (54.82%). This was the highest percentage of the vote garnered by any opposition losing candidates, and was therefore enough to secure one of the team's members a seat as a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP). The party selected Jeyaretnam to become its NCMP.
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Tang Liang Hong
Tang Liang Hong (simplified Chinese: 邓亮洪; traditional Chinese: 鄧亮洪; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāng Liāng-hông; 2 October 1935 – 15 September 2025) was a Singaporean politician and lawyer. He was a candidate for the opposition Workers' Party (WP) in Cheng San Group Representation Constituency (GRC) during the 1997 general election; the WP team was defeated by the governing People's Action Party (PAP).
Tang was born in Singapore during British colonial rule on 2 October 1935. He was one of eight children in his family. Tang attended Ching Primary School in 1949. Tang enrolled in The Chinese High School in 1951. He would later study at Nanyang University in 1962 before moving to the University of Singapore to study law the following year. He graduated in 1967 and joined the bar a year later at the age of 33.
Tang opened a law firm in 1968.
Tang served for several years as the chairman of the Nanyang Fine Arts Foundation, and also sat on the board of management of The Chinese High School. He was also part of the management committee for Hwa Chong Junior College and River Valley High School.
In 1991, Tang was part of the 18 founding members of a group to promote Chinese language and culture among Chinese Singaporeans. Among the founding members were a former Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry president, retired academics Wu Teh Yao and Lau Wai Har, Chinese-language writer and Cultural Medallion recipient Wong Meng Voon. The group was formed after Member of Parliament (MP) for Leng Kee Single Member Constituency, Ow Chin Hock, asked the Chinese community to form a committee and report on the future of the Chinese community. The group would later submit a memorandum to prime minister Goh Chok Tong with recommendations for the new streaming system for primary school students, on how English and Chinese should be taught, to be implemented in 1992.
In 1992, Tang was nominated to be a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) by the Chinese community but was not chosen by the government. Prime minister Goh said that the NMP scheme was not for representation for ethnic or linguistic lines and that the group representation constituency (GRC) system ensured representation of the minority groups.
During the 1997 general election, Tang, alongside WP's leader J. B. Jeyaretnam, as part of a five-member team contested Cheng San GRC. Tang came under fire from the PAP after he raised the issue of the Hotel Properties Limited apartment sales in 1995 during the election campaign. This issue arose after the Stock Exchange of Singapore had previously criticised Hotel Properties Ltd for its "tardiness" in disclosing details of sales of its condominium units to directors and their family members, which included senior minister Lee Kuan Yew, who had purchased a unit and whose brother was a director of the company.
On polling day, the WP's team in Cheng San GRC lost to the PAP's team by 44,132 votes (45.18%) to 53,553 (54.82%). This was the highest percentage of the vote garnered by any opposition losing candidates, and was therefore enough to secure one of the team's members a seat as a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP). The party selected Jeyaretnam to become its NCMP.